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pened? I did what Thou bidst me to do, and I thought it was for their good; but it is just the reverse. And they blame me for it; and yet really it does not be long to me, Lord, but to Thee.” Oh, that we had the same free access to God as Moses had, the same humble but blessed intimacy with the Lord today, so that we should instinctively go in at once and lay every trouble and trial and reproach at His feet; even expostulating with God, if needs be, when it seems at all justifiable to our poor human judgment, until He shall take us in hand and make us see the matter from His own point of view, and silence all our doubts and questionings. But how does God answer Moses? “Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh.” God knows how to touch hard hearts, and to turn tyrants to suppliants. And then God makes this revelation of Himself, by His name JEHOVAH, which revelation is the turning-point of the whole story; for do we not find that a deeper vision of God is the true starting-point of per sonal deliverance with us all?— Rev. C. A. Fox. —o— November 10 —"And it came to pass, before he had done speaking . . . and he said, Blessed be Jehovah . . . who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth” (Gen. 24:15, 27, R. V.). Every right prayer is answered before the prayer itself is finished—before we have “done speaking.” This is because God has pledged His Word to us that whatsoever we ask in Christ’s name (that is, in oneness with Christ and His will) and in faith, shall be done. As God’s Word cannot fail, whenever we meet those simple conditions in prayer, the an swer to our prayer has been granted and completed in heaven as we pray, even though its showing forth on earth may not occur until long afterward. So it is well to close every prayer with praise to God for the answer that He has already granted; He who never forsakes His lov ingkindness and His truth (see Daniel 9:20-27 and 10:12 ).—Messages for the Morning Watch. A gentleman, writing about the break ing up of old ships, recently said that it is not the age alone which improves the quality of the fiber in the wood of an old vessel, but the straining and wrench ing of the vessel by the sea, the chemical action of the bilge water, and of many kinds of cargoes. Some planks and ve neers made from an oak beam which had been part of a ship eighty years old, were exhibited a few years ago at a fashionable furniture store on Broadway, New York, and attracted general notice November 11 —“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness” (Prov. 16:31).
November 7—“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes” (Psa. 119:71).. It is said that gardeners, sometimes, when they would bring a rose to richer flowering, deprive it for a season of light and moisture. Silent and dark it stands, dropping one faded leaf after another, and seeming to go down patiently to death. But when every leaf is dropped and the plant stands stripped to the utter most, a new life is even then working in the buds, from which shall spring a ten der foliage and a brighter wealth of flowers. So, often, in celestial garden ings, every leaf of earthly comfort and joy must drop before a new and divine bloom visits the soul .—Harriet Beecher Stowe. This is Elijah 1 One is startled, per plexed, disappointed. A while ago we saw him on Mount Carmel surrounded by the thronging thousands of Israel, undis mayed by the bold audacity of the wor shipers of Baal, and confidently appealing to God to vindicate His own honor, and confound Baalim. Here he is, the prey of deep depression; forgetful of the past, giving all up, wanting God to take away his life. God has not once failed him. Not to any extent at all has one single foe prevailed against him. Like Peter, long after, he sees only “waves” and “billows” in which he feels himself beginning to sink. “Waves!” he might have exclaimed, “What are waves to God—toy God?” Ought the child of God ever to feel de pressed? If I am depressed, can I be trusting? Is not trust preventive of de pression, as well as its antidote? We mark Elijah’s great mistake, He should not have lost heart, should not have fled, should not have asked God to take away his life; all this was wrong. He should have remembered how God had wonder fully stood by him in the past, and have firmly trusted Him still. Is not his priv ilege ours also? May not God’s people trust Him fully, firmly, under all circum stances, and at all times? God is not “afar off” ; neither has He forgotten to be gra cious; and that which He has promised He will unfailingly remember, and do. Are we not always in His hands and un der His care? Should we ever have a single fear? Why should we be cast down or disquieted?—7. T. W. —o— November 9 —"Moses returned unto the Lord” (Exodus 5:22). Let us take special note of what took place between God and His sorely tried servant. Moses went in at once, and told God exactly what the people had told him. He kept back nothing. He said in effect: “Lord, how is it all this has hap November 8 —“He sat down under a juniper-tree” (1 Kings 19:4).
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