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’Tis a Pilgrim, strange and kingly; Never such was seen before; Ah, my soul! for such a wonder Wilt thou not undo the door? Knocking, knocking! what, still there? Waiting, waiting, grand and fair; Yes, the pierced hand still knocketh! And, beneath the crowned hair, Beam the patient eyes so tender Of thy Saviour, waiting there. “ And Thomas answered and said unto him, M y Lord and my God1’ (John 20:28). One is aware of Christ as Lord when he is conscious that Christ’s ideas and prac tical plans are getting the right of way in his heart and mind; when the mind of Christ is gaining precedence over whole areas of merely human thoughts, words, and plans. When one becomes aware of Christ as Lord he has reached a supreme crisis in his life, for it means the abandonment of a certain way of living; a change from self- consciousness to the consciousness of Christ’s presence, His will and way. — J. D ouglas A dam . “As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me” (John 6:57). The choicest communications ever made to human minds are those which have come from the Great Father. Say, poor soul, what get you in Christ whenever you go to Him? Can you not say, “ Oh! I get more love to Him than I had before; I never ap proached near to Him but I gained a large draught and ample fill of love of God.” Out of His fullness we receive grace for grace, and love for love. In a word, by faith we behold the glory of the Lord as in a glass, and are changed into the same im age—and the image of God is love. Live upon Christ, who is the Daily Manna, and you will live well. — C harles H addon S purgeon . Repentance is man’s act by which he places himself in a position to accept God’s salvation. Some one has defined it as a “change of mind.” Man is born with his heart at enmity with God, and when, tired of sin, he turns from it and seeks God, his act is that of repentance. Action also is implied. A soldier defined it as including three commands: halt, right-about-face, march. Christ illustrated repentance in the parable of the man having two sons, whom he told to •go and work in his vineyard. One rebelled and refused to go, but later he repented. First, he gave up his own plans; second, he assented to his father’s w ill; and third, he did as commanded. — D . L . M oody . —H. B. S tow e . JULY 17 Is Christ Lord? JULY 18 Heavenly Manna JULY 19 Evidence o f Repentance “But showed first . . . that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance” (Acts 26:20).
JULY 13 His Prouuse "And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him” (Matt. 8:7). There are some prayers which are an swered only by the promise of an answer. The centurion prays for his servant that he may be healed instantaneously; the im mediate response is, “ I will come.” Have you and I never experienced this? W e have asked something which has not at once been granted, and yet we have been made to feel that there was something more than silence. W e have felt in our hearts what seemed the prophecy of an answer, a nameless, unspeakable strength which told us it would one day all be well. The sum mer did not come immediately, but the swallows came into our spring, and the interpretation of their song was this: “ It will come.”— G eorge M atheson . Samuel Chadwick argues that the resur rection of Jesus is the New Testament standard of power. It is the sample and pledge of what God can do for man. In the Old Testament the standard miracle is the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt. “ From Moses to Malachi the appeal was to the Red Sea as the supreme demonstration of God’s power to help and save.” But in the New Testament it is no longer the Red Sea, but the empty tomb, “ and the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead stands at the forefront of the Christian dis pensation, as the greatest achievement of omnipotence, and the standard of what God can do for them that believe.” —T . W ilkinson R iddle . Wilberforce, the great English preacher, said that Christianity could be condensed into four words: admit, submit, commit, and transmit. Let us use these four words in one sentence, expressing a great truth. When a man is ready to admit Jesus Christ into his life, and then submit himself to the will of Christ, commit his way unto the Lord, and transmit his knowledge and the spirit of Christ which he possesses, to others, he puts himself in the position to be of service to God and humanity. — The Presbyterian. JULY 16 Knocking "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Rev. 3:20). Knocking, knocking! who is there? Waiting, waiting, oh, how fair! JULY 14 Resurrection Power “ But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Rom. 8:11). JULY IS Complete Submission “ Wherefore, let them that suffer accord ing to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator” (1 Pet. 4:19).
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