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“ Call upon me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” —J. Hudson Taylor. —o— November 1— “ Therefore I take plear sure in infirmities, in reproaches, in neces sities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake” (2 Cor. 12:10). There was a time when Paul did not take pleasure in infirmities. He tells us that he was anxious to get rid of the in firmity that clouded his life. But when he saw that God supplied the grace, he began to love the supply better than freedom from infirmity. He saw that it was bet ter to have darkness with stars brought out by it, than all sunshine and no stars; that the cold winds of winter are as neces sary for the world’s development as the cheerful warmth of spring and summer; that the mantle of snow is as good for the earth as its mantle o f grass and flowers. But for the snow mantle, the mantle of flowers might not be. When a man learns that God’s strength is per fected through his infirmity, necessities, persecutions, and distresses, he will by and by begin to welcome them as an angel sent from heaven to minister to him. S e le c ted . —o— November 2— "Get thee hence . . . and hide thyself” (1 Ki. 17:3). This is not a very gratifying endorse ment of Elijah. Doubtless,the man’s heart swelled with eagerness to start a great reformation; his mind expanded ' with dreams o f empire-power. To flee now, when the audacious approach of the king has been made, is to contradict all ac cepted methods of operation. Nothing now but solitude. But God knows His plan, and Elijah His servant. There is whole some truth here. To trust where we cannot trace is to give our Lord the full sover eignty that He longs for. The most form idable barrier in His dealings with His children is their self-will. “Let him do what seemeth him good” (J Sam. 3 :18) is not resignation, but triumphant faith, if we trust. And so by the brook Cherith, the lonely man abides. It is lost time in the judgment of the flesh-depending crit ics; here is a thread in the fabric o f so ciety capable of great accomplishment, doing nothing. But they who argue so, fail to see what God is to do. If we weigh things in the scales.of human reasoning, we shall always deal with economics and
expediency. But no time is lost with God if God can have His way. The real truth is that He is to come into the life of His servant for better qualifications, for the more vital revelation of Himself, for with God “the worker is more than the work.” There may be many dear saints of God who doubt their saintship because their activities have been taken from them; doors have been shut in their faces; funds for the prosecution o f their work have ceased. It may be that, exhausted physi cally, they lie on their beds wondering why He can consent to so unreasonable a situation. But He knows, He loves, He cares. Be assured of one thing: Elijah is not to remain in obscurity and inactivity for all time. Our error lies in mentally fix ing our future according to present condi tions. Let us arouse ourselves from this deadly coma. There is always the after ward of His gracious promising. —Kenneth Mackenzie. —o— Novermber 3-— “For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I, will help thee” {Isa. 41:13). “The road is too rough,” I said; “It is uphill all the way; No flowers, but thorns instead, And the skies overhead are gray.” But One took my hand at.the entrance dim, And sweet is the road that I walk with Him. “The cross is too great,” I cried ;/ “More than the back can bear, So rough and heavy and wide, And nobody by to care.” But One stooped softly and touched my hand: “I know, I care, and I understand.” Then why do we fret and sigh ? CroSs-bearers all we g o ; But the road ends by and by In the dearest place we know; And every step in the journey we May take in the Lord’s own company. —Selected. —o— November A — “ They shall sing in the ways o f the Lord” (Psa. 138:5). Sing your faith until the world hears, and heaven hears, and jails are shaken. Sing in times o f trouble. The Word says, “God . . . giveth. songs in the night.” Paul and Silas, with their feet in the stocks, and their backs tingling with the pain o f recent scourgings, made the dun geon ring with song until thè prisoners heard, and God heard, and angels got busy, and the jail was shaken, and stocks were all shattered. The old proverb is true, “The merry heart goes all the day, your sad heart tires in a mile,” John Wesley received a wonderful impression when crossing the Atlantic in a great storm. The ship’s sails were blown away, and the waves were breaking: aver the ship. People were screaming with terror. But the simple Moravians gathered to gether with their women and children, and sang a. hymn of praise to God. And the prisoners heard them, too—those who were ijnprisoned by sin—and Wesley knew they had something which he had not, and which he afterward obtained.
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