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 Copyrighted 1906 
 
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 There is no need to explain the purpose 
 of this book; its object is suggested ^by 
 its title, The Morning* Message. 
 
 It is compiled from lecture's and ser- 
 mons delivered during the Northfield Sum- 
 mer Conferences, and from the published 
 works of Dr. Morgan. 
 
 The poems inserted are selected from 
 among some of Dr. Morgan's favorite quo- 
 tations, while the Biblical texts are chosen 
 from both the Authorized and the Revised 
 Versions. 
 
 It is evident, by the remarkable gather- 
 ings for Bible Study at Northfield, that the 
 habit of morning meditation on the Word 
 of God commends itself strongly to an 
 increasing number year by year. It is, 
 therefore, earnestly hoped that these echoes 
 from Dr. Morgan's Bible lectures may come 
 as the morning message, to guide in per- 
 plexity, to comfort in sorrow, and to stimu- 
 late the conviction that ''the Word of the 
 Lord abideth for ever." 
 
 W. R. 
 
 Portland, Maine. 
 
GUfcoBt tftm tlyiB bag arffom g* mill Bttbt. Januarg 
 
 — Joshua xxiv: 15 J 
 
 Destiny is fixed by the choice of the 
 human will, which selects for itself 
 its heaven or hell. Thus each one of 
 us is building character forever. Those 
 who are yielding to the forces around 
 that mar the life, do so absolutely of 
 their own free choice. 
 
 Strong Son of God, immortal Love, 
 
 Whom we, who have not seen Thy face, 
 By faith, and faith alone, embrace, 
 
 Believing where we cannot prove. 
 
 Thou seemest human and divine, 
 
 The highest, holiest manhood, Thou ; 
 Our wills are ours, we know not how ; 
 
 Our wills are ours, to make them Thine. 
 
 — In Memoriam 
 
Jatmarg f t Iran* xxtt b nf pattern*, iljai fjatring bam tljr 
 II mill nf (&ab, g* mag rn^to tit* ptamxa*. 
 
 —Hebrews x:36, R. V. 
 
 Patience is the capacity for being still 
 when all around is tempest-tossed. Pa- 
 tience is the flower of fidelity. If fidel- 
 ity is the activity of faith, patience is 
 the condition of character resulting 
 therefrom. 
 
 Samtarg ©If at ia man. tliat than art minirful of Ijim? 
 
 HI — Psalm viii:4. 
 
 I stand at the foot of the mountain 
 which lifts its head beyond the cloud 
 and catches on its summit the first 
 gleam of the King of Day in his rising, 
 and I say, " What am I?" That moun- 
 tain has been there through the passing 
 of the ages, and I am here and shall be 
 gone before the sun melts the snow up- 
 on its summit. "What is man?" But 
 the Psalmist has another point of ob- 
 servation : "Thou art mindful of him; 
 thou visitest him." 
 
Jfar turn* nf ub Utirtli tu IjimBrlf, ani turn* ilamtara 
 bxttl} In Ijimflrif. jy 
 
 — Romans xiv: 7, R. V. 
 
 We must all exert influence, whether 
 
 we will or no You influence 
 
 every man you touch by the way you 
 look at him and speak to him, and all 
 the time the influence you are exerting 
 is welling up out of your actual self, 
 and you cannot prevent it. 
 
 SlrBBrb wet tlfrg tljat Ifnvt tuft arm, attJi grt 3attuarg 
 haur brltrvriL v 
 
 — John xx : 29. v 
 
 There are those to whom no visions 
 come, no moments upon the mount suf- 
 fused with a glory that never was on 
 land or sea. Let such not envy the 
 men of vision. It may be that the 
 vision is given to strengthen a faith 
 that else were weak. It is to the peo- 
 ple who can live along the line of what 
 others call the commonplace, and yet 
 trust, that the Master says, " Blessed." 
 
Jauuarg 3?am atnab mxb rrob, sayttuu M amj man 
 VI tljirat Ut Ijtm rum* unto m* and fcriuL 
 
 —John vii: 37. 
 
 Whenever the thirst comes, go to 
 Him; He will quench it. You will 
 never come to Him with an honest 
 thirst that He cannot quench; and when 
 He quenches thirst, it will not be sim- 
 ply the satisfaction of the present mo- 
 ment, but, filling and flooding you, the 
 river will rush to bless someone else. 
 
 Sauuarg ©tie Kurt* xa turt Hlark ronrmting Ips ptamiat, 
 VII na 00m* rmmt alotktxtaa; but xa Umgaufifertng 
 tu gnu-aiari, turt arifiljiug tfyat aug bIjuuKi per- 
 tfilf, but tljai all Btjauli rum* tu repntiattr*. 
 
 —II. PKTERiii:9, R. V. 
 
 The movements of God must never 
 be measured by the slowness of a hu- 
 man life, or by the inadequacy of an 
 earthly almanac. Standing by that 
 
risen Man of Nazareth, each one put- 
 ting trust in Him may say with rever- 
 ence and holy fear, and yet with certainty 
 and absolute boldness, My heart is 
 glad, my tongue rejoices, my flesh also 
 shall dwell in hope. 
 
 2tyat tilt rmat man mag I|*ar, ani> inrmtH* in 3annarg 
 teaming; anb tijat ttj* man nf nnterfitanirtng yjjj 
 mag attain untn jennnii amnaflfc. 
 
 — Proverbs i : 5, R. V. 
 
 False culture has repeatedly at- 
 tempted, with self-satisfied cynicism, to 
 treat with indifference the Christ of 
 God, only to find that He takes hold 
 upon all the domain of true culture and 
 rules supremely over it. 
 
January 3$tj*n iljuu pUBBtst tfjrnuglf % matars, 31 mill 
 IX b* tuttlj it}**; an& tffrouglj ilj* rters, ttjnj sljaU 
 
 — Isaiah xliii: 2. 
 
 The river, the darkly flowing river — 
 how men dread it ; and yet there is 
 something more fearsome than the 
 darkly flowing river. It is the mist 
 that, rising from the river, wraps men 
 round in its chill embrace until they do 
 not know where they stand or where 
 the river is. There is no agony for the 
 human soul like that of silence. 
 
 January Wt knnro ttjat tn ifjm tljat Inu* (Sn& all 
 X itjings umrfe iogettjrr for gnufc. 
 
 — Romans viii:28, R. V. 
 
 Out of the pressure of tribulation we 
 extract the new wine of the kingdom, 
 and out of the deep, dark, death expe- 
 rience, in which the devil sifts and tries, 
 there breaks a new capacity and enlarged 
 outlook, a new meaning in life, a new 
 tone in speech. 
 
atyanka be tn (Snb mtytt gtttrtlj us tlj* trirtarg Sannarg 
 tljnmgtj nnr Serb itesnfi Christ XI 
 
 — I. Corinthians xv : 57, R. V. 
 
 The victory of Jesus over temptation 
 is victory over all the forces of hell ; 
 and all men who, abandoned to His 
 Lordship, abide in His will, must share 
 His triumph. 
 
 And 3 gtttr mtia tljrm rtrrnal lifr ; ani tljrg Jannarg 
 aljall nrurr pmslj, nntl)rr sljall ang man plnrk ^-r-r 
 tljrm mrt of mg Ijanb. 
 
 —John x:28. 
 
 When the work presses, and the bat- 
 tle thickens, and the day seems long in 
 coming, it is good for the heart to re- 
 member that the present conflict is with 
 defeated foes, and that there is no room 
 for question as to the final issue ; for 
 the Man of Nazareth is not only seated 
 in the place of authority, but He carries 
 forward the work of active adminis- 
 tration. 
 
Jamtarg $* ar* * * * * tljat jj* maQ sljmti fitirttj iff* *x~ 
 XIII ttWxxxt'xtB nf Ifim mlf** raUrt* gnu nut of fcarkn^aa 
 tttta hta maroeUausi light 
 
 —I. Peter ii: 9, R. V. 
 
 A most important principle to be per- 
 petually borne in mind by those who 
 would fulfil the highest function of 
 Church life is that the world w T aits for 
 light, and the Church's only capacity 
 for shedding the light is that she should 
 live in the day which the face of Christ 
 creates for her. 
 
 Jamtarg Arte*, sljut*; for tljg Hgtjt xb mm*, attii % 
 Xiv vfanyi of Jrijotiatf xb riBm upnn t\\tt. 
 
 — Isaiah 1x:1, R. V. 
 
 No church and no individual member 
 of the church can fling across the dark- 
 ness one ray or gleam of light, save as 
 that church or that person lives in the 
 sunshine created by the shining of His 
 face. 
 
Bairhmau, tntiat uf ti?* ttigtit? matrtftnan. 3auuaru 
 mliatnf tonight? XV 
 
 — Isaiah xxi: 11. 
 
 What of the night, O watchman, 
 
 Set to mark the dawn of day ? 
 The wind blows fair from the morning star, 
 
 And the shadows flee away. 
 Dark are the vales, but the mountains glow 
 
 As the light its splendor flings, 
 And the Stm of Righteousness comes up 
 
 With healing in His wings. 
 
 — W. Robertson Nicoll. 
 
 Ijr tnaa ttmmtteii for our irauagrraauma, tje January 
 maa bruiarti for our tmquitira; ilj* rfjaatta*m*ut XVI 
 nf uur prar? ttras upnu litm; anii miitj tjta 
 atripea vat are liralriL 
 
 — Isaiah liii: 5. 
 
 Oh, rough and rugged Cross of Cal- 
 vary! We gather round thy stern sub- 
 limity of suffering with our own hearts* 
 agony, and find heart' s-ease. We come 
 to thee with faces stained with tears, 
 and in the strength of His victory our 
 tears are wiped away, our sorrow is 
 turned into joy. 
 
Jamtarg Wtynt xb gour life? 3far q* wet a mpnt ttfai 
 XVII apprarrtl; for a littb itm*, anil tlf*ti tranistirtli 
 attrag. 
 
 — James iv: 14, R. V. 
 
 Man comes and goes, a bubble on 
 the stream on which for a few passing 
 moments the lights and shadows play, 
 and then is " forgotten as a dream dies 
 at the opening day." 
 
 January 3faar not ilj* iljingfl ttrfiirij tljau art about in 
 XVIII Bitflfer. . . * 2fo iljuu fatttfful unfci teaitj an& 
 3( tmll gin* ttyt itj* rrnttm uf life* 
 
 — Revelation ii : 10, R. V. 
 
 The life is the crown. What a won- 
 drous light this flings back upon the 
 process! This pressure of tribulation 
 is not accidental and capricious. Out 
 of the tribulation we shall have our tri- 
 umph. Out of darkness we shall come 
 to light. That is the whole philosophy 
 of suffering. 
 
iftang mill sag tu m* in itjat bag, Unrii, £ur&, January 
 irth me nut pruphesg bg ttjg name, anb hg tljg XIX 
 nam* rasi nut iiemnns, anb hg tljjj nam* btt mang 
 migljtg marks? Anb itj*n mill 3 profess nnta 
 itjeut, 31 n*uer knetn gun. 
 
 —Matthew vii:22, 23, R. V. 
 
 Activity in the King's business will 
 not make up for neglect of the King. 
 
 SHjts is arreptable, if for runsmnr* tnmarft Sanuarg 
 (Boh a man enimreth griefs, suffering mrnngfullg. xx 
 
 —I. Peter ii: 19, R. V. 
 
 There is no profounder proof of 
 grace of character than that of being 
 able to suffer wrongfully and yet to 
 manifest a gracious spirit. 
 
ilatwarg ^g grar* xb sufficient for tiftt, for mg pernor 
 XXI * H ma ^ P^frrt ™ m*aktt*00. 
 
 — II. Corinthians xii: 9, R. V. 
 
 All the wind that blows, the rain that 
 splashes, the changes of atmosphere 
 that tell upon the oak, are child's play 
 compared to the mental anguish and 
 heart-break that have swept across your 
 life ; and yet you have endured. 
 
 XXII 
 
 j ammr g (gob formri* matt of ttj* imai of ilj* ground, 
 attb brratljrb into Ijia nostrila tty? breatlf of Hfr, 
 attb matt brramr a Ittring houL 
 
 — Genesis ii:7. 
 
 Nature touches God nowhere but in 
 man. In that sense there is nothing of 
 the Divine on the earth save man; and 
 in the heaven that lies above us and 
 the light that is beyond the shadow, 
 there is nothing, so far as we know, of 
 earth but man. 
 
gin afiall ttot Ifatie imminum iroer qou; for ge 3atutarg 
 are ttnt uniter ttje lata, but un&er grare. XXIII 
 
 Romans vi : 14. 
 
 If you cannot be a Christian where 
 you are, you cannot be a Christian any- 
 where. It is not place, but grace. 
 
 Neither mill 3 offer burttf-nffertngfi unto 3atmarg 
 iMfmrati mg <gnb tulytrt| rost me nntljing. XXIV 
 
 —II. Samuel xxiv:24, R. V. 
 
 Sacrilege is centered in offering God 
 
 something which costs nothing 
 
 God looks for the giving at His altar 
 of a gift that costs something. 
 
Samtarg WlfuiBixtVitt tfjittga nvt pur*, rotjatantfufr 
 XXV tljinga nvt Urorlg, toIjatBO^urr tfftngs are nf 
 gnnb report . . ♦ . tfjink on ilj^s? things* 
 
 — Philippians iv:8. 
 
 Everything that is pure and beauti- 
 ful, in poetry, art, music and science, is 
 the direct outcome of the unveiling of 
 
 the Spirit of God All mental 
 
 magnificence that is pure is an inspira- 
 tion of the Spirit of God. 
 
 Jamtarg Sljmt filjaU Ifatt* txa ntljrr gnite brfnre mt. 
 
 YYVT — Exodus xx : 3. 
 
 Every man needs a god. There is 
 no man who has not, somewhere in his 
 heart, in his life, in the essentials of his 
 being, a shrine in which is a deity whom 
 he worships. 
 
M 3f bdjrlii tlj* sun miftn it stjtnrii, or tij* Sanuarg 
 ttuum malhing in brigtftn*ss, an& mg tjrart Ijattj XXVII 
 tortt s*rr*tlg *ntir*fc .... ttfis alan mer* an 
 iniquitg . ... fur 31 sljuuli tjau* itnxtb ttf* 
 (gnh that is abuti*. 
 
 — Job xxxi: 26-28. 
 
 The flowers, the hills, the sunshine, 
 the birds, are full of beauty, but no 
 man ever reaches God through nature. 
 
 Prps^ttt guar buifoa a lining sarrifir*, tjnlg, January 
 arreptabl* tu <Su&, roljidj is gnnr spiritual XXVIII 
 s*rmr*. 
 
 — Romans xii: 1, R. V. 
 
 The divine ideal for man is that he 
 should be spiritual, and that his spirit- 
 uality should be realized by the sur- 
 charging of his whole being with the 
 Spirit of God. 
 
Jannarg 3®* ttwht xmx pragrr unto our (&nb anb H*t a 
 XXIX ttatrf? against %m bag anil nigljt 
 
 — Nehemiah iv:9. 
 
 The Church of God has never yet 
 fully realized that the price of liberty 
 is eternal vigilance. 
 
 Sanuarg 5to mnnntatna anb tlf* Ijtlla sljall break forttf 
 XXX brfnr* gnu into singing. 
 
 —Isaiah lv: 12. 
 
 I will trust Him to do what He 
 promises, and lo! the desert is gone 
 and the garden is here, the mountains 
 are singing, the hills are uttering an an- 
 them, the very leaves have begun their 
 great applause, the brier is withering, 
 and the myrtle is coming. 
 
£lt? mtig ti&uaUv, anil nur ffinrb Sraua QJtjrtHt Januarg 
 
 — Jude 4, R. V. margin. XXXI 
 
 We call you to no ignoble service 
 when we call you to the King, but to 
 serve the King you must kiss the scep- 
 tre and own allegiance to Him. 
 
 3lt ta tuii art taeibt manifest mtjat mt stjall bt . Jtebruaru 
 
 —I. JoHNiii:2, R. V. I 
 
 We cry out for the beyond. Hori- 
 zons are always a menace to our peace. 
 We crave the infinite. 
 
 Then we shall be where we would be; 
 Then we shall be what we should be ; 
 Things which are not now, nor could be, 
 Then shall be our own. 
 
Stebruarg ^ tn gjjaU 3J fetwm Mlg, tbtn aa nlw 3 maa 
 II fullg kuatmu 
 
 — I. Corinthians xiii: 12, R. V. 
 
 The problems which vex us to-day, 
 the perpetually recurring mysteries that 
 demand repeated acts of faith — these 
 will all find their answer, not so much 
 in the process of teaching or revealing, 
 "but in the vision of the Master Him- 
 self." 
 
 Jtebruarg 1 fyabe grt maug tfjtttga tn sag uttfai guu, but 
 III B* ranturt tear %m tuim. 
 
 — John xvi : 12. 
 
 There are deep mysteries of life, and 
 great and marvelous secrets, but you 
 are not ready for their understanding. 
 
21 mill gte Iftm ttj* mnrmng star, 
 
 Revelation ii : 28. 
 
 We shall often walk in darkness. 
 There will be many mysteries perplex- 
 ing us. The burden we have is suffi- 
 cient for the building of our character, 
 for our growth in life, and ministry and 
 work. The other things wait. Pres- 
 ently He will give us the morning star. 
 
 Jffrfintanj 
 
 IV 
 
 atyr Ban nf man is ram* to bum* iljai mt|trff Jfobntanj 
 maa InaL V 
 
 — Matthew xviii: 11. 
 
 There is no type of failure that He 
 has not taken hold of and remade. 
 
 3 am tif? Hjjljt nf ilj* mnrlk 
 
 — John viii: 12. 
 
 Every gleam of light that is falling 
 upon the darkness of men is part of the 
 essential Light. 
 
 " They are but broken lights of Thee, 
 And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. " 
 
 3fobntarg 
 
 VI 
 
All dreams of a golden age have 
 their inspiration in the gospel of the 
 kingdom. 
 
 3f?bmwcif A man b life tnttfitatrttj tutt in tlj* abmt&mr* 
 VII flf fy? tljtngfi tulftrlj Ij* paBBtBBttif. 
 
 — Luke xii : 15. 
 
 The simple life is coming to be 
 recognized sublime. Complexity and 
 overwhelming luxury, in spite of them- 
 selves, men are recognizing as vulgar. 
 
 iFrbruarg ^ \ B tl|* prnpttiatum for aur bxxxb, ani* nnt 
 VIII for ttxxrB imlg, but alsn for tij* bvxb nf % urfjai* 
 ttrorlb. 
 
 — I. John n: 2. 
 
 To deny Christ is to deny atone- 
 ment and to deny sin, and the only 
 voice that denies these has learned its 
 language and caught its tone in the 
 deep things of Satan. 
 
(Snb is a spirit: ani thrg iljat nmrsljtp Ijtm Jrfirnarg 
 must morfitftp in spirit anil trutlj. IX 
 
 — John iv: 24, R. V. 
 
 The true ideal of worship is that of 
 man communing with God. Through 
 what forms that worship expresses it- 
 self is of little moment. Christ does 
 not call the church at Sardis to abandon 
 these, but to stablish them by making 
 them instinct with life. 
 
 JThnn bxbst Ijtto tljrfi* things from th* mxst Jrbrnar^ 
 
 ani nntorstanMng. ^ „ v 
 
 — Matthew xi:25, R. \ . ^ 
 
 The keenest intellect and most cul- 
 tured mind are unable to understand 
 the mystery of redemption, and there- 
 fore cannot explain it to others. Who- 
 ever can say light has broken upon the 
 Cross, and the eternal morning has 
 dawned, is able to do so through the 
 direct illumination of the Holy Spirit; 
 and apart from that, there can be no 
 witness and no service. 
 
SWrnrarg 
 
 XI 
 
 Sfa bit ta gain- 
 
 — Philippians i: 21. 
 
 Imagination is sometimes ahead of 
 truth. Poetry guesses at more than 
 prose ever fathoms. Follow out the 
 thoughts, and everywhere, on the throne 
 and amid the multitudes, what see you? 
 Christ. That is why Paul stands and, 
 notwithstanding Nero's threatened axe, 
 says, "To die is gain." 
 
 Stebnrarg 
 
 XII 
 
 5te me to lixtt xb QIIjriHt 
 
 — Philippians i:21. 
 
 Paul did not count that he had any 
 life except the life which was named 
 Christ. 
 
Wt iflttrnrjjrb . . . . and tnrnt through all Jrfmtarg 
 thai grrat atti trrrtblr mtlirrnrss .... as XIII 
 Jrhrroalj mtr <Snd rojmmmtob us. 
 
 — D BUTI :. ; nomy i : 19, R. V. 
 
 The divine government is a disturb- 
 ing element. My duty is so to live that 
 I shall be ready to be disturbed at any 
 moment when God pleases. 
 
 3f artg man arror mr, lrt Ijim folium mr. Jrbruarg 
 
 — John xii : 26. xr t y 
 
 You say the path is thorny and 
 rough. Tramp it ; for, mark you, you 
 will find that wherever you put your 
 foot upon a thorn, another foot has 
 been there first and taken off the 
 sharpness. 
 
3fahnrarg g ^ tyw& nf ttj** bg tlte faring nf it}* *ar; 
 XV but twm mitt* *g* H^rtlj tttr*. 
 
