T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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September, 1938
And, hearing, do His will For things are not as they appear; In death is life, in trouble, cheer, So faith is conqueror still. Thus would we live; and, therefore, pray For strength renewed, that we may say, Our life, it upward tends: If we who sing must sometimes sigh, Yet life, beginning with a cry, In "hallelujah” ends. —T . T . L yn c h . "T he entrance o f thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple” (Psa. 119:130). By the Word we shall "grow in grace.” The beginning of grace in our souls was by the same, for it is written, “O f his own will begat he us with the word of truth”; “Being born again . . . by the word of God.” At every step it is the same Word which develops the spiritual life. The young man shall cleanse his way by it. The en trance of it giveth light and understanding. The result of hiding it in our hearts is that we "might not sin against thee.” And how often by His Word has He “withheld thee from sinning”?— F rances R. H avergal . O CTO BER 25 Fragrance of Spirit "And the house wets filled with the odor o f the ointment" (John 12:3). You cannot imprison perfume as you can cage a bird. The attractive quality of Mary’s alabaster ointment was that the house was filled with its odor. Up and down the house it penetrated, haunting the wood, clinging to the curtains, lingering in the comers . . . W e all carry with us the atmosphere of our inward associations. The O CTO BER 24 Importance of the Word
A true Christian must be a worker. In dustry, or diligence in business, is a prime element in piety; and the industry God demands is the activity of our whole com plex nature. Without this a man may be a dreamer, but not a "doer”; and just so far as any faculty of our nature is left unemployed, do we come short of a com plete Christian character. I must be doing, I— I, my entire self, my hand, my foot, my eyes, my tongue, my understanding, my affections—must be all, not only resolving, purposing, feeling, willing, but actively doing.-— C h arles W adsworth . O CTO BER 22 Master of Our Desires "D elight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires o f thine heart" (Psa. 37:4 ). The great reason that life is troubled and restless lies not without, but within. It is not our changing circumstanaces, but our unregulated desires, that rob us of peace. W e are feverish, not because of the external temperature, but because of the state of our own blood. The very emotion of desire disturbs us; wishes make us unquiet. When a whole heart, full of varying, sometimes contradictory longings, is boiling within a man, how can he but tremble and quiver? . . . Unbridled and varying wishes, then, are the worst enemies to our repose. . . . Whatsoever we make necessary for our contentment, we make lord of our happi ness.— A lexander M aclaren . O CTO BER 23 Glory Ahead " T h e Lam b which is in the midst o f the throne shall feed them . . . and G od shall w ipe aw ay all tears from their eyes" (Rev. 7 :1 7 ). An inner light, an inner calm Have they who trust His champion arm,
odor of flowers is from within. So is the fragrance of our lives.— J ohn M ac B ea th . O CTO BER 26 Evaluation "E very m an s work shall be m ade mani fest; [or the day shall declare it" (1 Cor. 3 :1 3 ). Results are not measured in the sanctuary by any rule of ours. W e owe a Paul and all his marvelous far-reaching testimony to the prayer of a Stephen. The seeming cut ting short of a useful life of service was actually the consummation of one of the most blessed acts of service ever rendered to the church, and the Day shall declare its gracious magnitude. "Little is much if God is in it.”— G eorge C u ttin g . O CTO BER 27 Does It? "Mine ey e affecteth my heart" (Lam. 3 :5 1 ). “Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields,” is our Lord’s command. He saw there a harvest without reapers, sheep with out a shepherd. And it has been remarked, truly enough, that some do not feel, because they do not look. Let us look earnestly, and not merely see thoughtlessly. Then, by the grace of God, we may be stirred to real depths of fellow-feeling, which shall issue in some degree of fellow-suffering, in the Spirit’s power.— T h e Christian. O CTO BER 28 Morning Glory "And in the morning, then y e shall see the glory o f the Lord" (Ex. 16:7). It is in the morning of life, O Lord, that I see Thy glory. In the midday I see Thy helpfulness; Thou art then to me the shadow of a great rock in a weary land, a refuge from the burden and the heat. In the eve ning, I see T hy faithfulness; I behold the retrospect of all that Thou hast done, and lo, it is all very good. But the morning is the season of my implicit trust, perfectly implicit because not yet founded oh ex perience. . . . I trust Thee without experi ence, before trial, irrespective of argument, in defiance of difficulty; there is no vision but the brightness of Thy face. — G eorge M a th eso n . "T hat y e may p rov e what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will o f G od” (Rom. 12:2). Whate'er my God ordains is right! His will is ever just; Howe’er He orders now my cause, I will be still and trust. He is my God! Though dark my road, Whate'er my God ordains is right! He never will deceive; He leads me by the proper path, And so to Him I cleave, And take content W hat He hath sent. His hand can turn my griefs away, And patiently I wait His day. i ! -¿-From “L yra G ermanica .” O CTO BER 29 He Knows Best He holds me that I shall not fall, Wherefore to Him I leave it all.
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