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unto Jesus.” To fix our attention upon the length and difficulties of the course, upon the foes who would hinder our advance, or even upon the Surrounding “cloud of witnesses,” would be fatal to our progress. At Christ’s bidding we may walk the sea, amid the wildest storm, so long as our eyes are centered upon Him : let us once glance round at the billows, or listen to the howlings of the winds, and we shall begin to sink in the deep waters and to be in danger of perishing. David once said: “Mine eyes are eyer toward the LORD” ; had they been fixed on th,e troubles of his heart, on the sins of his youth, on his affliction and his pain, or on the enemies that hated him “with a cruel hatred,” he would have “fainted, and wished in himself to die,” instead of being able to trust in the covenant-keeping God. The inward look that dwells upon our sinfulness, or the outward look that con siders our circumstances are alike destructive of faith. It, is only the upward look, fixed upon our Lord, that will enable us to walk calmly and in safety on the roaring sea of life. MOST people’s idea of glory is light; as a rule, the Bible’s conception of glory is character. “I pray thee, show me thy glory,” said Moses; the answer was not a vision, but a declara tion : “The LORD God, merciful and gracious etc.” The glory of which the Apostle speaks is not to be revealed to us, but in us. We are to become “exceeding glorious,” that is beautious of character. Among the factors producing this beauty are those afflictions (“light” in comparison to the glory, but some times exceeding burdensome to the flesh) which are the common lot of humanity. As the lapidary grinds the jewel into perfect luster, so our trials should make us shine with a brilliance more radiant than the stars. The worlding scoffs when he is coun selled to “rejoice in tribulation”—he does so because he is ignor ant of its flashing possibilities. We say “possibilities” ; for all affliction does not beautify. That it may do so, we must be exercised (drilled, trained) thereby. Repining and fretting over our troubles will not produce glory, but rather the reverse. As the persistently fretful face becomes an ugly face, sq the fretful, repining soul will miss the adornment, while it bears the pain. We must not imagine that this “glory” is to be revealed only in the world to come: we are to shine here and now with a growing radiance, to the honor of our Lord and to the joy and stimulation of our fellow men. Of course! else they would not have been his disciples. A disciple is generally defined as “a follower,!’ True no doubt; but he is also, and primarily, a learner. Mxoytns, the New Tes tament word for a disciple, means “one who learns.” The true Christian has never left school; he is a pupil still, and his Teacher is Christ. “Learn of me,” says the Master; and though the initial lesson to which He refers is meekness of heart, he has many more to teach us and our schooling is never finished. It has been well said that “The man who thinks he has no need to go on learning, is such a fool he does not even know, that he is one.” No other Tutor can take the place of the Divine Instructor. Helps and helpers there may be, and are, in our study; but if we would become wise with the highest wisdom, we must be often sitting at His feet. “Lord, teach us, not only to pray, but all the lessons of Thy grace,” should be the constant petition of our hearts. There is no Rabbi like Christ; “A wonderful fashion of teaching He hath,” so tender, so patient, so willing to repeat the lesson, “line upon line, precept upon precept;” “here a little and there a little,” as the limited capacity and feeble comprehension are able to receive it; until “No matter how dull the scholar whom He Takes into His school,” he first becomes wise unto salvation and then goes on to learn all the “hid treasure of wisdom and knowledge” stored up for him in Christ. (*) The portions for Feb. 5, 6 and 7 form one theme. F ebruary 4. “Glory which shall be revealed in us,” — Rom. 7:18. F ebruary 5. “John taught his disciples.”—Luke 11:1*
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