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W e have often to deny ourselves in matters that may be in themselves allow able. If they tend in our case to withdraw our hearts from Christ, we must b,e willing to give them up. They being innocent in themselves, we might be at liberty to choose them or not as we liked, but we have to think o f the discipline and maturity of our Christian character. In regard to this, such voluntary sacrifices are in the sight of God of great price, moulding us as they do into a loving and wide-embracing obe dience to Him.— S elected . MARCH 31 Guarded Lips ‘‘Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips” (Psa. 141:3). “Let the words of my mouth . . . be acceptable in thy sight, 0 Lord” (Psa. 19:14). Grant from our lips kind words alone May fall, from day to day: If jealousy and selfish aims, and careless thought that sometimes blames The “ other,”' on life’s way . Should silenced be, what wonders great Would be achieved! What lives re trieved I How changed our human state. Some day, some glad sweet day, we know Our lives will perfect be: Yet grant us now, O Lord, to show More understanding love below, And win the lost to Thee. —A lice M aude C arvell . •M Y HUMAN BEST FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT Richard Ellsworth Day Daily devotional messages for the first three months of 1938. By the author of Bush Aglow and The Shadow of the Broad Brim. Paper bound................35c (Postage 6c) • HIS TRUTH ENDURETH John C. Muir A survey of Old Testament history in the light of new archeological dis coveries which almost bring to life again the Old Testament character's. A book of 300 pages, including 25 illustrations, 7 maps....................... $2.50 j (Postage 15c) • THE CHRISTIAN LIFE J, Oliver Buswell Dr. Buswell gives a logical message on the Christian life and how to live it. Bound in c lo th ..................................$1.00 (Postage 10c) C U STOM ER S IN C A L IF O R N IA A D D 3 % SALES TAX
for your sake long a go; something that shall make it worth His while to have loved and suffered and died; a joy for which He will be content to have endured the cross and despised the shame. W ill you not go afresh to Him, as you see the store He sets by your love, and give Him the promise that will gladden His heart, “ I will love Thee, O Lord,” putting far away from heart and life everything that would be inconsistent with such a promise, or grieving and disappointing to such de votion as His?—¡•A nnie W . M arston . MARCH 29 Thornless Lilies “As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters’1 '¿[‘Cant. 2:2). W e have never known in the floral world a lily with thorns, but we have met with many lilies in the kingdom of His grace abounding with thorns, and consequently hard to get on with. A lily with thorns— what a ^contradiction, and what a carica ture! The more we ar.e like our Lord Jesus, the lesSÿprickly we shall become. Is it not suggestive that when He refers to Himself there is no mention of thorns? He is the Lily of the Valleys; we, the lily among thorns. But we may become like Him, and He can causé the thorns to disappear. ^ B - R obert L ee . MARCH 30 Choosing the Best “All things are lawful for me, fiat all things are not expedient” Cor. 10:23). • BOOKS ON PROPHECY George T, B. Davis Seeing Prophecy Fulfilled in Pal estine. The material here presented was gathered by the author during the summer of 1937 while he was trav eling through the Holy Land. Re cent up-to-date information. Illus- . (Postpaid) Rebuilding Palestine According to Prophecy. Earlier developments in the fulfill- ment of prophecy . . .....................25c (Postpaid) Fulfilled Prophecies That Prove the Bible. This book contains 14 chapters, each devoted to the fulfillment of a Biblical prophecy, and each illus trated ................................................. 25c (Postpaid)
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—W . M . CZAMANSKE. If God were to grant me the power to work miracles, I would only ask that I might exhibit the miracle of a holy life. —A nsgar (missionary to the Scandinavi ans, Ninth Century). MARCH 27 Concerned with Our Small Petitions “Hearken unto the ‘voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray” 'fVsa. 5:2). . Learn to entwine with your prayers the small cares, the trifling sorrows, the little wants of daily life. Whatever affects you— be it a changed look, an altered tone, an unkind word, a wrong, a wound, a demand you cannot meet, a sdrrow you cannot dis close—turn it into prayer, and send it up to God. Disclosures you may not make to man you can make to the Lord. Men may be too little for your great matter; God is not to great for your small ones;. Only give yourself to prayer, whatever be the occasion that calls for it. —Foalsteps of Truth. MARCH 28 What Jesus Wants "For thy love is better than wine” (Cant. 1 : 2 ). Something much “ better than wine” to the faint and heavy-hearted will he the outpouring of your heart to Jesus; a joy so deep that it will make amends to Him for all the poverty and misery He Suffered The American Tract Society’s $1,000 prize award of 1937. A masterly and convincing study of the gospel mes sage. Bound in cloth....................... $1.50 (Postpaid) • POWER THROUGH PRAYER (The Preacher and Prayer) E, M, Bounds This popular book shows what is the great need in the life of the church and of individuals. The author tells how prayer may— and should— be a mighty factor for good. Particularly recommended for Preachers and Teach ers ............................................................$1.00 (Postage 10e) • SIN AND ATONEMENT / . Oliver Buswell An interesting, well-developed study of the basis of the gospel message. Bound in cloth....................................................$1.00 (Postage 10c)
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