 — JoBxlii:5, R. V 
 
 Nothing's small ! 
 No lily-muffled hum of a summer bee 
 But finds some coupling with the spinning 
 
 stars; 
 No pebble at your foot but proves a sphere ; 
 No chaffinch but implies the cherubim. 
 
 Earth 's crammed with heaven, 
 And every common bush afire with God; 
 But only he who sees takes off his shoes — 
 The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries. 
 — Mrs. E. B. Browning. 
 
 iFebruarg (gifts irtffmttg anrnrtottg in tlf* grarr that tH 
 XVI gtttnt tn \xb. 
 
 — Romans xii : 6. 
 
 The varieties create harmonies. H ar- 
 mony is a concord of differences. 
 
3 {jam* bttn trvpxfob milt? GJtjrtHt Jrfmtarg 
 
 — Galatians ii : 20, R. V. XVII 
 
 The man who preaches the Cross 
 must be a crucified man. You may 
 preach the Cross and it is nothing but 
 a Roman gibbet unless you preach it 
 from yourself. It is the crucified man 
 that can preach the Cross. 
 
 Star, mb rtter into ilj* rltg, ntxh « atjetll b* Sfabruarg 
 tola tbi* tohat iI}0U muHt to. _ XVIII 
 
 — Acrsix:6, R. V. 
 
 It does not necessarily follow that 
 when the light falls upon the spirit of 
 man, he understands the source of the 
 light. The light is the first fact ; the 
 undeistanding of the source follows. 
 
 Irijnli, 3f Bteni at % itanr anil fetwrk. 3tebruarg 
 
 — Revelation iii : 20. XIX 
 
 Shall we not swing the heart's door 
 widely open that He may come in, to 
 work in us "both to will and to work 
 for His good pleasure" ? 
 
3Mintarg 
 XX 
 
 Sty* murmttg rnmrtlf. 
 
 -Isaiah xxi: 12. 
 
 The signs of the times are such as 
 reveal the power of spirituality side by 
 side with the development of evil; but, 
 thank God, beyond the night that 
 comes is the larger day and gladder age 
 for man. 
 
 iFtfmtarg 31 rijarg* tljr*, tlftttftir?, btfar? (Snb . * * * 
 vyt ptmth th* mnrb. 
 
 AAi —II. Timothy iv: 1, 2. 
 
 If you are preaching an evangel with 
 no vision of the Lord Christ, it is 
 emasculated. If you are preaching an 
 evangel without the value of His death, 
 it is anaemic. If you are preaching an 
 evangel with no virtue in it, it is senti- 
 mental. If you are preaching an evan- 
 gel with no victory, it is hopeless. 
 
3f tvtx matt spak* life* tljts matt. Stebrttanj 
 
 — John vii:46. XXII 
 
 Whatever may be uncertain about 
 Christ, it must at least be conceded 
 that He has revealed to men the high- 
 est ideal of human life which the world 
 has ever seen. 
 
 3tt th* brgttttttttg ttraa tlj* Wavh. 3tebrmtrtj 
 
 -JoHNi:l. xxm 
 
 The Word of God sounded over the 
 chaotic earth; and, in response to that 
 Word, there arose order, beauty — 
 everything that we see to-day, only in 
 its perfection. 
 
Ifrbnsarg Jatitf is asBuranre of itjutga Ijoprii for, a 
 XXIV nmmrttou of iljUtga not Bmu 
 
 — Hebrews xi: 1, R. V. 
 
 When sacred things lose power, pre- 
 cious things lose blessing. When faith 
 
 is dead, hope becomes dread 
 
 The promise which produced a thrill of 
 joy becomes a thought of terror to the 
 men who have fallen out of harmony 
 with the Lord and Master. 
 
 jfobruanj ®fl& aturintrfc 3raua of NazaMt? tmtfj tit* 
 
 xxv 5i [j} (gljnHt anb tmth pouinr: ttrfjn uumi about 
 
 luring gooit 
 
 — Acts x: 38. 
 
 No Christian man has any right to 
 attempt to create saintliness of charac- 
 ter by hiding himself from the activities 
 of everyday life. 
 
Ollfrtfit pkam* turt Ijimfirif. SWintarg 
 
 — Romans xv: 3. 
 
 XX Y I 
 
 The man who does as he likes is the 
 greatest slave. The man who never 
 does as he likes is God's free man. 
 
 Christ alsn BufEtrtb for its • • • • ittai a* ifobruarg 
 slinuft fclUmi Ijts steps. XXVII 
 
 — I. Peter ii : 21. 
 
 As you look at the pathway you will 
 think that it is a hard one ; but as you 
 begin to tread it you will find that He 
 is with you, and every step is leading 
 you into finer air, and larger life, and 
 more infinite possibilities. 
 
 £fat mg mill, but tltttt*, h* bant. 3tebraar£ 
 
 — LuKExxii:42. XXVIII 
 
 God will not come and help men to 
 do their work. He asks that they 
 should give themselves to Him for the 
 doing of His work. 
 
iF rbrnarg 31 teltgtjt in btx tljg tmll, ® mg (gob. 
 
 XXIX -Psalm xl: 8. 
 
 The will of God should be the su- 
 preme matter, beyond the doing of 
 which the soul should have no anxiety. 
 
 iHarrlj Qttp grass tmilj*rrtlj, % ftnmrr fateilj, b?- 
 j rauHr tlyr breatlj nf JWjmialj blntnrttj upon it. 
 
 — Isaiah xl: 7, R. V. 
 
 He brings death as a process and a 
 necessity. The pitiless east wind has 
 in it the breath of health. 
 
 Welcome, wild Northeaster! 
 
 Shame it is to see 
 Odes to every zephyr, 
 
 Ne'er a verse to thee. 
 
 Through the black fir forest 
 
 Thunder harsh and dry, 
 Scattering down the snowflakes 
 
 Off the curdled sky. 
 
 Come, and strong within us 
 
 Stir the Viking's blood, 
 Bracing brain and sinew; 
 
 Blow, thou wind of God. 
 
 — C. Kingsley. 
 
Sty* Wttth bttmnt fl*fitj atti* &tm>li amuttg ua iKarrtj 
 (aufc hi* tettrifc ttta giunj, glunj as uf ttj* nttlg jj 
 foguttat frum th* Jailer), full of grar* mxb 
 
 — John i: 14, R. V. 
 
 We challenge the world to-day, and 
 we say that Jesus of the New Testa- 
 ment, the Jesus of virgin birth, the vir- 
 tuous life, the vicarious dying, and the 
 victorious resurrection, stands amid this 
 age, with all its fierce light, its boasted 
 civilization, and its new psychology, 
 facile princeps, the crowned Lord, be- 
 cause of the supernal glory of His own 
 character. 
 
 JFhr timra nf tgtuiraur* tftrrrfnr* (5nb ntt*r- iHarrtj 
 InnkriK; but tuna h* rammautetlt m*u . . . . m 
 
 — AcTSxvii:30, R. V. 
 
 Ruin of human life is always the 
 issue of false attempts to satisfy its 
 legitimate claims. 
 
(Bcb fttxbxb iljat 31 Bfyxmlb gUmj sate in fy* 
 j y ttuBB of our fSnrii 3*bus (ttljrisk 
 
 — Galatians vi : 14. 
 
 O wondrous Cross ! Therein sin re- 
 jected the King and grace crowned 
 Him. Therein sin destroyed the Priest, 
 and grace, through the Priest, made 
 atonement. Therein sin silenced the 
 voice of the Prophet, and grace caught 
 up the message and repeated it to all 
 the race, for a new law of life and love. 
 
 iHarrh Itt m* . . . . fcmrilrtlf tto gavb tf|tttg- 
 
 — Romans vii : 18. 
 
 V 
 
 3n Iftm imiriklli all flj* fultwsn nf tift (goMjeaiL 
 
 — Colossians ii : 9. 
 
 We are to tell men we fail, but the 
 One Who never failed took our place. 
 You cannot get away from the words 
 11 vicarious atonement." 
 
3far, brijnia, tl?* tog rnttutfl?, U burnrllt as a Ularrlf 
 furnare. „ TT vi 
 
 — Malachi iv : 1, R. V. 
 
 What men shall catch daybreak first? 
 Not the men who are wicked and are 
 to be as stubble, but the watchers on 
 the mountains — souls who have been 
 tired of the apostate age and have been 
 saying, " Lord, come, come!" They 
 first will see the break of day, and to 
 them its rosy tints will bring healing. 
 
 Eau* . . . . sr*krtlt not \Xb ntmt. iflarrtj 
 
 — I. Corinthians xiii:4, 5, R. V. y Ti- 
 
 lt is SO easy to judge love by the 
 partial realization of it that has come 
 within our consciousness. We love 
 those who love us, those who please us, 
 those who like us ; and at the root of 
 all this, in the last analysis, there is but 
 a refined form of selfishness. 
 
IHarrfj Sfjai g* mag bz mna nf gnur 3Fatlj*r mlfn is 
 VIII tit Ijeatmt; for tj* matetlj tjta autt to vxb? nn tlj^ 
 
 rtnl ani iff* gnnb, an& snttetl? rain ntt tlf^ juai 
 
 anil ilj* unjust 
 
 — Matthew v:45, R. V. 
 
 The thorn and the lily both live in 
 the same soil, in the same atmosphere. 
 Both receive the same ministry from 
 without, and yet how different the result. 
 
 Muvtif 3n Ijxm maa lift; ani ttje life maa ttf* Hgtjt 
 
 IX ttf mttL 
 
 — John i: 4. 
 
 The first meaning of this statement 
 is that the living Word of God, the 
 eternal Christ, is the center and source 
 of all life. But it also suggests that 
 in man life was different from life any- 
 where else ; in man life became light. 
 
31 mill ram* again, ani> roro* Qnu unto mgarlt UJarrI| 
 
 — Johnxiv:3. __ 
 
 As sure as God is, the hidden Man 
 Christ Jesus, the King Whom the 
 heavens have received for a season, 
 must come again, and the light and 
 glory of this promise is the hope of the 
 Church. 
 
 fHu ftaxb anb mg (SniL ^ Marrh 
 
 — John xx : 28. 
 
 XI 
 
 The Lordship of Jesus is the basis of 
 all Christian life. The Christian graces 
 and virtues all spring from the recogni- 
 tion of that Lordship, and from abso- 
 lute surrender thereto. 
 
5ty* natural man rrrrtnrttj nnt tlj* things nf 
 XII ttj* spirit nf (Sail: fur tltrg arr fntfiijstjnrafi nn- 
 tn Ijtm; nritljrr ran Ijr knmn ttfrm, brrauHr tljrg 
 ar* fipiritnallg hiarrrnriL 
 
 — I. Corinthians ii: 14. 
 
 Intellect divorced from Deity deals 
 only with dust. Take all scientific in- 
 vestigation and it is but the investiga- 
 tion and tabulation of material things. 
 
 iHarrh ^ fiil*& t&itlj Ujr ktumrtrbgr nf Ijia mill in all 
 
 XIII tttiatottt a*tf* fipfritnai nn&rrBtandtng. 
 
 — Colossians i: 9. 
 
 You only discover the will of God as 
 you obey it the moment you do dis- 
 cover it. 
 
XV 
 
 l&t g* tfjrrrfon* reaiig alan : fnr tlf* £on nf Ularrlj 
 man ramrtlf at an tjnnr mlj*n g* iljinfc xwL xiV 
 
 — Luke xii : 40. 
 
 God never fore-announces His exam- 
 inations What you are flashes 
 
 out when you do not know anyone is 
 likely to be watching you critically. 
 
 (Bub Bath, Urt tifnt b? ltgljt 
 
 — Genesis i:3. 
 
 God works in all things ; all obey 
 His first propulsion from the night ; 
 
 Wake thou and watch ! the world is grey 
 With morning light. 
 
 — J. G. Whittier. 
 
 (Slnrtfg gnnr Jailjrr mljtrlj is in Ijrattnu Hard? 
 
 — Matthew v: 16. vvt 
 
 No tinge of brightness can you put 
 upon the beauty of His character, no 
 greater fullness of love can you give. 
 How then can I glorify Him? God is 
 glorified in the perfect realization on 
 the part of His people of all the gra- 
 cious purposes of His love for them. 
 
iiarrfj ^m 3 m g bratti^r'a tetptv? 
 
 XVII -Genesis iv: 9. 
 
 God safeguards the life of each by 
 making all responsible for the lives of 
 individuals. 
 
 iMarrf! (g^ 9J >H*ratum 0t?all prats? tlje ttrorka tn 
 XVIII atw%r. n . . 
 
 —Psalm cxlv:4. 
 
 God fulfills himself in many ways. 
 In every new awakening there are fresh 
 manifestations of God, new unfoldings 
 of truth meeting requirements of the 
 age. 
 
If ram mrrlaattttg fat *tt*rlafittttg tfjott art 0S0&. ffluttli 
 
 —Psalm xc : 2. v 7 v- 
 
 Nothing is more restful to the heart 
 of man than the sense of the eternity of 
 God. The thought is utterly beyond 
 our perfect comprehension, for the mind 
 of man cannot grasp the thought of 
 eternity. The very fact, however, of 
 our inability to do so is the reason of 
 the security we feel when we remember 
 that God is Himself eternal. 
 
 Brpari from m*; for 31 am a sinful matt, jHarrlj 
 
 © iCnrk vv 
 
 — Luke v: 8. AA 
 
 A man stands erect until he sees the 
 vision of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 then he is afraid until he sees the value 
 of the cross of Christ. 
 
lEtienj man's mark sfyall b* mate manifest; 
 XXI f 0r **?* ^ a B fi ^ a ^ terlar* it; bwaus* it stjall bt 
 ttvtnlth bg fire. 
 
 — I. Corinthians iii : 13. 
 
 There is a tree planted by the river. 
 The running stream waters its roots, 
 and the summer sunshine falling upon 
 it makes it spring to green and beauty; 
 and here is a field of stubble; and the 
 same sun that touches the tree by the 
 river to beauty, burns the stubble with 
 its scorching rays. 
 
 iJJarrb $* ar* mg rottn*ss*s. 
 
 — Isaiah xliii: 10. 
 XXII 
 
 The only reason why those born 
 again of the Spirit are left in the world 
 is that they may be His witnesses. 
 
flltn tlyat ffatie Jja2arbri)i Utrtr Ultra far ilj* fHarrfj 
 nam* nf nur Enrii 3^h«b GUyrist. XXIII 
 
 — Acts xv:26. 
 
 A man who was not already a martyr 
 never laid down his life for truth. The 
 noble army of martyrs died, not to be- 
 come martyrs, but because they were 
 martyrs. 
 
 Iff 3 btetttm all mg gnnfta tn fttb tl|* troor Uiarrfj 
 . . . . but Ijati* tint Uro*, it prafiirtli m* untying* XXI V 
 
 — I. Corinthians xiii:3, R. V. 
 
 If our gifts are bestowed that we 
 may be kept square with duty, they are 
 utterly refused in heaven. But if they 
 express a sacrifice and a sympathy, 
 though they be but small according to 
 the arithmetic of men, they are counted 
 of great worth in that temple where 
 gifts are valued according to the giver. 
 
iHarrlf Nn man ran sag, 3*bub is Kuril, but in % 
 
 XXV ^Ms spirit .. „ ^ Tr 
 
 A A v ' 3 r — I. Corinthians xii : 3, R. V. 
 
 Men can only live the life that is in 
 harmony with the teaching of Christ as 
 they are possessed and energized by 
 the Holy Spirit of God. 
 
 iHarrh $* must b* barn an*m* m n Tr 
 
 f —John in: 7, R. V. 
 
 XXVI 
 
 Times have not altered human na- 
 ture, nor have they changed the essen- 
 tial character of Christianity. 
 
JSttatsn^tirr xb nnt nf fatttj xb situ HJarrl} 
 
 — Romans xiv: 23. XXVII 
 
 If there comes into my life as a 
 Christian a question as to whether 
 some action is right or wrong, and I 
 continue in it, while yet doubtful con- 
 cerning it, I am sinning, because my 
 action is "not of faith." 
 
 &p*ak utttn ttjm all ttjat 3 rnmmani tittt. ilarrfj 
 
 — Jeremiah i: 17. X XVIII 
 
 No man can be a messenger of the 
 Master and the Church save as he is 
 held in the right hand of Jesus and in- 
 terprets, not his own idea concerning 
 the Church's well-being, nor the 
 Church's wish concerning its function, 
 but the will of the Master. 
 
Mwctif <gnii fob ptnw Abraham. 
 
 XXIX — Genesis xxii: 1, R. V. 
 
 The fact that " God did prove Abra- 
 ham " is in itself suggestive. He con- 
 fers honor where He proves. He did 
 not prove Lot. Sodom did that. God 
 proves the man who is proof against 
 Sodom. 
 
 Mnttlj 5k*p tiygarif purr. 
 
 r r23 —I. Timothy v: 22. 
 
 XXX 
 
 We constantly attempt to comfort 
 our hearts with the idea that we can 
 manipulate the results of sin so as to 
 make them less hard to bear, and then 
 have to prove through long and bitter 
 experience that it is not so. There is 
 only one moment in which we can save 
 ourselves from sin, that is before we 
 commit it. 
 
EatirHi tljfltt mt mtxvt itfan tljra*? 
 
 —John xxi : 15. XXXI 
 
 As long as hope is set upon service 
 it is not fixed upon Christ, and He 
 should hold full and absolute possession 
 of our hearts. Our lives may be so 
 occupied with things good in them- 
 selves that we do not see the King. 
 
 I 
 
 ffi? Ijau* a bml&tng nf <Sn&, an Ijoub^ tint April 
 mate tmilf tjaniiH, rtmtal in lift tjraurna. 
 
 — II. Corinthians v:1. 
 
 In the eternity of God, time has but 
 one significance — it is perpetually and 
 unceasingly " Now." 
 
 Not built with hands is that fair radiant 
 chamber 
 
 Of God's untroubled rest, 
 Where Christ awaits to lay His weary-hearted 
 
 In stillness on His breast. 
 
 O Home of God, my Father's joy and glad- 
 ness, 
 O riven Veil, whereby I enter in ! 
 There can my soul forget the grave, the 
 weeping, 
 The weariness and sin. — T. S. M. 
 
April Ijop* tfjtftt itt (80k far 3 alfail grt prate? Ijutu 
 
 i-T — PsALMxlii:5. 
 
 We live in the springtime of spiritual 
 things, because Jesus died and rose. 
 The summer and the autumn are not 
 yet. The sunlit glory and golden fruit- 
 age are our hope, but they come 
 through this awakening of the spring. 
 Our winter is over. It had its place 
 and value, that long, dreary stretch of 
 the centuries, in which for the earth at 
 least the only color was that of pro- 
 phetic pictures and the singing of that 
 constrained and imprisoned psalmist. 
 
Qtynu rat*m*0i Uyr far* ttf tl|r rarilj. April 
 
 —Psalm civ: 30. Ill 
 
 Wherever I look over old Mother- 
 Earth to-day there are signs and sounds 
 of Spring. Wherever I look o'er all 
 the race that long in darkness lay, there 
 is light upspringing, and the music and 
 the might of life are everywhere. 
 
 Abtite in mr. April 
 
 — John xv : 4. 
 
 We carry our atmosphere with us if 
 we abide in Christ by the indwelling 
 Spirit, and so rare and sunlit is it that 
 all the sombreness of the season does 
 but create background for its revelation. 
 
April $* ar* lift Hgtft nf ilj* umrliL 
 
 — Matthew v : 14. 
 
 V 
 
 This is one of the most precious 
 values of our relationship to Christ. 
 On the dreariest drab we may cast the 
 golden shining of our Sun, until the 
 very drab yields up its hidden secret of 
 brown, which is, after all, only veiled 
 sunlight; on the most cold grey we 
 may cast a warmth of light that shall 
 enfold it until the possibility of a blue 
 is found therein. 
 
 April Wl}t*m not Ijatrtttg firm a* law * * . - gri br- 
 yj liriring, %t rrjairr grratlg tuttlf jug unspeakable 
 
 —I. Peter i: 8, R. V. 
 
 Submission to the King involves the 
 finding of the mystic key that opens 
 every avenue of pure delight, for in His 
 will the powers which He in love 
 created are no longer prostituted to 
 ignoble purposes, but serve the purpose 
 of that love creation. 
 
IJr ouglft la sag, 3Jf ttt* £ori> mill, tot Bljall April 
 Kb*, anil ita ttjtB or tltat VTT 
 
 —James iv. 15. v x± 
 
 One might, perchance, make a pro- 
 gram for one's own life for a week, if 
 one knew all that could possibly happen 
 within that week. Seeing, however, 
 that that knowledge does not extend to 
 the next minute, the folly of a self- 
 governed life becomes apparent. 
 
 Etrrtt bo tit? things of (Sob knotortlj no man, April 
 but tift Spirit of (Sob* VTTT 
 
 — I. Corinthians ii: 11. v 111 
 
 As it is the Spirit of God Who 
 knows the things of God, it must of 
 necessity be the Spirit Who unveils and 
 reveals those things, so much as is nec- 
 essary and possible, to those outside 
 the marvelous and mysterious circle of 
 the Deity. 
 
April Atti itj* tarty maa must? anil xmib, mb fcark- 
 
 IX tteaa ttraa ltpan % far* of tf?r irrp, an& X\\t 
 
 spirit nf (Snb mottr b upnn tlj* farr nf % tttatara. 
 
 — Genesis i: 2, R. V. 
 
