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yearned toward him. Even though He had spoken against him, He earnestly remem bered him still, and would “surely have mercy upon him.” How pathetic the la ment, “How shall I give thee up, Eph raim?” . . . . For one thing, He would hedge up his way with thorns, and make a wall that he should not find his paths; and for another thing, He would take away his corn in the time thereof, and would cause all mirth to cease. Thus God said, I will go and return to my place, un til he acknowledge his offence and seek my face. In his affliction he will seek me early, for, “How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?” The discipline o f mercy would not be in vain—J. T. ,W. MAY 10 _ Viewed As a Criminal “ And he bearing his cross went forth” (John 19:17). Any stranger in the streets o f Jerusalem, seeing Jesus bearing His cross, and, ques tioned by us as to the meaning of the sight, would have said: “He is a criminal, con demned to death after his trial, and now on his way to execution.” . . . When therefore our Lord speaks o f His disciples as called to “ bear their cross,” He repre sents them as receiving from the world the character and treatment <^f a criminal— rejected, condemned, cast out and reviled. . . . . “ Blessed are y e,' when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.” . . . . This is the meaning of “bearing the cross.”— H ubert B rooke . M AY 11 A Daily Fresh Supply “ Thy comforts delight my soul” (Psa. 94:19). Remember thou dependest upon God for the continuance of thy comfort. They are not the smiles thou hadst yesterday to make thee joyous today, any more than the bread thou didst eat then can make thee strong without more; thou needest new discoveries for new comforts. Let God hide His face, and thou wilt soon lose the sight, and forego the taste o f what thou even now hadst. It is beyond our skill or power to preserve those impressions o f joy and comfortable apprehensions o f God’s favor on our spirit which we sometimes find; as God’s presence brings those, so when He goes, He carries them away with Him, as the setting sun doth the day. . . . . “The Lord’s mercies . . . . are new every morning.”— W il l ia m G u r n a l l . MAY 12 _ Love’s Greeting “ Thou anointest my head with oil” (Psa. 23:5). When the psalmist says that God Him self anoints him with oil, does he not mean us to infer that life is a feast, in which we are guests, and God is host? And that God greets us in love and welcome ? He is glad to see us glad, and to make us happy; conferring on us luxuries as well as neces sities ; and taking pains, at great cost to Himself, to show us that He is well pleased to accept us and show us grace in the Be loved.—F. B. M eyer .
MAY 6 On the Lord’s Side "The Lord taketh my part” (Psa. 118: 7). David, in this psalm, commemorates God’s favor in the victories o f his people. To have the Lord “ for me” is to know that I need fear no evil. “ If God be for us,” says the apostle, “who can be against us ?” (Rom. 8:31). The soul that is still in doubt as to his acceptance, who is fearing lest he be cast out, has not yet seen this blessed fact. “ The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?” What the Lord bids us do is to commit all into His hands. So long as we are seek ing to withstand the foe, in virtue o f any supposed strength of our own, we fail to recognize that the battle is the Lord’s. We must be on the Lord’s side if we would have the benefit of the Lord’s power. — S elected . MAY 7 The High Standard “ Called unto the fellowship o f his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Cor. 1 :9). How different is the standard of the av erage Christian, with regard to a life in the service o f God, from that which Scripture gives u s! In the former, the chief thought is personal safety—grace to pardon our sin and to live such a life as may secure our entrance into heaven. How high above this is the Bible standard—a Christian sur rendering himself with all his powers, with his time and thought and love wholly yielded to the glorious God who has re deemed him!— A ndrew M u r r a y . Has any one seen Christ in you today? Christian, look to your light, I prayl There are wearied hearts and burdened souls Being lost on sin’s destructive shoals; And o f Christ who loves them their only view May be what they see o f Him in you! Is your light a message o f hope and cheer? Look to your light! Does it shine out clear? — S elected . MAY 8 Keep on Believing “ Be not afraid, only believe” (Mk. S :36). The trial of faith is, and always will be, “the fiery trial.” Think what it must have meant for Jairus, when accompanying the Lord—with whose coming he knew life would be restored to his child—to be met by the messengers saying, “ Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou the Master any further?” Amid all the obstacles and interruptions up to this, he had still “kept believing,” but nowli^his daughter was “ dead” ! In every trial o f faith there seems to come a time like this—a time when it seems useless to believe; friends tell us it is, feelings tell us it is, sight tells us it is. . . . Every voice bids us turn back; Jesus alone—“not heeding the word spoken”— whispers words like these: “ Believe only, believe still, I will not fail y o u ” Jairus’ faith was not disappointed; neither will ours be.—Alliance Weekly. MAY 9 The Discipline of Mercy “ Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols?” (Hosea 14:8). Ephraim had been joined to idols, and God in sore displeasure had said, “Let him alone.” But Ephraim was a “dear son,” “a pleasant child,” and God’s compassion yet
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Thy works, not mine, O Christ, Speak gladness to this heart; They tell me all is done, They bid my fears depart. Thy death, not mine, O Christ, Has paid the ransom due; Ten thousand deaths like mine Would have been all too few.
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