you rest.” Have we learned to rest in the Lord, waiting patiently for Him? This will keep you from los ing your temper. You won’t have to worry about losing sleep, either. I commend the blessings of Ben jamin to you. He was beloved of ARE Y O U W IL L IN G TO BE T H A T C L A Y ? When Jesus passed by, He saw that poor man, That man who was blind from his birth; And, stooping, He mixed His spittle with clay, No lowlier thing upon earth. Knowing His power, our human hearts ask, "Oh, wasn't there some other way? Some ointment with perfume, or eye-drops perhaps; Oh, why did it have to be clay?" No lowlier thing, but yet on that day It amounted to so very much; Causing the eyes of a blind man to see, Because of the Master's touch! Do you know that the Master is still using clay? He wants to stir you and stir me, And mix our poor clay with His wonderful power That the blind of the world might see! Oh, we may feel unfitted for such a great task, And cry, " Is there no other way?" But the Master still answers, " 'Tis you that I ask! Are you willing to be that clay?" — Alice Hansche Mortenson the Lord; he walked with God in such a way that he was to dwell continually and securely between His shoulders for b lessings. Money couldn’t do this for you. Turn to your lovely Lord and dwell between His shoulders forevermore.
SUPPOSE Y O U R C H U R C H . . . It has been pointed out that the aver age church is easier to join than most service clubs and lodges. Suppose you had to run for church membership as a candidate runs for a political office. Would you win or lose? Suppose your church was limited to so many mem bers. Would you be in or out? Sup pose that memberships were good for one year and that re-election depended upon the good you had done in the church during that time. Would you be re-elected or not? Suppose that every member of the church did as much for it as you are doing. Would more seats be needed, or would the doors be shut, nailed closed? Suppose that the church had this set of rules: all dues must be paid in advance; regular attendance at all services re quired, sickness being the only excuse accepted, if you were absent from the city, you must attend in o'ther similar churches in the area you were visit ing. How long would you qualify? The Bible urges us not to forsake the as sembling of ourselves together with other believers of like precious faith, but exhorting one another, and espe cially as we see the day of Christ’s re turn approaching. W H A T 'S Y O U R BU SINESS? A very zealous soul-winner met two women in the lobby of a Boston hotel. Immediately he began talking to them about the Saviour. They had never been confronted with the reality of their need of salvation. When the hus band of one joined his wife later, she was greatly disturbed and con cerned. She explained, “All of a sud den there was this fellow pleading with us to get right with God." The husband angrily volunteered, "Well, if I’d been here I would have told him to go on about his business." Replied the other woman who had been moved deeply, “Perhaps. But if you had seen him, you would have know he was about his business.” How about vs? Are we about our Father’s business? Are we telling others such biblical truths as, “He that believeth not the Son shall not see light, but the wrath of God abideth on him”? 11 * * *
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