 The Holy Spirit is the Creator of 
 beauty. He is revealed in the garnish- 
 ing of the heavens, in the blue of the 
 day, and in the darkness of night with 
 all the splendors of stars scattered in 
 profusion across it. 
 
 April 5fappg ia tljat pwpl* m^txBt (Sci* ia tfj* Cork 
 
 Y — Psalm cxliv: 15. 
 
 God has one will for all of us. It is 
 that we should be happy. Our happi- 
 ness, then, is dependent upon our being 
 wholly within that will. 
 
SJakr ifttb anb btxxmtt of tty? battrn nf tlj* April 
 tylfwciBttB ani nf tlj* &aMiurn>0- XI 
 
 — Matthew xvi : 6. 
 
 It is always but a step from formal- 
 ism to rationalism, and if external 
 things lack internal force they them- 
 selves will crumble to decay. 
 
 SbBuri* bt ti^t (Bob . . . . m\\n ♦ . . • b*gai April 
 vlb again anin a lining Ijop^ ytt 
 
 —I. Peter i: 3, R. V. ^ J " L 
 
 Mists lie all along the valleys, but we 
 may flash upon them glory from the 
 upper heights until they become purple 
 with hope, until they melt in the com- 
 ing of morning. 
 
April iig <g fc Htjall aupplg all gaitr ttfriL 
 
 XIII Philippians iv:19. 
 
 There is no heart hunger but that 
 He can satisfy, and no need but that 
 He can meet most perfectly. 
 
 ' Those who trust Him wholly 
 Find Him wholly true." 
 
 April Wtyzl 3 ha tym* ktuxmtst turt nam; but tljmt 
 
 Xtv *l|*tt feturai hereafter. 
 
 AiV — ToHNxiii:7. 
 
 God comes into your life and dis- 
 turbs you, breaks up your plans and 
 extinguishes your hopes, the lights that 
 have lured you on. He spoils every- 
 thing. What for? That He may get 
 you on His wings and teach you the 
 secret forces of your own life, and lead 
 you to higher development and higher 
 purposes. 
 
2ty* flotn^ra appear an tift rartfj* April 
 
 — Canticles ii: 12. yv 
 
 Flower in the crannied wall, 
 
 I pluck you out of the crannies ; — 
 
 Hold you here, root and all, in my hand, 
 Little flower — but if I could understand 
 
 What you are, root and all, and all in all, 
 I should know what God and man is. 
 
 — Tennyson. 
 
 Sfymt Bljatt frar Oft £nrfc tl?g (Sob, an& April 
 
 Bzvvt Ijtou XVI 
 
 — Deuteronomy vi: 13. 
 
 Whenever a man stops short of that 
 face-to-face worship of the Eternal God, 
 he is working ruin to his own character, 
 because he is breaking the command- 
 ment of God. 
 
April $ram ttigtj tn (60b, attfc It* mill ftram mgtf 
 
 XVII tagmi. . 
 
 — James iv:8. 
 
 Without priest, prophet, or preacher, 
 man can go right into the presence of 
 God and worship Him. 
 
 April STtrtB ia tb* mill nf (60ft, txttn gour sanr- 
 
 XVIII tificatimt. 
 
 — I. Thessalonians iv:3. 
 
 Let us cultivate our own life accord- 
 ing to the will of God. The neglect or 
 destruction of any side of our nature 
 dishonors God and robs the common- 
 wealth of a contribution it has a right 
 to expect from us. 
 
 April 38ui tbfttt ifi a spirit in man, anh ttj* brrattt at 
 
 XIX *k* Almiglrtg gifettj tlf*m unirrfitanMng. 
 
 — Job xxxii: 8, R. V. 
 
 All pure genius is inspired, not in the 
 same degree as the Scriptures, because 
 not for the same purpose, but by the 
 same Person. 
 
Stead? m* tn to tljg tntU; fnr tl^mt art mg (&nb. April 
 
 —Psalm cxliii : 10. XX 
 
 Man's will is paralyzed, robbed of its 
 glory and magnificence, save as he has 
 opportunity to use it. 
 
 firiumttutg fy* ttatr. April 
 
 — Ephesians v: 16. 
 
 XXI 
 
 The consecration of time is sadly 
 neglected. We are ready to consecrate 
 material possessions and gifts bestowed, 
 but are often careless of our time. 
 
 Spot g* vtv? aturtlj*r*s burfoms, anil bxx fulfil April 
 ttfp lam of GUfriBt XXII 
 
 — Galatians vi : 2. 
 
 Let us remember that God's call 
 comes to us most often and most con- 
 tinuously through the needs of men. 
 .... Every burden we help to bear 
 will prove us in partnership with Him 
 Who is ever calling men to roll their 
 burdens on Him. 
 
April lfflf*r*far* rnmfart on* attfltljfr tmttj tlitB? 
 
 XXIII ttmr&L 
 
 — I. Thessalonians iv: 18. 
 
 When presently all the tribulation is 
 passed, and the painful processes of the 
 little while are over, and the last grim 
 pressure ceases, then we shall be crowned 
 with life, then we shall know the mean- 
 ing of life. 
 
 April Ab mattj} aa walk arrnrirtng in tljia rulr, 
 
 XXIV P*ar* b* on tljem, anb mmg. 
 
 — Galatians vi: 16. 
 
 Christ came to create, not a creed, 
 not a formula of doctrine, not a profes- 
 sion in orthodoxy which may become 
 the most veritable heterodoxy, but — 
 character. 
 
•9 ramr tljat tljrg mag t?an* life, anJn mag tyatie April 
 it abnnfcantlg. yyv 
 
 —John x: 10, R. V. AAV 
 
 His dying is the pathway of deliver- 
 ance for those who at the Cross turn 
 from the things the Cross condemns, to 
 put their trust in Him. Such He leads 
 by the way of the Cross to the broad 
 life that stretches away on the other 
 side. 
 
 [jn Ifis omtt H*lf bar* our bxxib in tfis ba&g April 
 upan ttjr trrr, tltat tur, Ijauing bxtb until sins, XXVI 
 might liur nnta rightrnnsnrsfi ; bg mljOBr stripra 
 nr mrrr hralrb. 
 
 —I. Peter ii : 24, R. V. 
 
 The inevitable issue of sin is death. 
 Sin committed cannot be undone by 
 sorrow, or by promise of amendment. 
 Sowing demands the harvest. It can- 
 not possibly be avoided. Before man 
 can be delivered from the slavery of 
 sin, the penalty of sin must be borne. 
 
April 3$fjro If* ajaratteb up an tftgtf, If* bin t apiimtg 
 XXVII JfapKw, attft gau* gifts mtta mm 
 
 — Ephesians iv:8. 
 
 The King has accomplished the Ex- 
 odus ! Are we living in the bondage, or 
 in freedom? The answer to this ques- 
 tion will be found in the answer to 
 another. Have we yet come into the 
 place of trusting identification with 
 Him in His CrossJ? If so, then for us 
 
 "Bars are riven, 
 Foes are driven," 
 
 and our bondage is at an end. 
 
 April 
 
 XXVIII 
 
 31 am iff* ttBUtttttitm, ani* tlj* ltfr. 
 
 — John xi: 25. 
 
 The living risen Christ is the Center 
 of the Church's creed, the Creator of 
 her character, and the Inspiration of 
 her conduct. His resurrection is the 
 clearest note in her battle-song. It is 
 the sweetest, strongest music amid all 
 her sorrows. It speaks of personal sal- 
 vation. 
 
(§ teaih, miftrt xb ttjo sting? © gratis, April 
 mhttt ta tlig trirtnrg? XXIX 
 
 — I. Corinthians xv: 55. 
 
 Christ's resurrection promises the 
 life that has no ending, it declares to 
 all bereaved souls that "them also who 
 are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring 
 with him," and therefore the light of 
 His resurrection falls in radiant beauty 
 upon the graves where rest the dust of 
 the holy dead. 
 
 ®hr frUnt&Htftp nf tita Baffmnga. April 
 
 — Philippians in: 10. vw 
 
 There was a moment when Paul be- 
 came absolutely independent, and he 
 wrote these words declaring his inde- 
 pendence, "Hereafter let no man trouble 
 me." " What makes you independent, 
 Paul?" " I bear in my body the brands 
 of the Lord Jesus." And you and I 
 will only begin to know what it is to 
 serve God when we have touched the 
 point of sacrifice. 
 
#r Bljali 31 gn frnm tljg spirit? nr 
 I tni|ttlfrr aljaU 3f He* from lljg prtBttttt? 
 
 — Psalm cxxxix : 7. 
 
 In every gleam of the glory of 
 nature there is the evidence of an ever- 
 present God. 
 
 Fair are the flowers and the children, but 
 their subtle suggestion is fairer; 
 
 Rare is the rose-burst of dawn, but the 
 secret that clasps it is rarer ; 
 
 Sweet is the exultance of song, but the 
 strain that precedes it is sweeter; 
 
 And never was poem yet writ, but the mean- 
 ing outmaster'd the metre. 
 
 Great are the symbols of being, but that 
 
 which is symboll'd is greater; 
 Vast the create and beheld, but vaster the 
 
 inward Creator; 
 Back of the sound broods the silence, back 
 
 of the gift stands the giving ; 
 Back of the hand that receives, thrill the 
 
 sensitive nerves of receiving. 
 
 
Space is as nothing to Spirit, the deed is 
 
 outdone by the doing; 
 The heart of the wooer is warm, but warmer 
 
 the heart of the wooing; 
 And up from the pits where these shiver, and 
 
 up from the heights where those shine, 
 Twin voices and shadows swim starward, 
 
 and the essence of life is divine. 
 
 — Richard Realf. 
 
 &*parat* m* IBarttabafi anb &md far ilf* mark ilag 
 
 — Acts xiii : 2. 
 
 God is seen choosing men fitted to 
 the times for the accomplishment of 
 work, the full value of which the rolling 
 centuries alone declare. Let us take 
 heart, knowing that perhaps the deep- 
 est meaning of what we do to-day will 
 only be known and felt in the distant 
 future. 
 
ffinrb, roljat mitt tfjfltt If afar m* tn ibo? 
 
 ttt — Acxsix:6. 
 
 To-day a man is in the sphere where 
 God has put him, and on every hand 
 God is graciously setting His seal upon 
 the work He has given him to do. But 
 the Divine voice comes : " Ye have tar- 
 ried long enough. " That work must 
 be dropped. All its hallowed associa- 
 tions must be left behind, and all the 
 tender ties that have become entwined 
 around the heart .... must be snapped. 
 
 Hag JUaalf mt Hjornugljlg from mitt* iniquity, unit 
 
 7v tltamt ttt* frnm ttttt Bttu 
 
 — Psalm li: 2, R. V. 
 
 Abandonment to God is not merely 
 the act of enlisting as soldiers to fight 
 battles — that is a secondary matter. It 
 is first abandonment of self to the 
 Spirit of God, that He may purify and 
 cleanse from everything that is unlike 
 His own perfection of beauty. 
 
iff tljnit kn*m?0t ti\t gift vf (Sab, mb mtf it ia iHag 
 tljai sattli tn tljrc, (Sitf* m? tn brink; thou y 
 wttxdbtBt lyatte aHk*& of tjim, anil if* wnnifc tjaue 
 giwn llj** Hiring matm 
 
 — John iv: 10. 
 
 He still gives the living water, enters 
 into and heals personal sorrows, com- 
 municates virtue to distressed souls, 
 transforms into beauty the most diffi- 
 cult and perplexing characters, and 
 deals with exquisite tenderness with 
 those who, trusting Him, have not yet 
 perfectly understood Him. 
 
 Say unin &ag utfrrrtij spmlj, and nigijt unta JHag 
 ntgljt alftrnttty knmnlr&g*. yj 
 
 — Psalm xix: 2. 
 
 The Bible itself does not exhaust 
 Him, and in every successive age He 
 creates new records of His grace in the 
 experiences of trusting souls. He is 
 able to do this in you and for you .... 
 for He is the exhaustless One. 
 
Mag By am nm tfjrfi* ttjinga br? 
 
 — John in: 9. 
 VII 
 
 The first steps may be taken in the 
 dark without seeing a reason, but take 
 them, and you begin to see the wisdom, 
 and tenderness, and compassion, and 
 love of God. 
 
 j&rrk g* finst ilj* kingbnm af (Sob, ani Ijta 
 VIII rigiftrottanraH. 
 
 — Matthew vi : 33. 
 
 Obedience is the first thing. In the 
 beginning, seek first the kingdom, and 
 when the soul seeks the kingdom by 
 obeying the King, the soul discovers 
 the Father, and discovering the 
 Father obeys more readily, and obey- 
 ing more readily, has a larger revela- 
 tion which makes obedience easy and 
 the horizon greater. 
 
3Hpm Bfyalt km* ilj* IGori* iljt} (Bob tmtl| all 
 
 —Matthew xxii : 37. 
 
 God is calling for the investiture of 
 form with power, and the one power 
 which God recognizes is that of love. 
 .... The preacher is to preach and 
 the worker to work, not to give God a 
 mechanical quantity, but in response to 
 love. 
 
 *% MS want Bljall g* tm mot? profatt* tmtlj 
 mux ntfta. y 
 
 — Ezekielxx:39, R. V. A 
 
 Gifts presented to God by hands that 
 are impure, are themselves impure, for 
 God only receives the gift according as 
 He has received the giver. The offer- 
 ing that we bring to God is the true 
 expression of the value at which we 
 appraise the altar. 
 
in tfxa itm*a \\t jsljall Btym, mfytt is it;* bbaari* 
 XI ani onlg |l0t*nfette, % King nf kings. 
 
 — I. Timothy vi: 15. 
 
 We believe that the King is doing 
 work preparatory to His coming. He 
 
 is gathering out His Church 
 
 The light of this truth falls upon the 
 chaos and unrest of our age — arming of 
 nations, mutual distrust, "wars, and 
 rumors of wars/' Man is failing in 
 governmental power, and the hope of 
 the world is that Jesus will come to rule 
 within the lines of His own royal 
 policy. 
 
QJottlttm* ttjou iti ii\t ttjtngs uiljtrl? tljnu l?aHt iHag 
 l?artu>& anil Irast brm assart nt ktumring of xil 
 tutfnm tijnu Ijaat Irarnrfc ttjrm. 
 
 —II. Timothy iii: 14. 
 
 To lose the Christ of virgin birth, 
 and virtuous life, and vicarious death, 
 and victorious resurrection, is to lose 
 the New Testament. And the reverse 
 is true. To lose the New Testament 
 is to lose that Person. The Christ of 
 Christianity and the Christ of the New 
 Testament are one. 
 
 $at mt are l?t0 mnrkmanBljtp, rreairb ttt iHag 
 GUjrifit SltsvLB far gaa& marks- XIII 
 
 — Ephesians il: 10, R. V. 
 
 The age knows well, notwithstanding 
 all its small criticism of the inconsist- 
 ency of individual Christians, that the 
 Church stands, a shining light, reveal- 
 ing to the world the possibility of high- 
 est heroism in all such as are loyal to 
 the King. Human history affords no 
 parallel in glory and strength of empire. 
 
i&ag H1|0 gan* tftmarif fnr tta, tifai lj* mtglft r*- 
 
 XIV &mn MB from all iniquity, anb purifg uttta fyim- 
 
 H*lf a pwpb far tjia attm pnaaraaum. 
 
 — Titus ii: 14, R. V. 
 
 These facts concerning Christ are 
 not merely indisputable, they are un- 
 disputed. There is to be found no 
 man of intelligence, or woman either, 
 who denies the glory of His ideal, His 
 ability to redeem, the marvel of His 
 rule, or the certainty of His power to 
 restore. 
 
 Sftj* &ag nf tli* iCnr& ia at I|anb. 
 
 — Isaiah xiii: 6. 
 
 The Day of the Lord is at hand, at hand ! 
 
 Its storms roll up the sky ; 
 The nations sleep starving on heaps of gold; 
 
 All dreamers toss and sigh; 
 The night is darkest before the morn ; 
 When the pain is sorest the child is born, — 
 
 And the Day of the Lord at hand. 
 
 XV 
 
Who would sit down and sigh for a lost age 
 of gold, 
 While the Lord of all ages is here? 
 True hearts will leap up at the trumpet of 
 God, 
 And those who can suffer, can dare. 
 Each old age of gold was an iron age, too, 
 And the meekest of saints may find stern 
 work to do, 
 In the Day of the Lord at hand. 
 
 — C. Kingsley. 
 
 Sty* %ttrb xb King for mr an& tvtt. 
 
 — Psalm x: 16. XVI 
 
 The history of human sin is the his- 
 tory of man's attempt to deny the 
 Divine Kingship, and to resist its 
 claims. In spite of all this terrible his- 
 tory of rebellion and failure, God has 
 not resigned His throne, He has not 
 abandoned His sceptre, He has not 
 
 yielded the reins of government 
 
 His right to reign does not depend up- 
 on the vote of a crowd. 
 
<gnb gttirtti it a bafcg m« as it pi*aH*d Ijmu 
 XVII an & **> * ar t? B ^ a b ^H °f tt * 0mtu 
 
 — I. Corinthians xv:38. R. V. 
 
 Take a seed and hold it in the hand — 
 strange little seed, without beauty, the 
 very embodiment of weakness. But 
 within that husk, in which the human 
 eye detects no line of beauty or grace, 
 no gleam or flash of glory, there lie the 
 eoreeous colors and magnificent flower 
 itself. From that seed, through pro- 
 cesses of law, plant and bud proceed, 
 until at last the perfect blossom is 
 formed. 
 
 
Swing it xb (Snfc, tlxat saii>, IGigtft Htyall slfin* 
 nut nf ftarknesH, roljn stflttrb in nnr If^arte, to XVI 1 1 
 gin* tift ligtjt nf tljr knmnlriige nf tlj* glnrg nf 
 (&ob in ti\t fare nf Jrsns QHprist 
 
 — II. Corinthians iv: 6, R. V. 
 
 How often, even amid the shadows 
 of the little while, the faces of the saints 
 are seen lit with the light of the in- 
 ward glory. Those who, indeed, would 
 shine amid the darkness of the world 
 must be transformed and transfigured 
 by union with God. 
 
 $r Ijan* bttn put tn grirf in manifnlb trialH, 
 that IIjf prnnf nf gnnr fattlj .... migljt bt XIX 
 fnnnfc nntn praisr anb glnry anb Ijnnnr at ti\t 
 rmriatinn nf Srsns (EffriBt 
 
 —I. Peter i: 6, 7, R. V. 
 
 Power bestowed, becomes truly pow- 
 erful when it has been tested through 
 the process of temptation. What is 
 seen in perfection in Christ, is a lesson 
 
that men do well to lay to heart. Full- 
 ness of the Spirit, becomes the power 
 of the Spirit, through processes of test- 
 ing. Herein is revealed the value of 
 the trials and temptations that beset 
 the pathway of the Christian worker. 
 
 iflag 3Fnr through tfim mt botif fyau* our attt&a in 
 
 Xx on* spirit unto tlje 3FatJf*r. 
 
 — Ephksians ii: 18, R. V. 
 
 The God-man is the gateway be- 
 tween God and man. Through Him 
 God has found His way back to man, 
 from whom He had been excluded by 
 his rebellion. In Him man finds his 
 way back to God, from Whom he had 
 been alienated by the darkening of his 
 intelligence, the death of his love, and 
 the disobedience of his will. 
 
Stynt tift tetril katirtij Ijtm; anil, btipsUfc, 
 attgria ram* ani mintatrrtd unto tjwu XXI 
 
 — Matthew iv: 11. 
 
 The enemy of the race is seen in all 
 his subtlety and terrible power, but yet 
 spoiled, defeated, crushed. The Re- 
 deemer is seen in all the terribleness of 
 conflict, upon the issue of which de- 
 pends the carrying out of the purpose 
 of God, and the deliverance and uplift- 
 ing of man; but yet victorious, crowned, 
 and exercising- the functions of the 
 Conqueror. 
 
 Jaithful tfl itj* saying, ani mnrtljg nf all iKag 
 arrrptatum, iljat Oltjrtfii 3ta\xB ram* inttx the XXII 
 worth tn sab* sxnotfra. 
 
 —I. Timothy i: 15, R. V. 
 
 The evangel is not denunciatory of 
 sin. It is not pronunciatory of punish- 
 ment. It is annunciatory of salvation. 
 That is its great value. 
 
*WaH £fam untn tip King ttttml, immartal, tn- 
 XXIII trifitbb, ti}t onlg <8ni>, br fannr and glnrg for 
 rt^r anfc *tirr. Amrtu 
 
 — I. Timothy i: 17, R. V. 
 
 We have not merely to claim that 
 Jesus is Lord, but we have to demon- 
 strate that He is Lord. We have to 
 show to this age in the light of a new 
 century, with all its advance, and pro- 
 gress, and civilization, that Jesus Christ 
 is Lord, not merely because God has 
 appointed Him King — though that is 
 true — but because of His inherent roy- 
 alty. 
 
 iMag i^m murlj morr sljall tljr blnnb of (EtjriHt 
 
 XXIV ♦ • * • rlrattBt ynur roitBrtrnrr from btab roorka 
 
 to srra* tilt living (8nfc ? 
 
 — Hebrews ix: 14, R. V. 
 
 We must get back to the Cross to 
 know its ruggedness, to know its bru- 
 tality, its blood-baptism. It is only 
 there that the heart finds the conscience 
 cleaned. 
 
