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both enter and control the life before we are fit for service.— J. E. Conant. •— o — March 6—" The law of the Spirit o f life in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:2). Have you ever observed in that familiar but inexhaustible chapter, the eighth of Romans, those few pregnant words, “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” ? Ponder them now. In Christ Jesus is laid up for us the fountain and the full ness of the Spirit of life. Behold in Him “the life-giving stream,” at your very lips. “He hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus.” In one sense, we all already have the fullness of the Spirit, for we are in Christ in whom that fullries is. But in another sense we have not, till we seek and receive into ourselves the fullness of His blessing. We have, by our covenant title and by our vital union. We have not, till we have used our title, till we have acted on our union. Let us do so, then, for daily life. For this old difficulty, for that inveterate fail ure, go forth, looking unto the Lord Jesus Christ, and drawing from Him the stream of the spiritual life. “I thirst for springs of heavenly life, And here all day they rise; I seek the treasure of Thy love, And close at hand it lies." wm—Handley C. G. Moule. —o— March 7—“Lo, I dm, with you alway, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28:20). Some of us think and say a good deal about a sense of His presence; sometimes rejoicing in it, sometimes going mourn ing all the day long because we have it not; praying for it, and not always seem ing to receive what we ask; measuring our own position and sometimes even that of others by it; now on the heights, now in the depths about it. And all this April- like gleam and gloom, instead of steady summer glow, is because we are turning our attention upon the sense of His pres ence, instead of the changeless reality of i t ! All our trouble and disappointment about it is met by His own simple word and vanishes in the simple faith that grasps it. For if Jesus says simply and absolutely, “Lo, I am with you alway,” what have we to do with feeling or “sense” about it? We have only to be lieve it and to recollect it. And it is only by thus believing and recollecting that we can realize it.— Frances R. Havergal. ■—o— March 8— “I will guide thee with mine eye” (Psa. 32:8). “Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding, whose trap pings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, else they will not come nigh unto thee” (Psa. 32:9, R. V.). The thought is the same as that in James 3 :3: “Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us." Man is peculiarly made for and sensitive to eye guidance. One glance of the eye often says more than a multitude of words, and the great secret of its power lies in the fact that it appeals to the heart. The language of the divine eye can only be interpreted by those who walk with God; strangers understand it not. To enjoy this guidance, we must set the Lord always before us; we must
From. Your Investment "XifANY unusual advantages I Y m . attach to an investment of funds in a life annuity contract withWheaton College. Incomes from such an investment are as high as 10% depending upon the annuitant’s age. This is above the average yield of safe investments. Issued jointly on more than one life if desired; and may provide an income for relatives or friends. In addition, such an arrangement eliminates care, trouble and worry in reinvestment of funds. There are no administration costs. No poor invest ments in old age. You are assured a fixed annual income for life— And, when you pass into the presence of your Lord, you will have the assurance that your capital funds are already invested in the work of Christian education. In fact, it is only after you are gone thatyour investment commences to yield its highest rate of return. For then the principal itself is directly invested in the work of Wheaton College. Year after year it scatters highly trained Christian workers with the Word of Life to the very four corners of the earth. Only heaven will reveal the true rate of interest com pounded upon such an investment in eternal values. 'W rite for our annuity booklet shown herewith—use the coupon*
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