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nostrils of the Most High-. We. should ever remember “the hole of the pit whence we were digged” and the clay out of which we have been delivered, and the recollection should make us tender and gracious to those who are yet wallowing in the mire. The purity and goodness of which we are so inordinately proud is not our own, it was bestowed upon us by another: had He regarded us in the spirit of the Pharisee, we should have per ished in our iniquity. It is easy to see the mote in our brother’s eye, but we often overlook the beam that is in our own eye. The Pharisees were probably greater sinners in the sight of God than some of those of whom they so contemptuously spoke. Are we sure that we are in reality any better than the men and women we condemn? TO be invited, not into the ante-chamber, but into the very banqueting house of the King; to sit at His table, while “His banner over us is love” ; to be fed by His pierced hand with a sustenance more rare than angels’ foodH-this is surfely too great an honor, too high a privilege for. men and women such as we! But no I Christ’s table is not for saints, as such, but for sinners who desire to become saints. The frail and erring need never be kept away from the Holy Feast by the sense of their unwor thiness and their shortcomings; such things but spell the greater need for the reception of the sacred food. For we do not merely eat and drink in remembrance of Him ; the elements are emblems of that spiritual Body and Blood of Christ—that Divine and indwelling life—by which our souls) are nourished; and the greater the weakness, the more the necessity for the added strength. He who ate with sinners when He was upon earth, eateth with them still, and for the same loving purpose, that He may save them from their sin. It is an insult to the Majesty of Heaven to seek for excuses that We may refuse the gracious and royal invitation; it grieves the heart of our Lord when His disciples turn their backs upon His supper. We shall not grow better, but worse, by neglecting to obey His command when He says to u s : “Take, eat . . . . in remembrance of me.” , WE must put off our shoes from off our feet as we stand before the Cross of Calvary. What mingled thoughts fight for the mastery in our hearts as we gaze upon the thorn-crowned brow, the nail-pierced hands, the closing eyes of Jesus of Naz areth! What depth of penitential shame as we remember that it was our sin that nailed Him to the tree; what conceptions of the awful nature of sin,.that it should involve such a sacrifice; what amazement at the ingratitude of humanity that it could thus crucify its truest Benefactor! But the predominating impres sion should be that of the infinity of the Divine affection for the fallen race. For Calvary is above all things the place of the manifestation of LOVE; the love alike of Him Who gave and of Him Who consented to be given. The passion of the Divine heart is carven in imperishable letters upon the cross of Gol gotha. Other lessons there are to be learned and they are many.—but he will miss the primal teaching of the shameful tree who learns not this. Profane not the sacred spot by asking the how or the why; let us bathe our souls by faith in the fact that here Incarnate Deity paid the price of our redemption and saved us from everlasting loss. And with bowed head and streaming eyes let us hear, and strive«to answer, the question: “I suffered this for thee; What hast thou done for me?” M arch 24. “He went . . . . unto the spirits in prison.”-—1 Peter 3:19. WHATEVER may, or may not, be the meaning of this pas sage (and there has been much dispute) at least it signifies this, that Christ went into the place of departed spirits. There is a M arch 22. "Take-, ¿at.” — Matt. 26:26. M arch 23. "They crucified him.”—Luke 23:33.
The Leaven of the Sadducees By Ernest Gordon
P h ilip M a u ro sa y s: “ It is a re v e la tio n of a n am a z in g s ta te of th in g s su b stistin g a t th is p re s e n t h o u r w ith in th e p a le of w h a t w e re o n c e classed as th e ev an g elical d e n o m in a tio n s. It b rin g s c le a rly to v iew th a t a sto n ish in g m o v e m e n t of o u r tim e w h ic h th e a u th o r a p tly te rm s ‘th e p r o g ressiv e d e c h ristia n iz in g o f C h ristian ity .* A n d , in a sm u c h a s th e fa c ts h e re p re s e n te d a r e n o t o b ta in a b le in a n y o th e r v o lum e, th is w o rk is u n iq u e in c h a r a c te r a n d of in e stim a b le value.** Cloth $1.50 Beyond the Sunset By H erb ert B ooth Sm ith, D.D.
The Letters to the Seven Churches By Jo h n G ibson Inkster; D.D. These letters, form ing th e la st m essage of C hrist to H is churches have received m uch atte n tio n from Bible stu d en ts, a n d if, a s m any believe, they c o n stitu te a p o rtray a l of th e churches histo ry , th e a tte n tio n is deservedly given. Dr. In k ste r gives u s eight lum inous ta lk s w hich are helpful. They show o u r chu rch an d individ ual dangers an d w here our perils lie. They also sp u r, us individually to a b e tte r C hris- tia n life. C loth 75c
Serm on on th e F u tu re Life The tw elve ad d resses afford an assu ran ce as to th e fu tu re life th a t m eets th e dem and of the intellect as tru ly a s of th e h eart. Shall we recognize our loved ones in heaven? C an the d ep arted com m unicate w ith th e living? J u s t w here a re the dead? These questions are a n sw ered in detail an d w ith co n fidence.____________t C loth $1.50 When Rome Reigned
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The Ten Greatest Sayings of Jesus By J. C. M assee
The Church and Missions
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The a u th o r feels th a t there are c erta in statem e n ts ' w hich serve to in d icate th e basic philosophy of Jesu s a n d the governing principles of his m ission. H e h as chosen those sayings w hich reveal th e p e r son of C h rist as well a s th e high p o in ts of his teaching. H oliness is show n to be a m a t te r of relation, a n d rig h teo u s ness a m a tte r of conduct p ro ceeding from relation. C loth $1.50
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By A. C. Gaebelein A n e x a m in a tio n of p r a y e r in th e lig h t of S c rip tu re . B e g in n in g w ith G en esis th e w r ite r fo llow s h is to p ic th r o u g h all th e b o o k s of th e O ld a n d N ew T e sta m e n t. T h e w rite r say s, “W e sh all tr a c e th e fa c t of p r a y e r fro m th e b e g in n in g to th e e n d of th e W o rd of G od. W e sh all ex am in e d iffe re n t p a ssa g e s in w h ic h p r a y e r is m en tio n ed , p o in t o u t th e d iffe re n t fo rm s of p ra y e r, th e c irc u m sta n c e s u n d e r w h ic h th e p ra y e rs w e re p ra y e d , th e a n sw e re d a n d u n a n s w e re d p ra y e rs, a n d th e p ra y e rs w h ic h h av e a p r o p h e tic sig n ifican ce. W e sh all sh o w th e p la c e o f p r a y e r in th e lives of th e O ld T e sta m e n t c h a ra c te rs ,th e p la c e of p r a y e r in th e life of o u r L o rd , a n d p r a y e r in th e epistles.** A g o o d g u id e to a n e x h a u stiv e s tu d y of p ra y e r. ____________________________________________ Cloth $1.00 If m oney does n o t accom pany order, goods will be sen t C. O. D.
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