7 
 
 Upnn tttta rnrk 3 mill bmlb mg rljnrr Ij ; ani iHag 
 th* gates of liates sljall turt {ttrtmil against it XXV 
 
 — Matthew xvi : 18, R. V. 
 
 That is the Church I belong to, the 
 Church impregnable, unconquerable, 
 marching out in perpetual triumph in- 
 to the ages beyond. That is Christ's 
 estimate of the Church. 
 
 iir mas in tfj* morlfc. anb tit* mnrlii mas mate fHag 
 
 b9l,im - -JoH„i:10. XXVI 
 
 Creation is not an open book to man. 
 God is allowing him, by the slow and 
 tedious processes of the centuries, to 
 learn to read its secrets. To Jesus all 
 these secrets were apparent. 
 
31 am itf* goob B^pljprb: ilj* gnnb Bljrptjprii 
 XXVII ' a y ra f bntxm tjtfl Hfo far tlj* Btytp. 
 
 — John x: 11, R. V. 
 
 Oh, wondrous Shepherd of the sheep. 
 The hireling careth not for the sheep, 
 and fleeth because he is an hireling. 
 The Shepherd came into conflict with 
 the wolf, and by His dying overcame. 
 
 Styat 3 mag ktwm tftm, anb tlj* pnmpr nf ifis 
 yyvttt rrairmtUm. 
 
 aa v 111 — Philippians iii : 10. 
 
 All the working values of the Gospel 
 of grace are founded upon the fact of 
 the resurrection of Jesus. 
 
Bring tfjmfnr* fuatifirin hg fattfj, wt Ijati* 
 p*ar* mttlf (Soft tffrouglj our iCarii ifesua CtjrtBt XXIX 
 
 — Romans v:1, R. V. 
 
 The scattered, frightened sheep, re- 
 ceiving the life liberated through the 
 death of the Shepherd, receive all the 
 values and the virtues which God 
 accepts, and thus in Christ are accepted 
 of God. 
 
 3ln rotjnae Ijani in t\\t anul nf rwrg lifatng ilag 
 rtfing, mb \\\t breattj of all mankind XXX 
 
 — Job xii: 10. 
 
 Man was made for the God Who 
 declares that His creature shall have 
 none other God before Him. He will 
 be the God and the center of every 
 man, and the very nature of man's be- 
 ing makes the demand a reasonable 
 one. 
 
^ a 9 Sfmtt Btynll tit*}} folmi* in tftm of urfjnm tljnj 
 
 XXXI Ijawnntljrarti? 
 
 — Romans x: 14. 
 
 There is but one excuse for idolatry, 
 namely, ignorance ; and there are cases 
 in which even that fails to justify. If 
 a man does not know God, he cannot 
 worship Him ; but if he lives in a place 
 where he may have the light if he will, 
 then the last excuse for idolatry is 
 swept away. 
 
 Sunt ©tfau BtnbtBt fortlj H?g spirit, tljrg ntt 
 I rrratrd. 
 
 — Psalm civ : 30. 
 
 All creation is of God, to the man 
 who lives and walks with Him. 
 
 "One Spirit— His 
 Who wore the platted thorn with bleeding 
 
 brows 
 Rules universal nature ! Not a flower 
 But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or 
 
 stain, 
 
Of His unrivaU'd pencil. He inspires 
 Their balmy odors, and imparts their hues, 
 And bathes their eyes with nectar; and 
 
 includes, 
 In grains as countless as the seaside sands, 
 The forms with which He sprinkles all the 
 
 earth. 
 Happy who walks with Him, whom what 
 
 he finds 
 Of flavor or of scent in fruit or flower, 
 Or what he views of beautiful or grand 
 In nature, from the broad majestic oak 
 To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, 
 Prompts with remembrance of a present 
 
 God." 
 
 iC*t *arlj nit* nf ua pkaa* tfta tmgljbnr far Sunt 
 iljat mljtrli ta gnaft, unta rtitfgtttg. jj 
 
 — Romans xv:2, R. V. 
 
 No man can deny his accountability 
 for a share in the development or de- 
 struction of the race. The solidarity 
 of humanity is more than a dream of 
 visionaries. It is an indisputable fact. 
 Every life is contributing its quota of 
 force to the forces that make or mar. 
 All are hindering or hastening the per- 
 fect day. 
 
I 
 
 3mt* 3 knnm Iftm, tljat ty mill rnmmanb Ijtfi rfjtt- 
 j j j fcrnt anil fyta IjnuHrlfnlb after fyim, atth ttfrg atfall 
 krrp ttfr mag uf tff* Enrb, tn im fuHttr* att& 
 jufcgmrnk 
 
 — Genesis xviii : 19. 
 
 The family is an unity of individuals 
 sharing a common life and governed 
 by a common love. Society is a union 
 of families. Every attempt to create 
 society upon any other basis is wicked 
 and ends in disaster. 
 
 3mt* S* *utf imtnrii; (Snb tH turt mnrkrb: for 
 
 jy mtjataurttrr a man jsnmrtlj, Ifjat BljaU Ijr alan 
 
 rrap. 
 
 — Galatians vi ; 7. 
 
 Every man of science will bear testi- 
 mony to the awful demand that nature 
 makes for purity, and will assert that 
 she has no pity for the unclean. 
 
^t tljai lent ti^t Sorb, Ijai* roth i\t prro*ro- $ nxit 
 ttif tilt bhuIb nf tjta Buxnts. ~ 7 
 
 — Psalm xcvii : 10. V 
 
 Love that is God-like, far-seeing, and 
 comprehensive, love which permits of 
 no present pleasure at the cost of possi- 
 ble future pain ; such love can only be 
 where character is in harmony with 
 Divine intention. 
 
 VI 
 
 &tubg ta bt quirt, attb tn ba gflur nam bust- 3nnt 
 titBB, and tn mark tmtlj gnur Ijattite. 
 
 — I. Thessalonians iv:ll, R. V. 
 
 Not only the law of God, tender and 
 beneficent, but the law of human soci- 
 ety, too often stern and cruel, says to 
 man, Thou shalt work ! The fact that 
 there are any who escape obedience to 
 the command is the saddest fact in 
 sociology. 
 
3nm l&ttBBtb wet % pnre in tjrart: fur %g atjall 
 VII Btt (&ttb. 
 
 — Matthew v:8. 
 
 No man who knows God, no man 
 who is living in daily communion with 
 Him, needs a picture to help him to pray. 
 .... If a man crave help, it is thereby 
 proven that he lacks the spiritual con- 
 sciousness. This very lack renders him 
 incapable of creating anything which 
 gives a proper representation of God. 
 
 3wt* aty* mavb nf (&ab ia luring, uttb adit*. an5 
 VIII Bifwcptr ttjan ang iroa-riigrti BttroriL 
 
 — Hebrews iv: 12, R. V. 
 
 I believe the Word of God, if we 
 will but read it with simplicity, is more 
 clear and powerful than anything that 
 can be said about it. 
 
3 prag tffat gour Uro* mag afanunb grt mnr* 3un* 
 anb mnr* ttt ktumtlrbg* attb all bxBtttttmttxL ix 
 
 — Philippians i : 9, R. V. 
 
 Loss of first love to Christ will inev- 
 itably issue in loss of love to the breth- 
 ren, and cannot fail to dry up the rivers 
 of compassion toward the outside world. 
 It is the first love of the saint that is 
 the true light that shines in a dark place. 
 
 31 knarn tljg ronrkB, anb tljjj tail anb patintr*, 3tm* 
 ► ... but ... . tifon bibfit l*att* tljg first Imt*. X 
 
 — Revelation ii:2, 4, R. V. 
 
 Without first love we may retain 
 ceaseless activity, immaculate purity, 
 severest orthodoxy, but there will be no 
 light shining in a dark place. 
 
3txm Hg tljta sljaU all mtn ktuxm ttjat g* ar* mg 
 XI irtariplpa. if ge Ijatie Urn* un* ta ann%r. 
 
 — John xiii : 35. 
 
 It is not our doing that lightens the 
 world. It is not our ceremonial clean- 
 ness that helps men. It is not our cor- 
 rectness in the holding of truth that 
 helps a dying race. It is our love, first 
 for our Master, then for each other, 
 and then for the world. 
 
 3mu> ailprlHt tfi all. nnb in all. 
 
 ^ TT — Colossians iii: 11. 
 
 Christ speaks to art, to music, to 
 science, to literature, to all life, to each 
 separately, and yet to each in its rela- 
 tion to all the rest. Many waters, 
 many messengers, many messages, yet 
 one voice, one word, one revelation. 
 
3 am (Sub, . ♦ . . terlartttg tljr rnb fram Up j unr 
 beginning, anh from anrtent iim*fl tff* tlfittga _ 
 
 tljat ar* nut ljri ium*. 
 
 — Isaiah xlvi: 9, 10. 
 
 We are in danger of living too much 
 in the present, and of looking upon 
 Divine activities as if they were hap- 
 hazard or accidental, as our own always 
 are, save as we are under control of the 
 Spirit of God. 
 
 Jtear tint; * ♦ . . 3 mas 6rab, anb brtjalii, 3 Sun* 
 am aitti* far rorrmar*, anb 3 Ijanr tlj* fogs nf ^jy 
 tealh and nf Bates. 
 
 —Revelation i: 17, 18, R. V. 
 
 Oh, suffering saints, and all who ap- 
 proach the shadow-land, fear not, fear 
 not! Trust Him utterly, be faithful, 
 confiding, even unto death, and through 
 the dark chambers of death and of 
 Hades, He will lead to light. Christ 
 never tells us not to fear until He Him- 
 self has fathomed all the mystery. 
 
Jtmr 3 tfatie great Hnrram attb ttttreaatttg pain ttt 
 XV m 9 *?* ar *- 3? 0r ' ttwlfc mteJ| itjat 3 mgB^lf mm 
 anatljma frnm (EtpiBt for mjj brrtlymt'fi sab*. 
 
 — Romans ix: 2, 3, R. V. 
 
 " Oft, when the Word is on me to deliver, 
 Lifts the illusion and the truth lies bare, 
 Desert or throng, the city or the river, 
 
 Melts in a lucid paradise of air. 
 Only like souls I see the folk thereunder 
 Bound who should conquer, slaves who 
 should be kings, 
 Hearing their one hope with an empty 
 wonder, 
 Sadly contented in a show of things ; 
 Then with a rush the intolerable craving 
 Shivers throughout me like a trumpet 
 call, 
 Oh, to save these, to perish for their 
 saving, 
 Die for their life, be offered for them 
 all!" 
 
3f 31 trill • • * • trrf|ai i* tljai to tlj**? Ul- j| un ^ 
 
 — JoHNxxi:22. ^ Vi 
 
 God is absolute monarch wherever 
 He is King at all He never per- 
 mits us to make compromises with Him 
 for a single moment. He speaks the 
 word of authority Our only re- 
 lationship to that government is that of 
 implicit, unquestioning, immediate obe- 
 dience. 
 
 3B*l|alb, fyajipg ia tlj* man toljnm (60b ttxtttt- s nnt 
 rtlj; tiftttfxttt iteJBpiB* not tffau tlj* rljaBtemng XVII 
 nfttjfAlmtglftg. 
 
 — Job v:17. 
 
 This we know, that what He wills is 
 best, so to His chastisements we render 
 ourselves that we may find His great 
 reward. 
 
XVIII — Phtlippians iii : 20. R. V. 
 
 I belong to the heavens, and when I 
 touch the earth I must touch it with the 
 
 equity of the heavens I must 
 
 bring into all transactions the principles 
 of righteousness upon which God is 
 building His city, and accomplishing 
 His work. 
 
 3un* 3 rmn f tMt to Btnb p*arr, but a BttwriL 
 
 XIX — Matthew x: 34. 
 
 It is a very remarkable thing that the 
 Church of Christ persecuted has been 
 the Church of Christ pure. The Church 
 of Christ patronized has always been 
 the Church of Christ impure. 
 
 3nm Etimj plant mtfirfj mg l|*ati*nljj Jfatfjw plants 
 
 XX twt jBtjall h* ruoteh up. 
 
 — Matthew xv: 13, R. V. 
 
 You cannot grow the tulips of the 
 kingdom of God except you get the 
 bulbs from heaven. 
 
Git}? S>on nf man \a ttai ram* ta testrng mm* a ^ un * 
 \x\xtB, but ta sau* ttj^ttu XXI 
 
 — Luke ix: 56. 
 
 It is the great work of Christ to heal 
 the wounds, to make dissensions cease, 
 and to bring the world around Himself 
 into a sacred brotherhood, in the Father- 
 hood of God. 
 
 Qftjtfi man's rriigum ta trauu $ nm 
 
 — J ames i: 26. XXIT 
 
 'i. 
 
 That man cannot do anything for 
 God in public places if his own home is . 
 
 devastated and broken up by the prin- 
 ciple of rebellion against God. And if 
 the influence a man is exerting on his 
 family is an influence that scatters, that 
 man is not with Christ. j 
 
Jfun* Sty* ICnrb mgtwilf. 
 
 — I. Chronicles xvi: 31. 
 -X-^CllI 
 
 3tyg tipaw, (§ <8nb, is for *wr anb *tt*r. 
 
 — Psalm xlv;6. 
 
 These and kindred phrases tell the 
 character of the music. When the song 
 is of human experience at its best, it is 
 ever of the joy and peace to be found 
 
 in the law of God When the 
 
 music becomes a dirge, it is because in 
 individual or national life God has been 
 forgotten. 
 
 Jim* Sin bt Bttn nf mttu 
 
 — Matthew xxiii:5. 
 
 Human opinion is the test of all their 
 doing and speaking. Conventionality 
 holds them in an iron grip. They will 
 do, or refuse to do, anything according 
 to the opinion of someone else. The 
 habit of the crowd becomes the rule of 
 life. 
 
Iiappg fa ttj* matt tljai fearrtlj almag: but tj* Jun* 
 that tiartenrttj tfta t|*art aliall fall tttta mtartffrf. XXV 
 
 — Proverbs xxviii : 14. 
 
 In all ages, in all lands, and under all 
 circumstances of life, man desires and 
 seeks after happiness. It is very doubt- 
 ful if a single exception can be found 
 to this rule in the ranks of the human 
 family. 
 
 3lf ttjmt Ijaftst fouram, mm tljiw, at l*aai in Junr 
 tljta tljg bag, ttj* things uxtflrtj hrimtg uttiu tljg XXVI 
 p*ar*! but nam tlfnj ar* Ijib from tijxtte *g*s. 
 
 — Luke xix:42. 
 
 The heart of man was made for 
 peace, and joy, and love; and through 
 all the foolish blundering of popular 
 pleasure-seeking, it is after these men 
 seek. 
 
XXVII 
 
 31 btBtot ttftttfort Ufa! % mnt prag in mrg 
 plar*. 
 
 —I. Timothy ii:8, R. V. 
 
 When men retire from the conflict to 
 pray, they cut the nerves of prayer. 
 Men only pray with prevailing power, 
 who do so amid the sobs and sighing 
 of the race. 
 
 3nt& Sg ott* matt Bttt tt&trtb into tift umrlb, attb 
 
 XXVIII ******* kJJ B ™> an & *** &****? pafifirii ttprm all m*n. 
 
 —Romans v: 12. 
 
 When man, God's crowning work, 
 first sinned, he dragged down all crea- 
 tion in his fall; but when Jesus shall 
 come again, to reign in the power of 
 His Cross, Passion, and Atonement (for 
 that is to be the strength of His rule), 
 then the whole creation shall feel the 
 touch of His presence, and shall re- 
 spond to His redemptive work. 
 
3 aarn a new tpawtt an& a tt*m *artlj. ^ un * 
 
 — Revelation xxi:l. XXIX 
 
 Not until Christ shall have banished 
 evil, brought in the new heavens and 
 the new earth, and given the City of 
 God to the earth, will our Lord's work 
 be complete and His glory at the 
 highest. 
 
 Qtyta aam* 3?ma. mljlrtj is tak*n up from gnu 5mt* 
 tntn fatten, atjail ho com* in lik* manner. XXX 
 
 — Acts i: 11. 
 
 Once take firm hold of this great 
 truth of the coming of the King, and it 
 affords a bright outlook along every 
 avenue of life, and brings gladness to 
 the weary heart. 
 
Kulg (§lb ttjinga ntt paBBtb attmg; brfjnlfc, tly^a ar* 
 t bmrot* m. 
 
 —II. Corinthians v:17, R. V. 
 
 There can be no love for God until 
 all the false views are swept away by 
 the new vision that breaks with the 
 new birth. 
 
 Breathe on me, Breath of God, 
 
 Fill me with life anew, 
 That I may love what Thou dost love, 
 
 And do what Thou wouldst do. 
 
 Breathe on me, Breath of God, 
 
 Until my heart is pure, 
 Until with Thee I will one will, 
 
 To do and to endure. 
 
 Breathe on me, Breath of God, 
 
 So shall I never die, 
 But live with Thee the perfect life 
 
 Of Thine eternity. 
 
 — E. Hatch. 
 
Wtyttfar? if ang man ia in (Eljriai ij* is a 3nlg 
 n*m rmiinr*. tt 
 
 —II. Corinthians v: 17, R. V. 
 
 Admiration of the Person and char- 
 acter of Christ, together with patronage 
 of His teaching, are insufficient, and 
 indeed do but insult the purpose of 
 Christianity, whose mission it is, not so 
 much to captivate the admiration, as to 
 remake and beautify the character. 
 
 3f ang man tffirat Irt Ifim com* nnta m$, anb 3ulg 
 fitrink. ttt 
 
 — JoHNvii:37. 1Xi 
 
 The water which Christ gives is the 
 living water of the Spirit, perpetually 
 springing up in the soul of man unto 
 eternal life. 
 
3ulg (ffatrct tlfon bg 0*arrt}tng finb out (Sob ? 
 
 IV — JOBxi:7. 
 
 To those who live and walk in the 
 Spirit, all creation is seen to be of God. 
 No man can find God through nature; 
 but every man may find nature through 
 God. If man begin with nature, he 
 cannot climb from it to God; but if he 
 begin with God, he may enter into the 
 mystic region, wherein lies true appre- 
 ciation of the glories and beauties of 
 nature. 
 
 j^ 2ty* glnnj ttrffirff stfall bt r*b*abb in ub. 
 
 — Romans viii: 18. 
 
 What the glory of the coming One 
 will be, none can imagine ; nor can they 
 yet know what will be the glory of the 
 children of God, when the work of God 
 is finished in their lives. The Holy 
 Spirit within, seals unto that glorious 
 issue. 
 
($imtrff ttui ttjr spirit. 3ulg 
 
 — I. Thessalonians v: 19. T ^ T 
 
 It is a very terrible thought that the 
 grieving of the Spirit within the Church 
 postpones the coming of the kingdom 
 of God in the world. In proportion as 
 men are obedient to the indwelling 
 Spirit, and allow Him in the whole ter- 
 ritory of their own lives to have His 
 way, in that proportion are they hasten- 
 ing the coming of the Day of God, and 
 bringing in the Kingdom of Peace. 
 
 %rrbg mt ktwm ttyat ift ahttMli tn its, fag tift 
 
 —I. John iii: 24, R. V. 
 
 As when our blessed Lord was trans- 
 figured upon the mountain it was not 
 the transfiguring of a glory that fell 
 upon Him, but that of a glory that was 
 already resident within Him, outshining 
 through the veil of His flesh, so, when 
 the Spirit seals, He does so by the gift 
 of life, which is able to transform 
 character. 
 
Jnlg Wlttrti firings tjati* xtHitth a Htjnm nf mtaiUmt 
 
 yjjj in mill-mnraliip, anil tjnmtlttg. 
 
 — Colossians ii: 23. 
 
 In every instance where men permit 
 themselves to look at sacred things in 
 a frivolous light, there is evil reaction 
 upon the heart and consciousness. 
 They are robbing themselves of that 
 sacred sense of veneration and rever- 
 ence for God, without which there is no 
 real worship and no acceptable service. 
 
 3nlg Ail arrtptur* xa gitirn bg UtopiratUra nf (Soft 
 IX * • * • tfjai tlj* man nf <8n& mag b? ptvUtt. 
 tfyarmtglflg fnmteljrtu unta all gnni mnrka. 
 
 —II. Timothy iii:16, 17. 
 
 No man ever really enters the Chris- 
 tian ministry in the deep spiritual sense 
 of the term, save as he receives a gift 
 from the Head of the Church, by the 
 Holy Spirit, which perfectly equips him 
 for the work he has to do. 
 
Jin mrrgtljttiS B* ww* *ttrtrljrt> tn I;im, in all 3ulg 
 uttrranrr unb all kunuririuj** X 
 
 — I. Corinthians i:5, R. V. 
 
 No single branch of knowledge is out 
 of place to the man who is going to do 
 the work of an evangelist. You may 
 gather illustrations from all sciences, 
 from all literature, and if you are only 
 living close to the center, and close to 
 Christ, you will see light gleaming and 
 breaking everywhere. 
 
 $* ramuit stmt (&nb anb manmum. Jlulg 
 
 — Matthew vi : 24. 
 
 Christ revealed the antithesis be- 
 tween the two great forces which gov- 
 ern human lives, God and mammon. 
 God governs man through the spiritual 
 side of man's nature, and man can only 
 
 XI 
 
be governed in the highest aspect of 
 his life when he is so governed. Mam- 
 mon, which stands for all the worldly 
 power and worldly greatness, .... as 
 a governing force issues in the degra- 
 dation of man. 
 
