T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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January, 1938
gentleness of Christ, with the garments of salvation, the robes of righteousness, and the jewels of Christian virtue. Do not look at these things apart from Him, but re member that they are attributes and graces o f His own nature with which to array yourself. And above all put on the armor of light, remembering that God is light. You are to put on Christ, who is God manifest in the flesh, and you are to de scend from your room into the arena of daily battle as one who is endued with the beauty of His character.— F. B. M eyer . FEBRUARY 7 Thankfulness “Be ye thankful” (Col. 3:15). Lord, give to us the grace to learn The worth of thankfulness; So nightly may we offer Thee— As we our sins confess— A heart aglow with gratitude For daily blessings given; Both small and great they bring from Thee True messages of heaven. For Th y best gift in Jesus Christ, For all redemption’s story, Our faltering words are all too poor T o utter half its glory. Fountain o f Joy! our praise we bring For mercies without number; Thy purposes in us fulfill, And bless us ere we slumber. — M a r y B r it t a in . FEBRUARY 8 Unfathomable Suffering “My God, my God, why hast thou for saken me?” (Matt. 27:46). Think of the three hours of darkness,« symbolizing that inner darkness out of which burst the agonized cry: “ Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.” Ponder that cross and passion. Let it speak to you of the sin— your sin—which demanded it; of the awful price which He paid for your life, your freedom, your service. T h e Lord Jesus came, and willingly laid down His life for the whole of us; our belongings and our selves are H is; not only part of us—what perhaps we can conveniently^ spare from other things . . . . No! It is nothing less than the entire being that He must have, with all its actions under His control . . . . all His, to be spent only as He shall choose. — H a n d l e y C. G. M o u le . FEBRUARY 9 Cleansing Power "If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me” (John 13:8). The Word o f God, in respect of its cleansing power, is frequently referred to under the similitude of water; and the same purifying and separating power is aptly set forth under the figure of the knife. As the knife was used for the circumcision, as it is the instrument which the husband man handles in order to purge or cleanse the vine that it may bring forth fruit, so also it is by its action that the “ filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness” is laid apart, and we are prepared, as the branch by the removal of the bark is prepared for the graft, to “ receive . . . the engrafted word.”— S. A. B lac k w o o d .
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