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How many times we find this expres sion in the Scriptures, and yet it is just this very thing that we are so prone to lose sight of. We know it is written “the living God” ; but- in our daily life there is scarcely anything we practically so much lose sight of as the fact that God is THE LIVING GOD; that He is now whatever He was three or four thousand years since; that He has the same sov ereign power, the same saving love to wards those who love and serve Him as ever He had; and that He will do for them now what He did for others two, three, four thousand years ago, simply because He is the living God, the un changing One. Oh, how therefore we should confide in Him, and in our darkest moments never lose sight of the fact that He is still and ever will be THE LIVING GOD \-r-George Muller. —o— November 5— “The government shall be upon his shoulder” (Isa. 9:6). You cannot make the heart restful by stopping its beating. Belladonna will do that, but that is not rest. Let the breath of life come—God’s life and strength— and there will be sweet rest. Home ties and family affection will not bring it. Many a tired heart has said: “If this great trouble were only gone, I should have rest.” But as soon as one goes an other comes. The poor, wounded deer on the mountain side thinks if he could only bathe in the cold mountain stream he would have rest. But the arrow is in its flesh and there is no rest for it till the wound is healed. It is as sore in the mountain lake as on the plain. We shall never have God’s rest and peace in the heart till we have given everything up to Christ—even our work—and believe that He has taken it all, and we have only to keep still and trust. Let Him have the government on His shoulder.— Selected. —o — November 6— “Commit . . . trust . . . rest . . . and wait patiently for him” (Psalms 37:5, 7). A young m,an had been struggling for months over yielding himself to God. At almost every service, when the invitation for seekers was given, he went to the altar to seek anew. The more he tried the more he seemed to fail. Finally, he gave up seeking, thinking the blessing was not for him. However, he kept on attending the services where full salva tion was preached, and one night the preacher said, “If there are souls here who are struggling, I would advise them to stop this moment and let God.” This idea appealed to the young man. Going home, he cut out the letters L-E-T, G-O-D, and pinned them to the wall of his room. Then he tried to let God. He walked back and forth still trying, but he seemingly could get no farther than the idea. Finally he went out. Returning some time later, he was greeted as he opened the door, with the words, “LET GO.” The D in the sentence LET GOD had dropped to the floor, and, by what had appeared an accident, the truth was made clear to the young man. Let God 1 Let Go 1 When we really commit our selves o God, we are “letting God,” by “letting go."—Selected.
amid the olives of Bethany, and the soli tude of Gadara. None of us, therefore, can dispense with some Cherith where the sounds of human voices are ex changed for the waters of quietness which are fed from the throne; and where we may taste the sweets and imbibe the power of a life hidden with Christ.— Meyer. — o — ■ November 2—“And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should sprirtg and grow up, he knoweth not how” (Mark 4:26, 27). “He knoweth not how.” The quietness of faith! No need to fuss and worry! No need to understand the how of things. f—Amy Wilson Carmichael. November 3— “I will he as the dew unto Israel” (Hosea 14:5). A Whole Year for $1.00! THE I L L U S T R A T O R makes Sunday-school teaching gratifying! "Analysis fine, comments excellent, illustrations to the point." J. W. Duvall. Sample copy free. THE ILLUSTRATOR, 158 Fifth Avenue, New York 5000 SSSffffWANTED to sell Bibles, Testaments, good books and hand some velvet Scripture mottoes. Good commission. EVOLUTION DISPROVED “unanswerable” ; 25,000 ed. Cloth, $1; agts., 50c; 25 for $10—60% ! $6 a day! $1,000 sends 5,000 to lawmakers. Help! D r . W. A. W illiams , Camden, N. J. fÖMMUN iON W a r e o f Q u a l it y V In Aluminum or Silver Plate ÀV—S BEST MATERIALS *LOWESTPRICES . FINEST workmanship >•' i\j> Sendfo r Illu stra ted Catalog INDIVIDUAL COMMUNION SERVICE COl ROOM 360 «701-03 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA^*, SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH This is being done in Africa, China, India, by N ative Evangelists and Bible Women who are being supported for from 80c to $2.00 a week, $40 to $100 for a year. W rite Rev. H. A. Barton, Secy., Box B, 473 Green Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., for free literature.
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The dew is a source of freshness. It is nature’s provision for renewing the face of the earth. It falls at night, and without it the vegetation would die. It is this great value of the dew which is so often recognized in the Scriptures. It is used as the symbol of spiritual refresh ing. Just as nature is bathed in dew, so the Lord renews His people. In Titus 3:5 the same thought of spiritual refresh ing is connected with the ministry of the Holy Ghost—“renewing of the Holy Ghost.” Many Christian workers do not recognize the importance of the heavenly dew in their lives, and as a result they lack freshness and vigor. Their spirits are drooping for lack of dew. Beloved fellow worker, you recognize the folly of a laboring man attempting to do his day’s work without eating. Do you recog nize the folly of a servant of God at tempting to minister without eating of the heavenly manna? Nor will it suffice to have spiritual nourishment occasion ally. Every day you must receive the renewing of the Holy Ghost. You know when your whole being is pulsating with the vigor and freshness of divine life and when you feel jaded and worn. Quiet ness and absorption bring the dew. At night when the leaf and blade are still, the vegetable pores are open to receive the refreshing and invigorating bath; so spiritual dew comes from quiet lingering in the Master’s presence. Get still before Him. Haste will prevent your receiving the dew. Wait before God until you feel saturated with His presence; then go forth to your next duty with the con scious freshness and vigor of Christ.r— The Still Small Voice.
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November 4— “The living God” (Dan. 6 : 20 .
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