 3uljj atyat g* mtglji malfe tuurtljjj uf il|* ICnrfc nuta 
 
 XII aU pausing, bring fruitful in *urrg guuii murk, 
 
 anil inrnraafng in ilj* Immniritg* uf (Suit; 
 
 Btrrngtljrnr& mttif all mtglft, arrurirtng tu Ififl 
 
 glurtuus pum*r. 
 
 — Colossians i:10, 11. 
 
 It is infinitely better to have a little 
 power, and use it within the doors He 
 opens in loyalty to His teaching and 
 Himself, than to have much power and 
 use it as abetting the work of those 
 who, robbing Him of His dignity, hin- 
 der His coming into His Kingdom. 
 
SItp> kingfl of tl?e rarilj Brt UjmBriwa in 3 u i a 
 arrag, ani> fly* rubra m*re ga%reb tugrilfi*, xnl 
 against tlf* 2Inrb, anil against tfifi Anuintrit 
 
 — Acts iv: 26, R. V. 
 
 As of old, David, the anointed king 
 of Israel, was for a time exiled from his 
 kingdom, .... so, for to-day, Christ is 
 earth's rejected King, but He is still 
 God's anointed King. 
 
 l^tt 3 sag unta lift tmrkrb, Etjnu stjalt j[ u ^ 
 Bitrelg bit; ani tijnu giti*Bt ifim not warning, XIV 
 nor Bp*ak*flt to warn ilj* mirk*& from Ijis xxntteb 
 mag, to Ban* fyta life; . • • . Ifis hlnoft mill 3 
 require at tljin* tfanb. 
 
 — Ezekiel iii: 18. 
 
 Any doctrine, any philosophy, that 
 makes it easy to sin, whether by excus- 
 ing it, minimizing its enormity, or deny- 
 ing its existence, is of hell ; and not 
 merely are those held guilty who teach 
 the doctrine and practise the sin, but 
 that Church also which is not clear and 
 outspoken in its protests against sin. 
 
3ulg atyatt stjali not hrar falis* vaitmm. 
 
 XV — Matthew xix : 18. 
 
 11 A whisper broke the air, 
 
 A soft light tone, and low. 
 Yet barbed with shame and woe ; 
 Now, might it only perish there, 
 Nor further go ! 
 
 " Ah, me! a quick and eager ear 
 
 Caught up the little-meaning sound ; 
 Another voice has breathed it clear, 
 And so it wandered round, 
 
 From ear to lip, from lip to ear, 
 Until it reached a gentle heart, 
 And that — it broke." 
 
 Jitlg Wt maik bg foittj. tint bg siglfL 
 
 XVI — 11- Corinthians v: 7. 
 
 Let there be no asking for visions. 
 When transfiguration, and garden, and 
 cross, and resurrection, and ascension 
 hours are passed, the Master will not 
 apportion His rewards according to the 
 number of visions, but according to 
 fidelity to the opportunities He creates. 
 
GJlf* iru* Higtjt mljtrtj Ugljtrtl? mrg man tljat 3ulg 
 rnmrtlj tnia 11?* marlb. XVII 
 
 — John i:9. 
 
 He was the essential Light of men, 
 the Light of the world, and all the men 
 who have flung light across the pathway 
 of human life, from that moment until 
 now, have not been the Light, but 
 light-bearers, and they have lit their 
 torches from the Light, the Son of God. 
 
 If*r*itt ttraa tift law nf (Bob mantf*0i*b in ns, July 
 tljat <gnb tjatlj a*ni ifta onlg tegatfam &nn infci XVIII 
 til* mttrlb tfyat m? mtgtjt liti* Ufrnuglf Ifinu 
 
 —I. JoHNiv:9, R. V. 
 
 The Cross is the insistence of love. 
 It is the persistence of love. It is love 
 that holds the throne in the darkness. 
 But for that love there would have 
 been no Cross. 
 
3uig ©t|0ii stfalt not h*ar fata* wiitwaa. 
 
 XV — Matthew xix : 18. 
 
 " A whisper broke the air, 
 
 A soft light tone, and low. 
 Yet barbed with shame and woe ; 
 Now, might it only perish there, 
 Nor further go ! 
 
 " Ah, me! a quick and eager ear 
 
 Caught up the little-meaning sound; 
 Another voice has breathed it clear, 
 And so it wandered round, 
 
 From ear to lip, from lip to ear, 
 Until it reached a gentle heart, 
 And that — it broke." 
 
 3ulg Wt malk bg fatttj, turt bg sigljt. 
 
 XVI — 11- Corinthians v: 7. 
 
 Let there be no asking for visions. 
 When transfiguration, and garden, and 
 cross, and resurrection, and ascension 
 hours are passed, the Master will not 
 apportion His rewards according to the 
 number of visions, but according to 
 fidelity to the opportunities He creates. 
 
Sllf* irn* £tgl|t tnljirlf Ugljtoit rumj man fyai 3ulg 
 rnmrtlj into ilj* ronrlfc. XVII 
 
 — John i:9. 
 
 He was the essential Light of men, 
 the Light of the world, and all the men 
 who have flung light across the pathway 
 of human life, from that moment until 
 now, have not been the Light, but 
 light-bearers, and they have lit their 
 torches from the Light, the Son of God. 
 
 %txtv\ xmB lljr lott* af (6ob umniUvteb in ub, Jtoly 
 ttfat (Sob fyaitf Bttd IjtB onlg brgaton &mt into XVIII 
 tlj* tmtrlb tljai to* mtglji Ho* tlprnuglj i(\m. 
 
 —I. JoHNiv:9, R. V. 
 
 The Cross is the insistence of love. 
 It is the persistence of love. It is love 
 that holds the throne in the darkness. 
 But for that love there would have 
 been no Cross. 
 
Salg 5f attI \ B ^ pthgmettt uf tljta ttrorlih nam aljaU 
 XIX ttje priure uf tljta urorlii he raat nut Ani 31, tf 
 
 S be ttfieii up frum tl|e eartli, mill idram all men 
 
 unta me. 
 
 — JoHNxii:Sl, 32. 
 
 O blind men, infatuated men ! While 
 they gloat over their fancied victory, 
 God rends the veil of the temple in 
 twain, and for evermore does away 
 with the priest. Just as they thought 
 they had ensured their dominance of 
 humanity by crucifying Him, He by 
 His dying spoiled their power, rent the 
 veil, and by abolishing the priest, cre- 
 ated the priesthood of all believers. 
 
 3ulg % t Httail nnt fail uur be fctHrauragefc. 
 
 XX — Isaiah xlii : 4. 
 
 Every worker with God is conscious 
 of the presence of evil in the world. 
 Let that consciousness always be held 
 
in connection with the glorious fact 
 that over all, Christ is absolute Master. 
 The Church is not fighting a conflict, 
 the issue of which is uncertain. The 
 victory has been won, and therefore it 
 must be won. 
 
 Wtyttaf \\t tjailj gtttnt aaatmmr* mtfci all ^ u *y 
 m*n, in tljat t|* Ijattj tuiatb Ijtm from % iteaiL XXI 
 
 — Acts xvii : 31. 
 
 The value of the resurrection as a Di- 
 vine act, is threefold : First, it is God's 
 attestation of the perfection of the life 
 of the Man Jesus ; secondly, it is God's 
 attestation of the perfection of the medi- 
 ation of the Saviour Jesus; thirdly, it 
 is God's attestation of the perfection of 
 the victory of the King Jesus. 
 
3alg Htjrn ttjrg tftwcb of tlj* rtBxtntttwn of % 
 XXII &*a&# 00m* jtmrkrb. ; * . - but r*riatn m*tt riati* 
 utttu Iftm, anil b*li*m2)L 
 
 — AcTsxvii:32, 34, R. V. 
 
 There is no verdict upon fallen man 
 so final in its declaration of his rejection, 
 as is the risen Christ. There is no 
 door of hope so radiant with light for a 
 fallen people as this way into acceptance 
 through the reception of the Christ. 
 
 3uhj ®lj0m (Sab Ifattf Btt fartif iabtu propitiation 
 
 XXIII tfyrmiglf faitf| in t|tH blnob. 
 
 — Romans iii : 25. 
 
 To deny the vicarious nature of His 
 dying is to refuse to believe the account 
 of Christ's own view thereof, and, 
 moreover, to affirm that the apostolic 
 writings are false in interpretation. 
 
Htsus .... matufeatrii Ijts glarg; unb Jjia 3ulg 
 
 biBctplra brUrurfc an Mm. XXIV 
 
 — John ii: 11, R. V. 
 
 He was a soul so sublime, that He 
 turned the mountain into a sanctuary 
 until His communion made it flame 
 with the glory of transfiguration. So 
 sweetly simple was the Christ as to 
 utter words which children for nineteen 
 centuries have learned and loved. 
 
 Ijta ktngitam rulrtli tmtt all. 3ulg 
 
 — Psalm ciii: 19. v-vtt 
 
 AAV 
 
 We are not called upon to compare 
 the Church as she is with what she 
 should be, or as she is with what she 
 was; but rather the Church as she is 
 to-day with any empire, apart from her, 
 which the world has ever seen. There 
 is nothing in past or present history to 
 compare with the rule of Jesus over 
 His own. 
 
Jfitig &**Utg u* fan* jmrifob gnur lawls ttt gout 
 VV t 7T nbtbwitt 10 % truth. 
 
 AAV1 -I. Peter i: 22, R. V. 
 
 Truth is a sanctifying force, and a 
 man holds the truth only when he is 
 held by the truth. When truth pos- 
 sesses a man, all its glory and beauty 
 are manifested through his life and 
 character. 
 
 3ulg Anb turn* ib ublt In plurk tfjrm nut of mg 
 
 XXVII «^ Hlfa «*L _ Johnx29 
 
 God is superior to the slum or the 
 tenement, to ungodly companions or 
 influence. God is greater than the 
 sneer of the mocker. Live in God con- 
 sciously, and thou hast found the en- 
 vironment that is highest and closest 
 and strongest, the environment which 
 is superior to all others. 
 
3t in 500b turt t0 tut ftealj, tuir ta brink mtn*. Sttlg 
 n0r t0 ba atigitftng mljmbg tJjjj brotljrr ntumblrttj. XXVIII 
 
 — Romans xiv: 21, R. V. 
 
 Every prohibition of God, and every 
 command He lays upon men, have their 
 reason in His good will toward men. 
 .... Love prohibits that which, if 
 permitted, would blight the life and 
 mar the pleasure. It is also true that 
 every commandment calling to paths of 
 duty is the outbreathing of God. 
 
 3 am @0b, . . . . terlartttg tlj* tnb from tift 3ulg 
 beginning. XXIX 
 
 — Isaiah xlvi:9, 10. 
 
 It is said that every flower that decks 
 the sod has its root far back in eternity. 
 So, also, every human life, in the will 
 and purpose of God, is linked to the 
 past and to the future, and His laws for 
 it forget no fact of all the ages. 
 
3ulg iEarlj matt Ijattf t|tB ottttt gift from (Suit. 
 
 XXX —I- Corinthians vii: 7, R. V. 
 
 Every man is a new starting-point 
 for good or for bad in the history of 
 the human race. I am the heir of all 
 the ages past. I am also a starting- 
 point for ages to come. 
 
 Sttltj atyoitglj tjtf ttmfl a &ott, \pt barttrt* nhrtfottr* 
 
 XXXI b}J **?* itfittgB ttrfjtrtj ift mfitvtb; . * • . fye be- 
 
 rattt* tttttn all itirttt ttjat nbrtj tfittt % author nf 
 
 rterttal Baltratiotu 
 
 — Hebrews v: 8, 9, R. V. 
 
 The finer graces of the Christian 
 character are only revealed under bruis- 
 ing and pressure, as the fragrance of 
 fine spices is only obtained through 
 crushing. Christ preeminently became 
 a sweet smelling savor to God through 
 the terrible experiences of the Cross. 
 
Sut mtj*u tfi* Gktmfiotrter la ram*, tutinm 31 mill Auguat 
 a*ni unto gnu from ttf£ 3ffaiij*r, . . . . t?* affall j 
 tear tmtneaa nf m*. 
 
 — John xv : 26, R. V. 
 
 The Spirit is directly the Messenger 
 and Gift of the Son. 
 
 Weary and sad and sorrow-spent were they 
 
 In that still upper room, 
 While the rich crimson of the closing day 
 
 Was fading into gloom ; 
 And over all, benumbing soul and sense, 
 Hung the cold shadow of a dread suspense. 
 
 The promise of a Spirit yet to come, 
 
 That other Paraclete, 
 To lead them on to Truth's eternal home 
 
 And guide their wandering feet ; 
 They could not soothe the anguish of their 
 
 heart, 
 They ask'd in sadness, Must their Lord 
 depart? 
 
 Yes, after all, or clear and open speech, 
 
 Or sayings dark and dim, 
 They yet had much to learn and He to teach. 
 
 Ere they could rest in Him, 
 Ere they could preach His words with 
 cleansed lips 
 
 Or He impart His full Apocalypse. 
 
 — E. H. Plumptre. 
 
August &h* ttyttfatt rarrfullg Ifuro ge tmtlk, not as 
 TT lmtma*, but ub tmB?. 
 
 11 — Ephesians v:15, R. V. 
 
 You can't go through a single day 
 carelessly and let things go as they will. 
 Every step must be watched. Every 
 moment must be held as sacred for 
 God, and we are ever to live in the 
 power of the thought that we may miss 
 an opportunity. 
 
 Ill 
 
 August $ cr m tfi **P mtU ni ® ai > **! al b # uttU-imiug 
 g* slfuuifc put tu BiUtttt Hft igtumture nf fnul- 
 ifih m*tu 
 
 — L Peter ii: 15, R. V. 
 
 God calls you, God calls me, God 
 calls every child of His, to be His rep- 
 resentative in the world, taking hold of 
 the things that seem to be against the 
 development of spiritual character and 
 turning them into opportunites for 
 prosecuting His work upon the earth. 
 
ISrijolfc, itjg BttmtdB art reafcg fci im urifatBu- August 
 ;mr . . . . t^t king sijaU rlfflns*- IV 
 
 —II. Samuel xv : 15, R. V. 
 
 What is my relation to the govern- 
 ment of God? First, I should always 
 be ready ; and, second, I should move 
 the instant the word comes. That 
 marks the line of wisdom. 
 
 31 tlje ICarb tljg (60b hull Ijnlb tf?g rigtfi Ijanb, August 
 Bagtng unlu %r, Jrar uut; 3 tutll Ijrlp it?**- y 
 
 — Isaiah xli: 13. 
 
 God is not making an experiment 
 with you. We are not pawns upon a 
 chessboard, moving which God may 
 win or lose. Every movement is ar- 
 ranged. I did not know what was to 
 come to pass to-day, but God was in 
 this day before I came into it. Doing 
 what? Choosing the place for me, 
 making arrangements, controlling every- 
 thing. 
 
August $0ttttg man, 3 Bag uttta itj**, Arte*. 
 
 VI -Li 
 
 — Luke vii: 14. 
 
 Christ is dealing with every man 
 alone just now, and you know what He 
 is saying to you at your weakest point : 
 Begin and do the right thing. Arise! 
 
 August SlttrUu* mg t|*art uutu tljg tegttmanfos, atti 
 VII turt to rutiefawflttfaH. 
 
 — Psalm cxix : 36. 
 
 The inspiration and force of service 
 in the camp of God is that of rest and 
 satisfaction. The stimulus and spur of 
 service in the camp of Mammon is that 
 of desire and covetousness. 
 
 Auguat 
 
 VIII 
 
 UJurstjip (Sob. 
 
 — Revelation xxii : 9. 
 
 There is a center, a motive, a reason, 
 a shrine, a diety somewhere — some- 
 thing which man worships. It has 
 been said that when man dethrones 
 God, he deifies and worships himself. 
 
Atib mtfrtijn* nu* m*mb*r Buffmttj, all tif? August 
 mmbrrs BufEVr wttlf it. jX 
 
 — I. Corinthians xii: 26, R. V. 
 
 The Church is to be so constituted, 
 a fellowship of souls in Christ, that the 
 wrong doing of one is felt by and affects 
 the whole ; and the purity of the entire 
 Church must be maintained, even at 
 the cost of the excommunication of a 
 brother who persists in wrong doing. 
 
 JEljat tolftrij ifli bnnt nf tljr fl*alj ta fofilj; attft August 
 tljat rofytrlj is bam uf tljr spirit is Bptrtt. ^ 
 
 — John iii:6. 
 
 Christ takes into account the paralysis 
 in human life. You cannot build up a 
 regenerated society unless you have 
 regenerated men. 
 
August W^at agr*em*ut tfatlj a tempi* of (Sab mtttj 
 
 XI ttmls? 
 
 —II. Corinthians vi:16, R. V. 
 
 You will find that Christianity is pre- 
 eminently practical. It does not at- 
 tempt to construct a living society out 
 of dead matter, neither does it attempt 
 to realize a pure order among corrupt 
 men, neither does it attempt to give a 
 perfect ethic to paralyzed individuals. 
 It takes hold of the man first, and re- 
 makes him, and then remakes society. 
 
 August 3( kiurni htm tuhum 31 haur brltcnrft. anb 31 am 
 XII yrrauatob that hr is ablr tn guarb that uthtrlj 3 
 lyaur rammtttrb uutn htm. 
 
 —II. Timothy i: 12, R. V. 
 
 If you are doubting, you cannot in- 
 spire faith. If you are not sure how 
 this thing is going to turn out, no one 
 will be persuaded. You must be a man 
 of certainty, a man on the resurrection 
 side of the grave, the old life behind. 
 
3n tfj* brgtttmng (Suit August 
 
 — Genesis i: 1. 
 
 XIII 
 
 The last scientific assertion syn- 
 chronizes with the simple statement of 
 the Nazarene long years ago, that at 
 back of the flower, and bird, and every- 
 thing, is God. 
 
 Sljg riglttrouBurBB \b an rurrlasttng rtgljt- August 
 poubutbb, uni thg lam is trutlj. -^iv 
 
 —Psalm cxix:142, R. V. 
 
 When love becomes the motive of 
 law, then law conditions the true hap- 
 piness of the one that is loved 
 
 Righteousness, apart from its relation 
 to love, may do many cruel things. 
 
 3 fyau* lavtb tljr* tmtlf an rwrlaBtmg lutir. August 
 
 — Jeremiah xxxi: 3. yv 
 
 Love is not love 
 Which alters when it alteration finds, 
 Or bends with the remover to remove : 
 Oh, no! It is an ever-fixed mark 
 That looks on tempests and is never shaken. 
 
 — Shakespeare. 
 
August 3 fjaue tr*aHitr*b up tit* mortis nf tita muutl? 
 Xvi mart tlfan mg nrreaflanj fnniL 
 
 —Job xxiii:12, R. V. 
 
 Man's capacity for pleasure finds its 
 full satisfaction when his life is surren- 
 dered to the will of God In- 
 finite meaning lies within the words of 
 Christ, ik I delight to do thy will, O my 
 God." 
 
 August 
 
 XVII 
 
 Curb, trarlj ub tn prag. 
 
 — Like xi: 1. 
 
 All prayer lies within the two peti- 
 tions of the pattern prayer the Master 
 taught His disciples, "Thy kingdom 
 come. Thy will be done." There is 
 no prayer beyond that. 
 
ijr is a grrai King tmtt all tl?r rartlj- August 
 
 —Psalm xlvii : 2. XVIII 
 
 Christ is to-day Ruler over the most 
 wonderful empire the world has ever 
 seen. We are living in a day when 
 criticism of the Church is one of the 
 most popular pastimes of some inside 
 its borders. I am intensely weary of 
 this whole business. 
 
 3 Ijaor Irarnrb bg rxprnrnrr. August 
 
 — Genesis xxx : 27. vtv 
 
 Man is expected to profit by experi- 
 ence, and if he declines to do so he 
 must bear the penalty. 
 
 tour tnorkrtlj tin ill to t|ia urigljbor: lour August 
 Ihrrrforr \b tijr fulfilmrut of tljr lain. XX 
 
 —Romans xiii: 10, R. V. 
 
 Xo man is to imagine that when he 
 has fulfilled certain obligations to God, 
 he may then live his life without refer- 
 ence to his neighbor. 
 
August If* tffat nppreaartlj ttjr paor r*pr0arljrtlj tjts 
 XXI 4Hak*r. 
 
 —Proverbs xiv:31. 
 
 There is yet to be found a man who, 
 out of love to God, lays his first fruits 
 on the altar, who will oppress another 
 man in poverty and need. 
 
 August 3ff thttt* ettrmg b* tyuttgrg, gin* Ijim bmih ta 
 XXII *&'* aub If lie br ttttrfitg. gin* t)tm roatrr ta iirmk. 
 
 — Proverbs xxv: 21. 
 
 An enemy is to be treated in such a 
 way as to prevent his loss or suffering. 
 It is not merely that a man is not to do 
 his enemy harm, but he is to prevent 
 harm coming to him if it is possible for 
 him to do so. 
 
fttuim ikftttftsv? anb at? that tt xa an rfatl thing August 
 anb biter, tliat ttjuu tiast fursakw tltr ICurb ttjg XXIII 
 (6aiL 
 
 — Jeremiah ii : 19. 
 
 The measure in which any people 
 neglect the sacred means which express 
 Divine relationship, is the measure in 
 which sooner or later they violate the 
 principles of social relationship, and 
 oppression and suffering take the place 
 of liberty and prosperity. 
 
