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N ovember 14. “So great a people ’’—1 Kings 3 :9.
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PITIABLE indeed is the condition of that man who has no pride in his native land, whose heart thrills not at all at the thought of her storied past and of her present greatness. But he is still more to be pitied who fails to recognize, with thank ful humility, the Source of all true power and prosperity, and who do,es not admit that it is owing to the Divine favor and blessing that we have become “so great a people.” While sing ing our patriotic songs of Empire and of Victory, we should never fail to add “All glory to the .Lord of hosts, From Whom all glories are,” , or our pride will become of that nature which precedes a fall. Nor must we forget that our National privileges bring with them tremendous responsibilities. We have been exalted that' we might spread “the kingdom of our God and of his Christ” among all the Races of Mankind; that we might defend the weak and oppressed, and “see that they that are in need and necessity have right” ; and that we might set an example of Na tional righteousness to all the peoples of. the earth. These things require for their fulfilment “a holy nation” ; but the Nation is the aggregate of the men and women of which it is composed; its holiness depends therefore upon our individual sanctity. We must never forget that we are ..contributing our quota to the righteousness or the unrighteousness of the Empire to which we belong, and are thereby helping to exalt it or to cover it with shame. Its future glory, or its inevitable decay, rests very largely in the hands of each one of us. I N ovember IS. “Redeeming the time:’’ —Eph. 5:16. . THERE is perhaps no combination in human speech more sad than the phrase “too late.” The “might have been’s” of life are more tragic than its absolute catastrophies; and for the majority of these failures procrastination is responsible. “I intended to, but I did not. I let the days slip into months, and the months develop into years, and now the chance is gone and the thing I would fain have achieved cannot be done.” That is the history of many a wasted life and many a lost opportunity. The golden rule is to “do the next thing,” and do it now. “What thou doest do quickly” is a precept for all time: “Today is the day of salvation” in more senses than one. Tomorrow never comes, and the suggestion that we should postpone till then the thing which we can accomplish today is a snare of the Evil One. It has been said that “the way to hell is paved with good resolutions,” and the truth of the proverb is due, not to any want of sincerity on the part of those who made them, but to the fact that their execution was not entered upon at once. When we look back upon our pilgrimage, from the eventide of life, the things which we have omitted to do will weigh upon our spirits more heavily than the evils we have wrought. But if this be true (as it un doubtedly is) in respect to earthly things, of how much greater import is it as it regards matters which concern the soul. To put off the day of salvation, to procrastinate the attainment of spiritual growth, these are errors which will yield a sad harvest indeed. I SAS N ovember 16. ' “Jachin . .. and Boas.”— 1 Kings 7 :21. THESE are the twin pillars of the Christian character— Jachin; that is, strength in the sense of steadfastness, and Boaz, strength in the sense of energy. Steadfastness—a soul at peace
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