October 1929
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very sky has seemed darkened with flights of arrows, and the enemy has raged like a tornado amid the reeds on the river’s brink. The fiery darts of venomous sar casm have been like a storm of hail, and yet the lonely warrior has not succumbed. To himself, and to all others, his escape has been marvelous. How could it be ac counted for, except that an unseen shield had been around him, covering his head in the day of battle? Ah, beloved soul, God is not only the strength of thy salvation, but He is also the covert, the panoply, the shield on which the malice of the foe ex pends itself in vain. Be quiet. Let not thy heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. There is but one mat ter for which thou needest to care. 'Al ways be sure that you are ranged on God’s side. As David anticipated the mis chief of violent men who gathered them selves together for war, and sharpened their tongues like a serpent, it was a con solation to look back upon past deliver ances. What God had done He would do again, so that the righteous might give thanks, and the upright dwell in His pres ence. God’s covering in the day of bat tle makes a temple amid its tumult, and the soul dwells there as in the divine presence chamber. “O Holy Lord, who, with the children three, Didst walk the piercing flame, Help in these trial hours, which, save to Thee, I dare not name; Nor let these quivering eyes and sicken ing heart Crumble to dust beneath the tempter’s dart!” :— F. B. Meyer. The man of faith not only sees nothing but God, but everything that he might have counted on is against him, to dis courage his faith. There are no props to faith in the moment of real faith. Thus Abram learned, and thus the Scripture is fulfilled, which said, “Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.” It is in the hopelessness of everything here and of everything necessary too, that faith reigns. Thus it was with Paul in the shipwreck in Acts 27. He had nothing to support his faith; on the contrary, he was opposed, and for a moment defeated, by every natural and visible influence. The master and owner' of the vessel—the one with the greatest interest in it, and to whom the safety of the ship was of the most importance—the one whom self-interest, thoroughly con trolled, opposed him; and not only so, the majority of the passengers opposed him because the haven was not commodious to winter in ; and finally the counsel of self- interest and expediency was confirmed and assured even by Providence, for “the south wind blew softly.” Does the man of faith droop or become discouraged be cause all these influences carry the day against him? Nay; it is then that he most implicitly counts on God; and though it might appear that he is overcome for a moment, he is enabled to come forth with the marvelous and gracious assurance— October 20— “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1).
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“God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.”—/. B. S. — o — October 21— “Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14). We live under the very same Provi dence, which allots us our station in life, just as it did Esther hers, and fixes our residence on the very same principle, be cause in that particular place God has something for us to do, which we could not do if we were anywhere else. Does not this explain why our lot is cast where it is, and why we are sometimes changed from one place to another, and why at times by some strange providence we are brought into peculiar circumstances or associations ? Who knoweth whether you have been sent to live with a certain fam ily to save that family? Who knoweth whether thy lot is cast in some forlorn neighborhood to upraise that neighbor hood? Who knoweth whether thou art come into the warehouse or workshop, to which thou hast recently removed, that thou mightest elevate its tone? Who knoweth whether thou hast been sent to that church, where thou hast lately taken a sitting, to infuse new life into its dead ness? There is a divine purpose in your being where you aré. God put you there, and there is something there which He wants you to do for Him.—51. Law Wil son. O-"■ October 22— “I. will make all my moun tains a way" (Isa. 49:11). Difficulties have one splendid effect. They tend to turn nerves into iron—the very despair making absolute fidelity the only thing worth while; and they drive us on what is there—a wonder-working God. God loves to care for us while, and because, we are in desperate difficulty. Not every avenue, of escape is closed, not every hope is gone, while we have God. We have Him because He has us. When the Israelites were “entangled in the land,” trapped between the wilderness and the Red Sea, the Egyptians close be hind them so that no way of escape was possible—God delivered them. They were driven upon what was there—the wonder working God. He is “just the same to day.” He is here. He is with us. He has never known the meaning of despair, and He does not know it now. All His re sources are pledged to us. Shall we trust Him? Shall we praise Him, too, while we trust Him and wait upon Him? —o— October 23— “Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you” (Isa. 30:18). As long as the people tried to help themselves, sending ambassadors to Egypt, and seeking an alliance against the invader, God could do nothing for them;
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