 QboUintBa mittf ronif ntm*nt is grrat gain- August 
 
 —I. Timothy vi: 6. XXIV 
 
 The story of Lot is one which is full 
 of the most solemn warning. There is 
 manifest in him the growth of the 
 world spirit. First, he chooses selfishly; 
 then he pitches his tent toward Sodom; 
 then he enters in; and, finally, he sits 
 in the gate. 
 
AuguHt £&t tjDur mini nn % tfftnga ilfai ar* aturo*. 
 XXV tmt on ilj* itjtnga tljai ar* upon tlj* rarity 
 
 — Colossians iii:2, R. V. 
 
 Men constantly affirm that they are 
 strong enough to seek the things of the 
 world and the things of the Kingdom 
 at the same time, but it is never so. 
 Directly the desire to possess lies at the 
 root of life, a deterioration sets in 
 which sooner or later will manifest 
 itself openly. 
 
 Auguat 
 XXVI 
 
 (Bab hath mabr mr to laugh. 
 
 — Genesis xxi:6. 
 
 In all the merriment of unbelief there 
 is an admixture of bitterness. There 
 is some laughter that is more sorrowful 
 than any tears. When God causes the 
 heart to laugh, or causes laughter, it is 
 always the expression of a full and 
 generous satisfaction. 
 
Ani Abraham raw up from before tjis iteaiL August 
 
 — Genesis xxiii: 3, R. V. XXVII 
 
 The sorrows of life reveal a man's 
 true character as perhaps nothing else 
 can. Faith weeps beside the dead, and 
 then moves out to the fulfilment of 
 duty as it puts a check on sorrow. 
 Faith takes hold on earth's greatest 
 despair, death, and makes it the occa- 
 sion of a possession which holds within 
 itself all the future. 
 
 (Eummtt fljg ttmg utttn tit* Curb; trust also iu August 
 tftm, aui t?e sljaU brtug it tu pass. XXVIII 
 
 — Psalm xxxvii : 5. 
 
 Nothing brings greater comfort to 
 the human mind as it stands amid all 
 the perplexing mysteries of evil and of 
 good, of the power and limitation of 
 the human will, than to fall back upon 
 the certainty that what we know not, 
 God knows. 
 
August 3f tlj* prupljrt Ifab btfc tip* fa sum* grrat 
 XXIX fyws* aumlfasi tfjuu uut Ifaw fan* it? 
 
 —II. Kings v: 13, 
 
 So many men are ready to spread a 
 banquet, and slow to give a cup of cold 
 water. 
 
 August (®mt tui man angling, sane tu Uro* un* 
 
 vvv anutter. 
 
 A ^ A -Romans xiii: 8, R. V. 
 
 To love is to discharge all obligations 
 except that of loving. It is impossible 
 to finish paying the debt of love. In 
 the moment in which a man ceases to 
 owe his neighbor love, he will begin to 
 be in his debt in some other direction. 
 
Styer* ta tmt (Snh, ntt* mehtatnr alan bttmttn August 
 (&ob nnb m?u, Ittmarif mau, (Etfriai 3*aua, uttjn XXXI 
 gati* tjtmarlf a rauarnn fur all. 
 
 —I. Timothy ii: 5, 6, R. V. 
 
 The interference of a human bein^ 
 between another and God is an imperti- 
 nence and a blasphemy, whatever the 
 name by which the interferer is called, 
 whether it be priest, or teacher, or 
 friend. 
 
 
 3lt ta fimatjrb. 
 
 — John xix:30. 
 
 As He passes out of death, He 
 comes into a new life which he may 
 now communicate. 
 
 S^tpUmbtr 
 
 I 
 
 As the load 
 Immense, intolerable, of the world's sin, 
 Casting its dreadful shadow high as heaven, 
 Deep as Gehenna, nearer and more near 
 Grounded at last upon that Sinless Soul 
 With all its crushing weight and killing 
 curse, 
 
Then first, from all eternity then first, 
 From His beloved Son the Father's face 
 Was slowly averted, and its light eclipsed ; 
 And through the midnight broke the Suffer- 
 er's groan, 
 Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? 
 
 But now 
 Once more the agonizing Victim moan'd, 
 Uttering His anguish in one dreadful plaint, 
 I thirst ; His last : for, when the cooling 
 
 sponge 
 Had touch'd His lips, a loud and different 
 
 cry, 
 As if of triumph, It is finish'd, rang 
 Upon our startled ears ; and with a child's 
 Confiding tender trustfulness, that breathed 
 Father, to Thy hands I commend My spirit, 
 He bow'd His head, and yielded up the 
 
 ghost. 
 
 E. H. BlCKERSTETH 
 
 " Yesterday, To-day and Forever ." 
 
 9*{ri?tttb*r Slatting out tlf* Ifantonriting of nrbinanrra 
 j j tlfat urns again*! un, . . . . nailing it tn Ijte 
 
 tXXXBB. 
 
 — Colossians ii: 14. 
 
 Justification must be infinitely more 
 than forgiveness. Sin must be put 
 away, and made to be as though it had 
 
not been To be justified before 
 
 God is to be put into such condition 
 that no trace remains of the guilt of 
 sin. That is the problem which is 
 solved in the Cross. 
 
 3fnr in tlfat If* tfimst If tjaitj anffmb bring g>?pte mbe r 
 tanptek Ijf ia abb tn snrwr tljem tlfat are jjj 
 
 t*mpt*&. 
 
 — Hebrews ii : 18. 
 
 In every weakness ot man's life He 
 was strong, and in the great crisis of 
 temptation He overcame with majestic 
 might, and so completely broke the 
 power of the enemy, that forevermore 
 Satan is the conquered foe of the race. 
 
gwptembtt Iff ffiljriHt b* in gnu, % bnfcg ia btub b*rana* 
 IV ttf Bin; but tif* spirit ia l\U brnma* of riglft- 
 
 ttLVLBX&BB. 
 
 — Romans viii : 10. 
 
 Notice where the apostle places the 
 emphasis of personality. It is not up- 
 on the body, but upon the spirit. The 
 worshiper is man as a spirit. The sac- 
 rificial symbol of worship is his own 
 body. This he is called upon to pre- 
 sent to God, and the apostle declares 
 that this act is of the nature of spiritual 
 worship. 
 
 g*pt*mb*r Walk aa riftt&roi uf Hgljt. 
 
 — Ephesians v:8. 
 
 V 
 
 The children of God are to walk as 
 children of the day, even though as yet 
 the night is round about them. They 
 already feel the breath of the morning 
 moving through the darkness, and, 
 casting off the garments of the night, 
 they are to clothe themselves with the 
 armour of light, and watch for the first 
 gleam of the breaking dawn. 
 
(Uljmi Bljalt gmb* m* tmtlf ttjg nranarl, an& ^ptemb^r 
 afirrroarti rmiw mt to glflrg. yj 
 
 — Psalm lxxiii: 24. 
 
 It is always a daring thing to seek a 
 sign. The man to whom God can tell 
 His ways must live very near to Him. 
 Yet even then it is a question whether 
 it is not better to walk quietly with Him 
 than to seek signs from Him. 
 
 Ani> tj* mttd . . . ♦ unto tljr plar* mtytvt tjia £>?ptembtt 
 trnt Ijab bmt at tlj* beginning, .... mtfci tlj* yjj 
 
 plar* nf tlj* altar, roljtrl| Ij* Ijai mate ttfrrr at 
 tlj* first. 
 
 — Genesis xiii: 3, 4. 
 
 Happy is the man who, having turned 
 aside from the simple pathway of evi- 
 dent obedience, in the consciousness of 
 his wrong goes back to first principles. 
 
8>?pt?mb?v 3 n a u fyg tmtga ntktwmUb$* If tm, atii tj* slfall 
 VIII fctmt % jrait|is. 
 
 — Proverbs iii:6. 
 
 Our deflections from faith occur most 
 often through our failure to allow God 
 to undertake in all the small matters of 
 life. Some little business worry, or 
 home difficulty, or personal danger, will 
 drive us to acts that dishonor our Mas- 
 ter. That is the man of greatest faith 
 who not only in the crises but in the 
 commonplaces waits for God. 
 
 £tpttmbtv 3 am % Earfc. 3 rf|ang* not. 
 
 IX 
 
 — Malachi iii : 6. 
 
 Dispensations come and go, dawn 
 and vanish; but God remains the same, 
 underneath, with, and in each. Some 
 people speak as though God had not 
 only altered his methods, but His mind. 
 I agree that He has changed His 
 methods, but His mind, Never! . . . . 
 He has always been a Father, He 
 never changes. 
 
a*f0tr* itfat gnur «am*a are written in fbtpttmbtt 
 
 — Luke x: 20, R. V. ^ 
 
 There is one Scroll of Honor, and it 
 is never kept on the earth, but in the 
 heavens; and in that Book of Remem- 
 brance have been written the names of 
 those who, amidst rampant apostasy, 
 have been faithful ; amidst the preva- 
 lence of darkness have witnessed to the 
 light; amidst the seeming conquest of 
 evil have been true to righteousness 
 and God. 
 
 Jfat afi 9 mill, but as tl|*M tmlt Btpttmbtt 
 
 — Matthew xxvi : 39. vj 
 
 No desire of our own for early and 
 easy realization of peace ought to be 
 allowed to interfere with the declared 
 will of God. No policy of compromise 
 can ever justify a coming short of 
 Divine purpose. 
 
g>?ptembtv ilj* katettj m* ttt tfj* pattja nf riglftwuBttrafi 
 
 ^" L1 — PsALMxxiii:3. 
 
 It is good that the heart should 
 remember that even though He chas- 
 tise, He continues to conduct; and 
 when through our own unbelief it is 
 necessary for us to pass through the 
 paths of the wilderness, He never for- 
 sakes. 
 
 Btpttmbtt Ab 31 tiyougtyt ta to untn ttjnn, an mill 31 to 
 ^ TTT nttXa gnu. 
 
 - A - 111 — Numbers xxxiii:56, R. V. 
 
 To tolerate and allow to remain what 
 God has ordered to be driven forth, is 
 to retain that which in itself will be a 
 source of continual difficulty and suf- 
 fering. 
 
ffi? rannn! but sprak thr iljtttgfi tnljirb mt sum ^tptttnbtt 
 nnb ljrar& Y tv 
 
 — Acts iv: 20. R. V. " Y1 v 
 
 The Spirit did not come to save you 
 alone, but to make you a herald, a 
 messenger, an evangelist, a soul on fire 
 that the light may be flashed over the 
 dark places of the earth. 
 
 <Tljr tmibmtrfia nxib ti\t brg lattb sljaU br S>rptnttbrr 
 glai; and tit* fosrrt shall rrpitr?, ani blosfixim XV 
 
 as ih* rnfir. 
 
 —Isaiah xxxv:1. R. V. 
 
 Thou Breath from still eternity, 
 
 Breathe o'er my spirit's barren land — 
 The pine-tree and the myrtle-tree 
 
 Shall spring amidst the desert sand, 
 And where Thy living water flows 
 
 The waste shall blossom as the rose. 
 
 My spirit turns to Thee and clings, 
 All else forsaking, unto Thee, 
 
 Forgetting all created things, 
 Remembering only God in inc. 
 
 O living Stream, O gracious Rain, 
 Xone wait for Thee, and wait in vain. 
 
 — G. Tersteegen. 
 
S>?pUmbtt 
 
 XVI 
 
 Srfjtftti mg awnratti. 
 
 — Isaiah xlii : 1. 
 
 Gentle and strong, trusted of the 
 weakest, feared of all tryants, He 
 moved without strife of words, or lift- 
 ing up the voice in self-advertisement, 
 through the Divinely marked pro- 
 gramme of the waiting years, to the 
 Cross of ultimate pain, which He made 
 the center and source of all healing for 
 wounded and broken humanity. 
 
 XVII 
 
 © mmtttm, gr*at i* ttjg fattlj. 
 
 -Matthew xv: 28. 
 
 In all social relationships His action 
 was such as to reveal God's Will in an 
 entirely new light to men, thus revolu- 
 tionizing human thought and human 
 
 society Let the mind dwell for 
 
 one moment on His unvarying attitude. 
 
 
towards women; and then remember 
 how, since the years of His human life, 
 woman the world over has lived in a 
 new realm, for the day of her final 
 emancipation dawned w r ith His appear- 
 ing. 
 
 3t iB (6tA triftrff ttmrfotli tit $i*vl 8>?ptembtt 
 
 — Philippians ii: 13. XVTTT 
 
 This implies the actual presence of 
 God at the centre of our being. The 
 very simplicity of these words renders 
 them difficult of understanding; for no 
 man understands the complex and mar- 
 vellous mechanism of his own person- 
 ality. God worketh in you — not out- 
 side, but in — in the place where thought 
 is born, and the throne of the will is set 
 up, and the affections have their seat; 
 in the inward shrine of the being, God 
 worketh. 
 
Btptembtt 
 XIX 
 
 Aarorirttuj ta t^xa gmifc phnavcct. 
 
 Ephesians i:9. 
 
 If we would know the good pleasure 
 of God, man must be seen in all his 
 perfection. In Christ we have the rev- 
 elation of perfect manhood. Think of 
 His perfection of tenderness, His 
 beauty of character, of all the great 
 overwhelming- strength which centered 
 in His sacred Person. In beholding 
 Him, behold the "good pleasure of 
 God." 
 
 8>?ptemb?v 
 XX 
 
 3 tjane rr*at*b t?tm fnr mg giorjj. 
 
 Isaiah xliii: 
 
 We all profess to believe that God 
 has given us our being, and in a deep 
 conviction of that truth lies the reason 
 why we should yield ourselves wholly 
 to His government in order that we 
 may attain perfection of being. 
 
Sftjrir ttmrka ita fulkrm ttmtu 
 
 — Revelation xiv:13. 
 
 What light is flung upon the path- 
 way of each day if once this fact is 
 understood. The day is not done with 
 when its sun sets. The deeds of any 
 given hour are not fully comprehended 
 in the passing of its sixty minutes. If 
 the deeds of the days have been those 
 planned by God, then they are days, 
 the full blossoming of which will be 
 found in the perfect light of the ever- 
 lasting day. 
 
 XXI 
 
 (S0J1 tfatlj mate tfxm botfj Curl* nuh (Etjriat Srptrmbrr 
 titxa StBUB mlfcm g* rrurtfok XXII 
 
 —Acts ii : 36, R. V. 
 
 It is a sad commentary upon the 
 blindness of the human heart through 
 sin, that the vast mass of the people 
 who came into contact with Jesus dur- 
 
ing the years of His sojourn upon the 
 earth, saw no beauty in Him that they 
 should desire Him. Through the pro- 
 cess of the centuries, and by the teach- 
 ing of the Spirit, men are coming to 
 understand the wonderful glory and 
 beauty of His Person and character, 
 and are now recognizing that all perfec- 
 tion of life, individually, socially, reli- 
 giously, finds in Him its first and chief 
 expression. 
 
 g^pimter Hljat nfjall 3 ba tljat 31 mag tnljmt tUrtml 
 
 XXI11 * — Mark x: 17. 
 
 Man is everywhere, and at all times, 
 and in every way, at war with decay. 
 The hatred of death, the loathing of 
 the grave, mark the fact that man has 
 capacity for life, and therefore feels 
 rebellious against the faintest sugges- 
 tion of its cessation. 
 
Clxttp MUgntr* titat g* mag b* fotmb in prarr, g>£ptmbrr 
 tmthnut fipnt an& blam*l*aa in lifs mglit XXIV 
 
 II. Peter iii:14, R. V. 
 
 In our younger days we imagine that 
 we know the possibilities of our being, 
 and are able to plan and arrange the 
 whole line of progress. The years are 
 startling revealers. As they pass, we 
 discover new powers for good and evil 
 that had lain dormant within, and of 
 which we had absolutely no conscious- 
 ness until some crisis aroused and called 
 forth to action the sleeping forces. 
 
 — Matthew v: 6. 
 
 XXV 
 
 Men hold two views of what happi- 
 ness consists in, viz., having and doing. 
 To possess much, or to do some great 
 thing, constitutes the sum of human 
 blessedness according to popular theory. 
 
Our Teacher sweeps these conceptions 
 away by absolutely ignoring them. 
 . . . . Being is everything. A man's 
 happiness depends upon what he is in 
 himself. 
 
 g>*ptmb*r 3ty*B sljaU bnxih iftm&B, nnh inhabit %m; 
 XXVI an ** ^^ ^^ ****"** trtn*tjari>H, txnb rat ttj^ fruit 
 
 of tfyem JHg rljOBnt Bljall long rttiag tl?* 
 
 work of thro hanfts. 
 
 — Isaiah lxv: 21, 22, R. V. 
 
 It will be a great change; but when 
 Jesus is King, profit shall go to the 
 toilers. 
 
 g>rptrmbrr 
 
 XXVII 
 
 $* tljat \b not against xxb xb for \xb. 
 
 — Luke ix: 50. 
 
 In proportion as you may hold the 
 Truth, you will become loving toward 
 
 those who differ from you We 
 
 may rest assured that, in the day when 
 
 
we have full knowledge granted unto 
 us, we shall discover that the men of 
 whom we were most afraid, have held 
 truth which we, perchance, have never 
 known. 
 
 Wi^n tift &ntt of man filial! tarns in ttta glnrg, §>?pfcmb?v 
 
 —Matthew xxv: 31. XXVIII 
 
 Oh, that believers had not lost their 
 bright hope of the Lord's return, while 
 they faithlessly and continually talk of 
 death as their portion ! True, we may 
 "fall on sleep, " and no man knoweth 
 the hour of Christ's coming, save the 
 Father ; but the one bright hope of 
 faithful Christian hearts is ever this — 
 the Lord Himself shall come. 
 
g>£ptmb*r $* twt tffnrfor* anxious lour tf^au- 
 
 XXIX wilB Staler knorortl} it|ai g* Ifaii* ttttb. 
 
 —Matthew vi:31, 32, R. V. 
 
 God is so interested, that He takes 
 us one by one, and thinks of, and ar- 
 ranges for, every detail of our life. To 
 Him there are no little things. What 
 we call great things are but the perfect 
 union of the small ones, and every small 
 one has the element which makes the 
 greatness of the great ones. 
 
 g>?ptemb?t Qlljtfl man ronnrtli BintvttB, ani *ai*tl| uriilj 
 XXX ilj*m. 
 
 — Luke xv: 2. 
 
 Take hold of the man who by reason 
 of his unfitness cannot survive. Fling 
 him out of your enterprises, spurn him 
 from your society, and Christ says : 
 That is the man I am after. "I came 
 to seek and save that which was lost." 
 
QftU \p Btxib fortlj fttigm^ttt uttta trtrtarg. ©rtnbrr 
 
 — Matthew xii : 20. j 
 
 Christ came long ago, a lonely man, 
 
 our brother-man He will come 
 
 again to break the bruised reed of 
 iniquity, to quench the smoking flax of 
 opposition. 
 
 Lo, 'tis the heavenly army, 
 The Lord of Hosts attending: 
 
 'Tis He — the Lamb, 
 
 The great I Am, 
 With all His saints descending. 
 To you, ye kings and nations, 
 Ye foes of Christ assembling, 
 
 The host of light, 
 
 Prepared for fight, 
 Come with the cup of trembling. 
 
 Praise to the Lamb forever ! 
 Bruised for our sin and gory, 
 
 Behold His brow, 
 
 Encircled now 
 With all His crowns of glory — 
 Beneath His feet reposing, 
 The whole redeemed creation 
 
 Are now at rest, 
 
 Forever blessed, 
 And sing His great salvation 
 
 — Sir E. Denney. 
 
©rtnbrr Aa tlj* rlag xb in tlf* putter's Ijanh, 00 are q* 
 tt in mtnr Ifattk 
 
 — Jeremiah xviii: 6. 
 
 The tendency of this day is to a 
 loose doctrine of Divine government, 
 which is producing impious blasphemy 
 in the way that men look into the face 
 of God, and tell Him what He ought 
 and ought not to do How long- 
 suffering God is ! Clay in the hand of 
 the Potter: that is our position, and He 
 can make or break, mould or fashion 
 us, as He will, so far as our right of 
 resistance or questioning or complaint 
 is concerned. 
 
 
 ©rtnbrr 
 
 III 
 
 31 mill trust, anil twt br afraid 
 
 -Isaiah xii: 2. 
 
 Look at the purpose of God under- 
 lying all His dealings with us. Let 
 everything else be put out of the vision. 
 When we get to this point, though it 
 
be through heartbreak and disappoint- 
 ment, everything else vanishes from 
 sight, and only the thought that God is 
 doing a great work stands before us. 
 We never saw this when God was deal- 
 ing with us. At first we simply stood 
 in the presence of God and yielded 
 ourselves to His will. 
 
 Stye (Bob uf prar* Ijimarif sanrtifg gnu Wzbtbtr 
 
 —I. Thessaloniaxs v:23, R. V. ± 
 
 Lord Jesus, from to-day let me more 
 than ever be a gatherer of Thine. Pre- 
 vent me from scattering. Do this, 
 Lord, by taking more complete pos- 
 session of me than ever before. To 
 this end I yield to Thee all I am, and 
 have, and hope for, in order that 
 through me some part of Thy king- 
 dom may come and Thy will be done. 
 Amen. 
 
Wtttrim UhaJ hntlf it profit a man, tn gain % mtfnl* 
 V tttnrlft, ana fnrf tit tytii Hfe ? 
 
