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were mocking Him and deriding Him, what did He say? “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” That is love. He did not call down fire from heaven to consume them; there was noth ing but love in His heart.— D. L . Moody. Oh, the love that drew salvation’s plan! Oh, the grace that brought it down to man! Oh, the mighty gulf that love did span At Calvary! —o— May 25— “By faith Abraham , when he was tried, offered up Isaac . . . ac counting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead” (Heb. 11:17-19). Abraham did not understand God’s de signs, but he believed God and had con fidence that He knew what He was about to accomplish, and so resigned his will to embrace God’s. This was brought about by “obedient faith.” The same with Noah. It, no doubt, looked to the people like a very foolish piece of work when Noah, day by day, carried out God’s orders and built the ark; but he placed implicit faith in his Master, and did what he was told. And when all those Israelites, day by day, in the face of strong walls and barred gates, marched round and round the city without sword or spear, it might have provoked the mockery and scorn of the enemy, or even of others who knew some thing of God. But they took God at His word, did as they had orders, and it all came to pass. If they had had that kind of faith that wonders, or ventures, or doubts the promise, all their marching would have been useless. But faith works, and trusts, and acts, and leaves impossi bilities to God, “who spake, and it was done, who commanded and it stood fast.” “For he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” D e a r reader, how much can you trust G od? Does your life show your faith? Obedient faith that waits on Thee, Thou never wilt reprove; But Thqu wilt form Thy Son in me, And perfect me in love. Sorrow is not all loss. It brings a new and deeper knowledge of the Master’s heart. We do not relish the prospect of the desert; but when it blossoms as the rose, we may well rejoice. Much would we prefer that God should speak to us in our comforts and happy circumstances, and so He does; but there are lessons we can learn only in the environment of pain, loss and sorrow. A healed body ought to be a dedicated body. Over all the members—our hands and feet, our eyes and hearts—Christ writes anew after every sorrow His own divine name and ownership.— Rev. Thom as Cameron. Then trust in God through all the days; Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand; Though dark thy way, still sing and praise, Sometime,' sometime, we’ll understand. May 26— “H e hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted . . . to set at liberty them that are bruised” (Luke 4:18).
and take, and endure in a way which would look presumptuous were it not for this fact—that it is worked by authority ; that is to say, a God-given authority. In the first place, a man, to dare such faith, as Elijah, Daniel, David, Jacob, Peter, John, Paul, Stephen, and others, and to have such a holy boldness, must be a right eous man, a wholly surrendered man, one who knows and has proved by his life his relationship to God, and has author ity to use H is name. One to whom God can give, and trust him with, His Word, His message, and His truth, and upon whom God can wholly rely for devotion, truthfulness, and integrity—who values his privileges in such a way that he pre fers God to all selfish, worldly interests and profit. To such He says, “Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” “Whatso ever ye shall ask in my name, I will do it for you.” “What shall I give thee?” The measure of faith depends upon the way we intend to use it, and the object for which it is used. If to grace there is no limit, Why should I be slow to plead? I f Thy power is not restricted, Why not speak my every need? All the treasures of His throne, Faith will make them all my own. —o— May 23— "And there was an enlarg ing, and a winding about still upward to the side ch am bers: fo r the winding about o f the house went still upward round about the h o u se: therefore the breadth o f the house was still upward, and so in creased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst” (Ezek. 41:7). We ought not to rest content in the mists of the valley when the summit of Tabor awaits us. How pure are the dews of the hills, how fresh is the mountain air, how rich the fare of the dwellers aloft, whose windows look into the New Jerusalem 1 Many saints are content to live like men in coal mines, who see not the sun. Tears mar their faces when they might anoint them with celestial oil. Sat isfied I am that many a believer pines in a dungeon when he might walk on the palace roof, and view the goodly land and Lebanon. Rouse thee, O believer, from thy low condition! Cast away thy sloth, thy lethargy, thy coldness, or whatever interferes with thy chaste and pure love to Christ. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all thy soul’s range of delight. Rest no longer satisfied with thy dwarfish attainments. Aspire to a higher, a nobler, a fuller life. Upward to heaven! Nearer to God! — Spurgeon. I want to scale the utmost height, And catch a gleam of glory bright; But still I ’ll, pray, till heaven I’ve found, “Lord, lead me on to higher ground!” —o— May 24— “I lave loved thee with an everlasting love” (Jer. 31 :3). When we wish to know the love of God we should go to Calvary. Greater love never has been taught than that which the Cross teaches. Christ laid down His life for His ene mies, for His murderers, for them that hated Him; and the spirit of the Cross, the spirit of Calvary, is love. When they
May 27— “A s one whom his mother com forteth” (Isa. 66:13).
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