 -Mark viii:36, R. V. 
 
 There is no failure more heart- 
 breaking and disastrous than success 
 which leaves God out the bargain. 
 .... If you are simply setting out in 
 life to amass mere material success, 
 fame created or position gained, then 
 success will be the most dismal and 
 disastrous failure. 
 
 Wttabtr JfaUmti after ri$ixttauBtttBB. 
 
 VI —I. Timothy vi: 11. 
 
 If a man shall build his character up- 
 on the basis of truth, which shall find 
 itself in harmony with God, then that 
 man has made a success, though he 
 never make a fortune, and never make 
 a name. 
 
$e Ijatt* imirft lung rtumgl? ttt tl|ta mount, ©rtobrr 
 
 — Deuteronomy i: 6. yjj 
 
 If God disturbs me to-morrow, in 
 being disturbed is my chief rest, be- 
 cause I know that when He moves it is 
 to higher reaches of life, to better posi- 
 tions beyond; and though the ultimate 
 issue of this present disturbance may 
 be far on, every mile of the journey He 
 has chosen, and every place where I 
 pitch my tent He has selected for me. 
 
 5Uj* 3Inr& our (Sob is on* fCork ©riobrr 
 
 — Deuteronomy vi: 4. VIII 
 
 God is behind everything the final, 
 certain One. You cannot analyze, or 
 divide, or explain Him, yet He is the 
 one and only absolute certainty. He 
 is ONE, all comprehending, indivisible. 
 When you have said that, you have 
 said all. When you have omitted that, 
 you have left everything out, and bab- 
 bled only in chaotic confusion. 
 
Wttttbtr Ijaro mt0*ardjabl* wet tyia fuigm^nta, att& Ijta 
 IX ttraga past finMtuj out! 
 
 — Romans xi : 33. 
 
 In God intelligence is unlimited, 
 emotion is unlimited, will is unlimited. 
 In men all these facts are found, but in 
 each case within limitations. 
 
 Wttabtt £ti*tt Btx Hft &txn quirk*tt*tlj mljnm It* tottl. 
 X — John v: 21. 
 
 In controversy with His foes He 
 made this sublime assertion of His 
 power to give life to those who are 
 dead, an assertion He could only make 
 in view of His victory over death 
 through the Cross and resurrection. 
 
iihr plar* tttlttrlj ta talteb (Habarg. ©rtofor 
 
 — Luke xxiii : 33. VT 
 
 There sin manifested its prostitution 
 of emotion in the brutality of an awful 
 tragedy. There grace through the 
 untold abyss of suffering smiled back 
 with love ineffable, until the very mur- 
 derers of Christ found the highway 
 open to the heart of God. 
 
 gin, mt|rn it is fintBljrb, bringrilf fortl? teatlj, (Stbxbtr 
 
 — James i : 15. 
 
 Whoever may be inclined to judge 
 sin by the superficial measurements of 
 much so-called new thought, should be 
 brought back to the Cross for a revela- 
 tion of its true nature ; and all those, 
 moreover, who would confine the river 
 of grace within small human channels, 
 should stand again in the presence of 
 the Cross for an understanding of the 
 irresistible sweep and might of this 
 river of life, flowing from the throne of 
 God. 
 
 XII 
 
(§tttxb?t GJnm* g* gnurarinra apart into a h*B*rt plar*. 
 XIII att& r*at a totitlr. 
 
 — Mark vi : 31. 
 
 We are told that this is the age of 
 progress. It is the age of rush, of 
 movement, of effort. The old sacred 
 art of contemplation and meditation is 
 
 almost dead The old solemn 
 
 hours of quiet loneliness with God, that 
 made the saints of the past, are almost 
 unknown. 
 
 Wttabtr 3ihfl ttj*n is nulling ta rnnfitfrrai* ifis ztxbvct 
 XIV ttjifi &ag nnta tlje Curb? 
 
 — I. Chronicles xxix:5. 
 
 We are not automatic machines. 
 We are independent, free agents. I 
 can choose heaven or hell. It is a tre- 
 mendous issue : but it is a magnificent 
 possibility. That is the dignity of 
 human life. If we were but machines 
 
then the romance and the poetry and 
 the passion of life would be at an end. 
 If I must, then I must, and the colors 
 fade from the sky, and everything be- 
 comes ashen and grey. It lacks iron, 
 force, vim, virtue. Life is life to me, 
 because I have to choose. 
 
 ifoig, Ijnljj, Ijnlg, %arb (&ob Atotiglftg. ©rinbrr 
 
 — Revelation iv: 8. XV 
 
 "Bear me on Thy rapid wing, 
 
 Everlasting Spirit ! 
 Where bright choirs of angels sing, 
 
 And Thy saints inherit ; 
 Waiting round the Eternal throne, 
 Joys immortal are their own : 
 This the cry of every one — 
 ' Glory to the Incarnate Son ! ' 
 
 ki Four and twenty elders rise 
 
 From their princely station, 
 Shout His glorious victories — 
 
 Sing His great salvation, 
 Cast their crowns before the throne, 
 Crv, in reverential tone, 
 'Holy, Holy, Holy One, 
 Glory be to God alone ! ' M 
 
Wttnbtr Gttf? suffmttga nf (flJjriat tmb tlf* glnriea tifat 
 XV [ shoutf* foliarxt th*ttu 
 
 —I. Peter i: 11, R. V. 
 
 Is the Cross anything but suffering? 
 Yes, the Cross becomes something 
 infinitely more than suffering. Suffer 
 ing is its first experience ; passionate 
 delight is its final experience. Peter 
 was afraid of the Cross when it was 
 outside him, but when abandoning him- 
 self to Jesus Christ wholly, and being 
 baptized by the Spirit into living union 
 with Christ, I read even of Peter that 
 he counted it all joy that he was worthy 
 to suffer shame for the Name. 
 
 Wttcbtr 3ty* mavlb ia rrunfiefc untu mr, nnb 31 utttQ 
 XVII **** HwriiL 
 
 — Galatians vi : 14. 
 
 Paul said, " I have been crucified 
 with Christ, 9 ' by which he meant to 
 say, " I have learned and am living in 
 
the power of the lesson, that the only 
 pathway to power is that of the descent 
 to death which must precede the ascent 
 to the throne and the crown and the 
 victory." 
 
 Wt Bt? Srrnifl . • • . rrnmtwh roittj gUirg atti ©rtnfor 
 Ijntujr; ttjai tjr bg ttj* grate of (Soft filtnutt* taai* XVIII 
 teatlj for *nmj matt. 
 
 — Hebrews ii : 9. 
 
 I suppose none of us that are in 
 work for God have not at some mo- 
 ment come to feel that there are some 
 people who are hardly worth the toil 
 and the sacrifice and the pain. If ever 
 we are tempted to feel it, let us get 
 back quickly to the Cross, and looking 
 into the face of Christ know this, that 
 whatever we think of the worth of man, 
 whatever we think of man's condition 
 in his sin, Christ and God think he is 
 worth dying for. 
 
QDrinbrr Htlnxwb, tn* ar* pttBuabxb btttet ttyingfi nf 
 XIX B^ 
 
 — Hebrews vi : 9. 
 
 To say, "I have been crucified with 
 Christ," and then to have a heart that 
 never feels the throb of the world's 
 agony, is to lie. If indeed I have been 
 crucified with Him, then by that Cross 
 I know the world's sin and love the 
 world ; by that Cross I know the world's 
 sorrow and my life must be poured out 
 in order to help save the world. 
 
 Wttnbtt i|nt» Bfyail mt map*, tf mt tmjlrrt bo great 
 XX rahiatum? 
 
 — Hebrews ii:3. 
 
 If men fling in their lot with things 
 which are doomed and judged, then 
 they must share the doom and judg- 
 ment which have been passed upon 
 
them by the Cross of Calvary ; but if 
 they turn their backs upon doomed 
 things, and lift their eyes toward the 
 things that abide, .... then for them 
 judgment was borne upon the Cross, 
 and they have entered into justification- 
 life. 
 
 3 pttBB fcmrarb tht mark fnr thr prt?e of tije ©rtnbrr 
 Jftgtf railing of (Soft tn (Christ 3?sua- XXI 
 
 — Philippians iii: 14. 
 
 This is the school time and we are all 
 at school still. But presently there is 
 Commencement, passing out into the 
 eternal. Get that vision and obey it, 
 and these nearer things toward which 
 you look to-day, life, life strenuous, life 
 successful, these nearer things will not 
 perish, they will not be spoiled, but 
 they will be made to contribute to the 
 great finality, and so find their own 
 fulfilling. 
 
©rtnfor 
 XXII 
 
 ©rtnbrr 
 
 XXIII 
 
 3t pUuztb tift Jffatfji* tlyat tn tfim Blfttulb all 
 fulness imrlL 
 
 — Colossians i : 19. 
 
 There are four facts concerning 
 Christ which cannot be disputed by 
 any person of intelligence and honesty. 
 .... Let me state them in order. 
 Christ is the Revealer of the highest 
 type of human life. Christ is the Re- 
 deemer of all types of human failure. 
 Christ is the Ruler over the most re- 
 markable empire that man has ever 
 seen. Christ is demonstrated the Re- 
 storer of lost order, wherever He is 
 obeyed. 
 
 if* tljat xb fuxtiffnl in tljai mlftrlj xb kasi xb 
 faithful also in mwlf. 
 
 — Luke xvi: 10. 
 
 The Carpenters shop made Calvary 
 not a battlefield merely, but a day of 
 triumph that lit heaven and earth with 
 hope, and if you and I would triumph 
 when our Calvary comes, we must tri- 
 umph in the little things of the common 
 hours. 
 
(gob xb lab*. 
 
 — I. John iv:8. 
 
 The will of God ensures the pleasure 
 of man, because God is love. This is, 
 perhaps, at once the simplest and sub- 
 limest statement that revelation has 
 made concerning the nature of God. 
 .... If, then, God is love, His Will 
 is the Will of love; and the common 
 mistake that law and love are in any 
 sense antagonistic must be once and 
 forever abandoned. 
 
 ©rtnfor 
 XXIV 
 
 &ing unto th* Horb a n*m aong; for If* ffaitj ©rtnbrr 
 bant marwlUnsa tijftuja. XXV 
 
 — Psalm xcviii:!. 
 
 Looking back, how marvellous is the 
 mosaic of the Divine arrangements! 
 In the midst of the darkness yonder we 
 thought the light had forever failed, and 
 yet we were but in the ante-chamber of 
 clearer vision. 
 
©rtiibrr ofljry tlfat Bttm ttt tears sljaU reap ttt jog* 
 
 XXVI — Psalm cxxvi : 5. 
 
 Sorrow is a minister, creating charac- 
 ter for those who dwell in the Will of 
 God ; for such, sorrow is turned into 
 joy. 
 
 ©rtnbrr $* nf gnab ntttrag*, anb Ij* sljall Htr*ttgtff*tt 
 XXVII B our l?*ari, all g* iljai Ijnp* ttt fl|r Knriu 
 
 — Psalm xxxi : 24. 
 
 The evangelist is the man not only 
 preaching the possibility of victory by 
 the indwelling Christ, he is in himself 
 truly optimistic in the power of personal 
 realization of victory. Pessimism par- 
 alyzes power in evangelistic preaching; 
 but this great optimism of the indwell- 
 ing Christ is a perpetual power. 
 
IHtghtg tiircngif (Sab. ©rtnbrr 
 
 — II. Corinthians x i. 
 
 The world is coming to recognize 
 that not the voluptuary who buries 
 himself in material things, nor the 
 ascetic who attempts to strengthen 
 spirituality by the destruction of the 
 material, presents the true ideal ; but 
 rather the man who is at home on 
 the earth, while yet conscious of the 
 infinite spaciousness of things around, 
 .... who touches all the things of to- 
 day in the consciousness of infinite 
 issues. 
 
 &h? ungnMg Hiiall nut Htanh in ill* juhgm*nt ©rtnbrr 
 
 -Psalm i: 5. X XIX 
 
 In the race of life, especially in this 
 keen competitive age, it is the fit man 
 who survives. It is so in the business 
 world. It is so in the professional life. 
 The corrupt man does not survive long 
 anywhere. 
 
(§ttabtx 
 XXX 
 
 QHfriHt abtfirtif fomirr. 
 
 — John xii:34. 
 
 The Christ of to-day cannot be elim- 
 inated from history, or from the con- 
 sciousness of the age, because the 
 Scriptures cannot be broken. By His 
 grace we will follow Him in the train 
 of those who have lived and hoped and 
 suffered and died. 
 
 Wttabtv 
 XXXI 
 
 U1|oh0 Ijatfj tljtB motWa giroii, anb &tt\b\ \\\a 
 brntljrr ffab* nttb f ani> aljutetlf up Ifta bamrlBi nf 
 rompuBBlon from Iftm, Jjnm imirilrilj ti\? Uro* of 
 <&vb m Ijtm ? 
 
 — I. John iii:17. 
 
 We are dead indeed if we lack com- 
 passion. If the love of Christ is shed 
 abroad in the heart, and the Church is 
 swept by that love, there is utter for- 
 getfulness of all the things that are 
 objectionable. Refinement that refuses 
 to relieve is nothing more than cultured 
 paganism. 
 
^t sfjall ffau* bomtmott also from Btn to Btu, Nowmbw 
 attb from tlj* riwr unto iift rubs of % *aritj. j 
 
 — Psalm lxxii : 8. 
 
 I have every confidence in the vic- 
 tory of righteousness .... because I 
 believe in God. 
 
 The fog 's on the world to-day, 
 It will be on the world to-morrow, 
 
 Not all the strength of the sun 
 
 Can drive his bright spears thorough. 
 
 The cause of the peoples I serve 
 To-day in impatience and sorrow, 
 
 Once more is defeated — but yet 
 
 'T will be won — the day after to-morrow. 
 
 And for me with spirit elate 
 
 The mire and the fog I press thorough, 
 For heaven shines under the cloud 
 
 Of the day that is after to-morrow. 
 
 — W. J. Dawson. 
 
Nntumtter jf at I, but Otyriat 
 
 T T — Galati ANS ii : 20. 
 
 When the enemy seeking spiritual 
 devastation comes against me to assault 
 my soul, and blight my life, and mar 
 my character, it is not I that live, but 
 Christ that liveth in me; and He 
 repeats the conquest of the wilderness, 
 and scatters my foes like chaff before 
 the wind. 
 
 •Dfatmnfor HJnr* tljatt taw\uttBva tljrnugtj fftm tljat 
 
 — Romans viii:37. 
 
 Thy secret place of victory, O my 
 soul, is not the place where thou shalt 
 assert thy strength; it is the place 
 where thou shalt assert the strength of 
 thy Master, and put Him as thy shield 
 forevermore to quench the fiery darts 
 of the evil one, .... to strike thy 
 blows for thee, and get for thee thy 
 victory. 
 
— Colossians ii:6. 
 
 Every one of us exerts influences 
 which will have their effect upon other 
 lives, and the generations yet unborn 
 will be lifted nearer God or thrust into 
 deeper darkness, because we have lived 
 and moved and had our being on the 
 earth. 
 
 l%t laokrb far a ritg ttiljtrlj Ijail) fnunftaliottB, 
 
 tttljflH* butlbrr anil maker xb (606. 
 
 — Hebrews xi:I0. 
 
 See how Abraham, the father of the 
 faithful, lived. "A tent and an altar, 
 a tent and an altar." He pitched his 
 tent and erected his altar. His altar 
 was the mark of the fact that he lived 
 in relationship to the Divine. The tent 
 marked the fact that he was only a 
 sojourner, a stranger, and a pilgrim 
 upon the road. 
 
 Nntmnter 
 
 V 
 
Kanemtar Segntten xxa again . * . . tn an inljeritanre 
 VI inrnrruptible, anb unfcefileii, anil ttjat fa&ettf turt 
 
 aroay, reaertie& in tjeauen. 
 
 — I. Peter i:3, 4. 
 
 We are a heavenly people sojourn- 
 ing upon the earth; and therefore, 
 through us, the light of the heavenly is 
 to fall upon the earthly. 
 
 Jfauember 
 
 VII 
 
 Jfanember 
 
 VIII 
 
 5te mlj0m be glnrg for euer anb etier^ Amen. 
 
 — Galatians i : 5. 
 
 There is nothing better in this world, 
 no higher experience, than that we 
 should, to every revelation of the Will 
 of God, utter our whole-hearted Amen, 
 and crown it with our joyous Hal- 
 lelujah. 
 
 Put atuaj} the euil nf gnur toinga frnm before 
 mine egea ; reaae tn ba eml ; learn In ba mell. 
 
 — Isaiah i: 16, 17. 
 
 To exert a destructive influence is 
 the most terrible sin that is possible to 
 any man. No man has any right to 
 perpetuate evil. 
 
tn 3f mtrnlb ba gnnii, rtrtl ta prrarnt mttlj Nntronfor 
 
 — Romans vii:21. 
 
 Until men have seen their own indi- 
 vidual helplessness, there will be no 
 coming to the rivers of cleansing and 
 the life of Christ for the power that is 
 necessary for pure, strong living. 
 
 IX 
 
 aty* amtfc l? Inmrtlf mhtvt tt UaMlj, . . . . tljmj 
 . . . . rattfit turt trll mtynt? it ramFtlj, anil 
 mljttlf er it gnrtij : bo xb wrrg our tljat ta bant of 
 
 tljr Spirit. 
 
 — John iii:8. 
 
 You may count the petals on the 
 rose and tell the story of floriculture 
 and cultivation, but behind all your 
 schemes is the touch of the Divine, the 
 presence of God ; and as thou canst not 
 explain .... the working behind the 
 thousand mysteries of beauty and na- 
 ture, neither can I tell you how God 
 will come into your soul and purify it. 
 
 Nrroembrr 
 X 
 
2fcro*mb*r 
 
 XI 
 
 3tyia to, unit tiftttx attalt lint. 
 
 —Luke x : 28. 
 
 In so doing thou shalt fulfil His law, 
 and out of that obedience shall come 
 the cleansing of thy nature ; the putting 
 away of thy sin ; the commencement of 
 that new life which shall exercise an 
 influence — pure, and strong, and high, 
 and lovely — which shall stretch out far 
 beyond the little years of thy life, into 
 God's great eternity. 
 
 Nntmttor Stynu Dp*n*at ttfttt* Ijattft, nub aaitafeat tlj* 
 XH teaire of *n*ry luring tljtng. 
 
 — Psalm cxlv: 16. 
 
 There is plenty in the world for every 
 man to live in comfort, and all lack is 
 the result of human mismanagement. 
 
$0lfai0ii*u*r g* &a, Jm all ta ilj* glxura of (fob. 
 
 — I. Corinthians x:31. 
 
 How should I transact my business, 
 knowing that even as I make an entry 
 in my ledger I may be interrupted by 
 the call of my Master? How should I 
 take my recreation when, at any mo- 
 ment, He may summon me from it to 
 His own presence? The purifying 
 effect of such considerations is evident. 
 
 Nmtemfor 
 
 XIII 
 
 Sjr tljai is unjust, irt tjxm b* unjust still 
 
 ani hr that is hnltj, irt htm b? hnla sttll. 
 
 — Revelation xxii:ll. 
 
 There is no thought of the future so 
 full of solemn, heart-searching power as 
 this of permanence of character. Do 
 you choose impurity in any of its 
 forms ? Then you choose it, not for 
 to-day, but forever. Do you choose 
 purity at any cost? Then you choose 
 it, not for to-day, but forever. 
 
 £faittmbrr 
 XIV 
 
 
TSmtmbtv £>a teadj m to number ttwc &aga, tljat mt mag 
 X y applg our Ijearte uttta urtstoim. 
 
 — Psalm xc:12. 
 
 Destiny is being created by the 
 choice you are making now. We act 
 as though moments came to us to be 
 smiled or sobbed away, as the case may 
 be, and then to be done with forever. 
 It is not so. Montgomery sang truly 
 when he sang: — 
 
 'T is a mistake : time flies not, 
 
 He only hovers on the wing : 
 Once born, the moment dies not, 
 
 'T is an immortal thing. 
 
 i 
 
$* iifittk g* Ifatt* eternal life . . . . atth ge Sforoember 
 mill turf rom* ta me, ttyat a* mtgtjt t?att* life. XVI 
 
 — John v: 39, 40. 
 
 The most difficult thing to get a man 
 to believe is the thing which he thinks 
 he does believe. You believe in God — 
 you live, and move, and have your be- 
 ing in Him. Believe that — believe that 
 only, believe that supremely, and then 
 begin life in that belief. And in that 
 belief, believe above everything else 
 that 
 
 11 Hell is nigh, but God is nigher, 
 Circling you with hosts of fire." 
 
 2tyat aa attt tfattj mgtteb uttta btutif, tntn 00 Nnttmber 
 mtgljt grar* mgn ttfrnuglj tigtftttmsntBB. XVII 
 
 — Romans v:21. 
 
 Righteousness has had its conflict 
 with evil, and has won in the fight. 
 
Jfamemter if*, ttrfj*n If* is tixmt, mill ratnrirt lift mnrlh in 
 XVIII rtBpttt vfi Bin • • . • bttwxB* il|*g briiro* tint 
 
 an m*. 
 
 — JoHNxvi:8, 9, R. V. 
 
 The Spirit declares that the sin lies, 
 not in the fact of passion, but in the 
 refusal to let the Master, master the 
 passion. 
 
 Nnimnfor 3 am tlj* iuror: bg m* if ang man tutor in, If* 
 
 XIX jelfaU b* satirti. 
 
 —John x: 9. 
 
 The Door of the Church is Jesus 
 Christ : and reverently the figure may 
 be carried further — the Holy Spirit 
 guards the Door. From that Pente- 
 costal effusion to this hour, the Holy 
 Spirit has guarded the entrance to the 
 Church of Christ, and admitted all its 
 members by His own baptism. 
 
3ft ta il?* #ptrii itfat bearrtlj trntttwa. Nntimfor 
 
 — I. John v: 6. xx 
 
 Every vision of Christ granted to the 
 believer has been the result of the pres- 
 ence in that believer of the Holy Spirit, 
 Who alone gives grace to say in new 
 realms of life, in new vistas of outlook, 
 that Jesus is Lord. 
 
 S* g* bottB of tff* math, anb turt tywcttB nttlg, 2fat»mb*r 
 
 — J AMES i: 22. XX j 
 
 The Lordship of Christ is the doc- 
 trinal fact which is the centre of all 
 others ; the Lordship of Christ is the 
 practical fact which is the issue of the 
 doctrine. Doctrine and duty are wed- 
 ded in the scheme of Christianity. 
 Every doctrine has its expression in 
 some duty ; all creed has its out-blos- 
 soming in character. 
 
Nnimnter |Irag ttri%mi tmmn$. 
 
 — I. Thessalonians v: 17. 
 
 XXII 
 
 Prayer is the voice of man in his need 
 speaking to God : prophecy is the 
 voice of God in His power speaking to 
 
 man. 
 
 Nnwmbrr 31 Ijati* tuiuriBlfrb anb brought up riftlhrett, 
 vvttt ani IIjfjj tfati* rtbtllti agatttfit mr, 
 
 ^^ 111 — Isaiah i: 2. 
 
 The Fatherhood of God was a fact 
 before the coming of Jesus. He illu- 
 minated it for men, so that since His 
 coming they have understood it as 
 never before. Though men had wan- 
 dered and lost their sense of relation- 
 ship, God was ever their Father, and 
 His presence their home. 
 
QJaugbt up intrt parabtee, anb tj*arb unapeak- Nmi^mter 
 abte martin, mfjtrtj tt ia nnt lamful fax a man tn XXIV 
 
 — II. Corinthians xii:4 
 
 No man can tell his own vision and 
 help another as that vision helped him, 
 so it is infinitely better to be silent 
 about the deepest things that God says 
 to the heart. Each must for himself 
 have the vision, if it is to be of use and 
 of blessinor 
 
 £>' 
 
 Wxtiiaixt (Sob to tit* morlb. 5ftro*mb*r 
 
 — Ephesians ii : 12' XXV 
 
 The logical, irresistible, irrevocable 
 issue of sin is to be God-forsaken. Sin 
 in its genesis was rebellion against 
 God. Sin in its harvest is to be God- 
 abandoned. Man sinned when he de- 
 throned God and enthroned himself. 
 He reaps the utter harvest of his sin 
 when he has lost God altogether. That 
 is the issue of all sin. 
 
5? mronbrr ^ ateaMaatle art If ia far* to ga to 3rntaal*nu 
 
 yvyj — Luke ix : 51. 
 
 We see Christ passing by the way of 
 the Cross with the step of a Conqueror, 
 the Leader of the great hosts, who by 
 His victory shall be delivered from the 
 bondage of sin and the bondage of 
 death, into all the spacious freedom of 
 the Kingdom of God. 
 
 Wtmtmbtt 3t ta goitr 3Fatff*r'a gnnb pUuBnrt to gib* 
 yyvtt B0U ft* JCtturitam. 
 
 ^^ Vli LuKExii:32. 
 
 3lf g* abtite in mr, an& mg ntnrha abib* in gnu, 
 gr shall ask mliat gr mill, and it sfjall br iour 
 nntn gnu. 
 
 — John xv:7. 
 
 The Church is to be aggressive, cap- 
 turing men, fighting against wrong, 
 urging everywhere and always the 
 claims of Jesus Christ, and this she can 
 only be as within her own borders 
 the purposes of God are realized. 
 
3 ktuim iljg murks, anil trUmlaium, anb jura- Nnrcrnter 
 *rtg, but ttjmi art rirtf. . XXVIII 
 
 — Revelation 11 : 9. 
 
 Outward adversity of a church, of a 
 people, or a person is not proof of 
 
 essential poverty or weakness 
 
 How often it has been that some 
 struggling company of believers, fight- 
 ing with poverty, contending for very 
 existence, has been the truly rich and 
 prosperous church. 
 
 i 
 
 3©ttlf0Ht m* g* ran ha turttjmg. 
 
 -John xv:5. 
 
 Christianity has never become, nor 
 can it become, independent of the Per- 
 son of Jesus the Christ It be- 
 gan with Christ. It has continued 
 through Him. It must stand or fall 
 with Him. 
 
 Nirormbrr 
 XXIX 
 
TStmtmbtt $* filjall ktwm tfjrm hg ttytxt fruits. 
 
 XXX 
 
 — Matthew vii : 16. 
 
 The man who openly blasphemes, 
 and who, standing under the sun, looks 
 up at the heavens and says, " I hate 
 God," is far less dangerous in the influ- 
 ence of his life than the man who says, 
 " I love God," and disobeys Him. 
 
 Bmmbrr ®n tljtfi tnb (Eljrtat ball? bwb f anil roar, anb 
 j ttxtiwb, tljai ty mtgljt b* ffiorii bntlj nf tlj? itatfc 
 
 wxb lttrittg. 
 
 — Romans xiv:9. 
 
 The One in Whom death had no 
 place, has died in the place of those 
 who ought to die. 
 
 Over against His Dead 
 God sat in silence : for the Earth was dead, 
 And dimly lay upon her awful bier, 
 Wrapped round in darkness ; yea, her shroud 
 
 was wrought 
 Of clouds and thunders : for the Earth had 
 
 died 
 
Not gently and at peace, as tired men die 
 Toward the evening ; but as one who dies 
 Full of great strength, by sudden smiting 
 
 down: 
 The Earth was dead, and laid upon her bier, 
 And God, Sole Mourner, watched her day 
 
 and night — 
 The living God a Watcher by the dead, 
 Sole Mourner in the Universe for her 
 Who had been once so fair. 
 
 But, behold, there came 
 One, treading softly to the house of Death, 
 Down from among the Angels, through the 
 
 room : 
 He came, as comes a King, unto the place 
 Where lay the Dead; and He laid His right 
 
 hand 
 Of strength on her, and called her ten- 
 derly 
 Saying, " Arise, beloved, from thy sleep, 
 For I will ransom thee by Death to Life ; 
 Arise and Live." 
 
 For everlasting, He hath made her Bride 
 Of Christ, the King. 
 
 — B. M. 
 
 "From Death to Life." 
 
g*rimttn>r gtyta ia mg bei0tt*fc &an, . . . . i?*ar h* Ijteu 
 
 j j — Matthew xvii : 5. 
 
 To many there comes no mount of 
 transfiguration, but there is for all the 
 speech of the Son. If the majority are 
 not called to some mount of vision 
 where they may behold the glory as 
 the three men beheld it, yet to every 
 soul amid the multitudes of the re- 
 deemed He speaks in every passing 
 day. God forbid that the babel of 
 earth's voices should drown the accents 
 of His still small voice. 
 
 Srranfor 3f am mtll pbaaiA. 
 
 — Matthew xvii : 5. 
 Satisfied with the private life in Naz- 
 areth, with the honest toil of the car- 
 penter's shop, with the years of public 
 ministry, with the deeds of love that 
 had been scattered over all the path- 
 way, the whole life of Jesus from be- 
 ginning to end had given satisfaction to 
 the heart of God. 
 
 Ill 
 
lamari, 3 sag rnttn tlf**, arts*. 
 
 — Mark v: 41. 
 
 There was no thunder about His 
 voice, no magnificence of majesty, sug- 
 gesting the assertion of authority, but 
 the sweet whisper of an infinite Love, 
 in response to which the spirit of the 
 little one came back from the Spirit 
 land to its clay tabernacle. He stood 
 in the home evidently Master of death, 
 with a strength and dignity that needed 
 no outward pageantry. 
 
 IV 
 
 &ty autfjnr anb prrfrrtrr of our fattfj. 
 
 — Hebrews xii:2, R. V. 
 
 The word " Author" literally means 
 a file-leader, the man in front, who 
 makes a track through the forest in 
 which all that come after Him shall 
 walk in safety. His exodus was to be 
 a passing through death into life, 
 through the baptism of passion in the 
 infinite spaces of His Father's Kingdom. 
 
 V 
 
Btttmbtt Wbiammtt tffau art itjat yxbgtst ♦ ♦ ♦ . ttpns 
 VI tnnbtmv&st iljgarif. 
 
 — Romans ii:l. 
 
 Job's judges and Christ's critics are 
 on a level, and they are on a level with 
 every one of us who tries to pass his 
 sentences upon his fellow men. 
 
 Bromfor &nppaBt #t tlfai tiftBe . . . . torn Bitttimi 
 VII ♦ ♦ ♦ . bmwae tijeg Buflferrii Bitrlf ilfuujB? 
 
 — Luke xiii: 2. 
 
 If we cannot understand what God 
 is doing with that woman whose heart 
 is crushed and broken with overwhelm- 
 ing sorrow, let us be reverently silent 
 lest we help the men who drive the 
 nails, and break the Lord's own heart. 
 
3§umbU> ymtxj&lxitB in tlj* Btgtfi nf tift %ntb, Btttmbtv 
 
 and 1|* sljall Hft gnu up. ^ . ^ VIII 
 
 —James iv.10. 
 
 Self renders it impossible to know 
 Christ when other loves and interests 
 intervene, and breeds dissatisfaction 
 with all else, and makes that very self 
 sad and weak. Christ absolute, lights 
 the whole being with His love and joy 
 and beauty, and shines on other loves 
 to their sanctification, and so the abne- 
 gation of self is self's highest develop- 
 ment. 
 
 Wcyx Ijatlj satiri* ub, and rallrti ub ttritff an fttttmbtt 
 
 Ipi}} railing. IX 
 
 f —II. Timothy i:9. 
 
 I go to His Cross to be in some 
 measure a sharer of His suffering for 
 
 others In the death of self on 
 
 the cross the new pain begins, and so 
 long as I remain here, the sorrow and 
 sin of the world must press on my 
 heart, for His life now holds and gov- 
 erns it. 
 
Smmber Utiofifletier If* be of gnu iltat fnrBakrtlj turt all 
 X tijai It* Ijattt, If* nmtwt be mg fcisriple. 
 
 — Luke xiv:33. 
 
 There must be a clean severance 
 from all entanglement, and an utter 
 uncompromising abandonment of our- 
 selves to Him. Unless this be so, we 
 cannot be His disciples. 
 
 Ueranber 5ie ttjai nppreflBettj tlj* pant to intttwa? Ifte 
 XI rirljea • . . ♦ aljall aurelg mm* tn ttrant 
 
 —Proverbs xxii 16. 
 
 A Christian cannot consent to enrich 
 himself by taking advantage of the 
 downfall or misfortune of another man. 
 That man who strikes a bargain to his 
 own profit which takes advantage of 
 some pressing need on the part of 
 another is none of Christ's. 
 
(Sturtt In ItoBpUaUtg. 
 
 — Romans xii : 13. 
 
 The ideal Christian home will ever 
 have a door open to welcome the home- 
 less ones of our great centres of popu- 
 lation, that its atmosphere of love may 
 help to guard and form the life of such. 
 
 XII 
 
 W? Ijaue tljouglit nf thg lotrittg kinbttrss, © 
 
 — PsALMxlviii:9. 
 
 Btttmbtr 
 
 XIII 
 
 Can we not look back and see that 
 some of the hours that throbbed with 
 agony were the most blessed of all the 
 hours of life? .... That affliction was 
 my door to strength, that grave the 
 prelude to resurrection power, that dis- 
 appointment my finding His appoint- 
 ment, that lonely hour the one in which 
 I found Jesus only. 
 
Srrantar 
 
 XIV 
 
 3 fetwtu ttjg ♦ • ♦ • fattij. 
 
 — Revelation ii : 19. 
 
 Faith is here mentioned not as the 
 principle out of which an attitude 
 grows, but rather the attitude of fidel- 
 ity that grows out of the principle of 
 confidence. I know thy steadfastness, 
 I know that in thee is manifested the 
 opposite of fickleness. 
 
 JtUronhrr 
 XV 
 
 8>ur*Uj 31 ram* quirklg. Ame tu 
 
 — Revelation xxii : 20. 
 
 "Surely He cometh, and a thousand voices 
 Call to the saints, and, to the deaf, are 
 dumb; 
 Surely He cometh, and the earth rejoices, 
 Glad in His coming, Who hath sworn, 
 ' I come.' 
 This hath He done, and shall we not adore 
 Him? 
 This shall He do, and shall we yet de- 
 spair ? 
 Come, let us quickly fling ourselves before 
 Him; 
 Cast at His feet the burden of our care.' , 
 
flmtrlj tij* gnap*i to tn?t\$ rrraturr. 
 
 — Mark xvi:15. 
 
 If we are truly waiting for Jesus, we 
 shall not be careless of those for whom 
 He died ; and we shall not dare disobey 
 His word which bids us preach the gos- 
 pel to every creature. But, as far as 
 individual life is concerned, the coming 
 One should fill the heart's vision 
 through all the days and moments. 
 
 Sits smmtttfl Hljall atxxit Ijxm: unb itjnj fitjall 
 mt tfifi far*. 
 
 Revelation xxii ; 3, 4. 
 
 We shall see Him, and want to serve. 
 We shall be like Him, and be able to 
 serve. We shall know, and be pre- 
 pared to serve. Inspiration for service 
 in vision; equipment for service in cor- 
 respondence ; preparation for service in 
 knowledge ! Thus Himself will be the 
 reason of all the service of the new 
 life, and therefore His Will will be the 
 plane of heaven's activity. 
 
 XVI 
 
 Srrrmb^r 
 
 XVII 
 
immter 3ftt tip txmtlh g* jrifaii fan* irtbulaiuiiL 
 
 X yjjj — Johnxvi:33. 
 
 The tendency of the age is to soft- 
 ness. Some may read this final mes- 
 sage and, turning from it, say, This is 
 not easy. Easy ! When did Christ 
 suggest ease to men in the method of 
 their own making? Did He not sol- 
 emnly warn those who would follow 
 Him to count the cost, and indicate that 
 the pathway of His footprints necessi- 
 tated the denial of self and the taking 
 of the Cross? 
 
 Ikronfor Slljtnk tint ttjai 3 am rnm* in iteatrug tip lam, 
 XIX or *tf* prnptpte: 'A am xuA nmt* to iteHinig, but 
 ta fulfil. 
 
 —Matthew v : 17. 
 
 The severity of the law of God is 
 the necessary sequence of His infinite 
 love. The Eternal Heart purposes 
 and seeks the ultimate perfection of 
 every human being. To condone sin 
 in any way, or excuse it, would be to 
 make impossible the realization of that 
 purpose. 
 
$* ttjat fintorttj t0 tyta foslj stjail nf tl?* foal? §*remb*r 
 reap rnrrnpiinn; but Jt^ tljat Btfturth ttx t\\? Spirit XX 
 
 stjait of % spirit reap life eforlaating. 
 
 — Galatians vi : 8. 
 
 So many live as though the whole 
 purpose of life were realized in the lit- 
 tle day on earth. Yet men know that 
 it is not so, that this passing life is pre- 
 paratory and probationary. To-day 
 men sow, to-morrow they reap. The 
 reaping depends upon the sowing. 
 
 WhoBatbtr filfall fcrep ttf* mtjnk lam, anfc get Serember 
 flflfenfc in nn* paint, tje xa gniltg of aiL XXI 
 
 — James ii: 10. 
 
 Men are apt to think that if there be 
 ten commandments, of which they obey 
 nine, such obedience will be put to 
 their credit, even though they break 
 the tenth. That, however, is to mis- 
 understand God's purpose of perfection 
 for man, and the consequent perfection 
 of His law 
 
 It is by "every word that proceedeth 
 out of the mouth of God doth man live." 
 
Hfrrmbrr atyia pant rofaoro Ijatlf rant mnr* in, tljan all 
 
 XXII tyfJJ n*Ijirif tyati* raat into tlj* trraanrg^ 
 
 — Mark xii : 43. 
 
 He measured the gift then, as ever, 
 by its cost to the giver. The men who 
 had put into the treasury out of their 
 abundance did not forego any luxury 
 when they reached home. There was 
 
 no self-denial in their giving 
 
 To such, let me say, God does not 
 thank you for your gift. 
 
 B*mttb*r 3tt ta train ta Btvvt <6nb: anb tnljat profit ia it 
 
 XXIII *** a * mt ^ nxt * k** 1 * ^ a 0r ^ nanr ^? • .•■•• fps 
 tljat trotpt (Soft ar* mm frUwrrifc* 
 
 — Malachi iii: 14, 15. 
 
 When man begins to excuse sin, and 
 to say that it does not matter so much, 
 that God delights in them that do evil, 
 that there is no judgment ; then he is 
 committing high treason. 
 
OUpriBt 3tBtXBz mlfn, rxiattng in tift form of 2branb*>r 
 <&nii, . . . . *mjiti*& tjtmarif, taking ttir form XXIV 
 nf a jgrnmnt 
 
 — Philippians ii : 6, 7, R. V. 
 
 The Word passed from government 
 to obedience, from independent coop- 
 eration in the equality of Deity, to 
 dependent submission to the Will of 
 God. By the way of the Incarnation 
 there came into existence a person in 
 all points human, in all essentials Divine. 
 
 Stym \b bnrn Ux gnu tlfts hag in tit* ritg nf S*n>mb*r 
 Sauib a &attuiur, tnljo is (EljriHt ttj* iCnrtt XXV 
 
 —Luke ii: 11, R. V. 
 
 Faith, Hope and Love never stand 
 closer, or sing in sweeter unison than 
 
 over the new-born Christ came 
 
 into the midst of sorrow and sighing, 
 and at once angels and men began the 
 
 carol of a great joy Through 
 
 His advent in weakness and strength, 
 in innocence and knowledge, faith 
 becomes possible to men again, hope 
 begins its new song, and love enters 
 upon its new enterprises. 
 
Bmtttbtr 2j* slfall gin* gnu attollfw: (ttomfarfrr. 
 
 ■^t ttttt — John xiv : 16. 
 
 To the waiting people of God the 
 character of the Spirit is love ; He will 
 come to fill the gap, to take the place 
 of the tender Christ, to be to the 
 orphaned disciples a Comforter nigh at 
 hand — to comfort them, and to do it by- 
 pleading within them the cause of their 
 absent Lord and Master. 
 
 Hkttmbtt ISjnuiteti mlftn ty, tfj* spirit of tnrtlj, tB tttmt, 
 XXVTT *** 0l ? a ^ guttte gm* into all tty tnrtlf. 
 
 — JoHNxvi:13, R. V. 
 
 Protestants are perpetually being told 
 that they have no centre of authority. 
 This statement is due to the fact that 
 those who make it forget that the one, 
 the abiding, and the only centre of 
 authority, in matters of faith and doc- 
 trine, is the Holy Spirit. 
 
Bring ge tfte mltnb tith* itttn th? stnre-linuH* 
 . * . . ani prntie m* nam Itemmth, . . . . if 3 
 mill ttnt nprrt gnu th* tomtoms nf Itrati^n, anil 
 pnur gnu nut a blessing. 
 
 — Malachi iii: 10, R. V. 
 
 When men come and say, " Here we 
 are, our interests, ourselves, our busi- 
 ness — everything/' then the windows of 
 heaven are never shut — never ! When 
 my all is upon the altar, then the win- 
 dows of heaven are open and the bless- 
 ing descends. 
 
 Brrottbrr 
 
 XXVIII 
 
 a, It? Ijnlg &jririt tolram th* Jailter mill Btnh Qtttmbtt 
 
 in mu nam*. 
 
 * —JoHNxiv:26, R. V. 
 
 The Holy Spirit was poured out up- 
 on the Day of Pentecost as a gift of 
 God. Man had no claim upon God for 
 that great gift ; He was not poured out 
 in answer to any prayer of man, nor on 
 account of any merit in man : He was, 
 as was the gift of Jesus, a gift of Grace 
 which all received as from God. 
 
 XXIX 
 
Seranfor ilaater, 3 will faltoro ttyt. 
 
 — Matthew viii : 19. 
 
 XXX 
 
 O Nazarene, Thou hast conquered 
 by an infinitude of love ; and if out of 
 the wreckage of my life Thou canst 
 create character that abides, I give my- 
 self to Thee, and I "will" to follow 
 Thee. 
 
 Smmfor Wqnttoxt Irt tljrm alflfl ttja! suffer arwr&tttg 
 
 XXXI *° **** m ^ ^ ^ ^ rommtt **J** r Bstv & B ™ m *U- 
 imttg uttfci a fatttffni (Erratnr. 
 
 —I. Peter iv: 19, R. V. 
 
 Let the end be as the beginning. 
 There is but one thing that matters. 
 It is that God's Will should be done. 
 . . . . The ultimate issue will be 
 perfect compensation for all the toil of 
 the pathway that leads thereto. 
 
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