of Thy commandment. Preserve and bless our rulers in Church and State. Bless the people of this land; be a father to the fatherless, a comforter to the comfortless, a deliverer to the captives, and a physician to the sick. Let Thy blessing be upon our friends, kindred, and families. Be our guide this day and forever; for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.” -—Gem« of Wisdom No Competition Mr. Preacher, when you preach sci ence, either true or false, the acade micians can beat you. When you preach politics, the politicians and newspapers can beat you. When you preach doubt and infidelity, the In- gersolls, Tom Paynes and professors of rationalistic learning can beat you. When you preach the natural goodness of man, every sycophant can beat you. When you offer clas sical music, the opera can beat you. When you present novelties, every amusement house can beat you. Mr. Preacher, even if you hardly know the Christ yourself, even if you can follow only afar off some glim merings of that truth which makes your calling the greatest on earth, it certainly seems as if common sense would lead you to preach something in which you can beat all the others. That something is the cross of Christ. Be sure that neither the world, the flesh, nor the devil will ever compete with you ih the performance of your real job. They are strong for religion, but never, never, for Christ and Chris tianity! Where there is no sorrow for sin, there will be much sorrow because of it. Strange Choices How odd Of God
Kindness always pays, but it pays most when you don’t do it for pay. Remaining Saints It is one thing to go on the lonely way with dignified heroism, but quite another if the line mapped out for you by God is under other peo ple’s feet—a doormat. Suppose God is wanting to teach you to say, “I know how to be abased.” Are you ready to be humbled like that? Are you ready to be not so much as a drop in the bucket, to be so insig nificant that you are never thought of again in connection with the life you served? Are you willing to spend and be spent, not seeking to be ministered unto, but to minister? Some saints cannot do menial work and remain saints, because they think it is beneath their dignity. —Oswald Chambers, in The Herald of His Coming Some minds are like concrete, thor oughly mixed and permanently set. A Poor Heathen A certain rich man did not ap prove of foreign missions. One Sun day at church, when the offering was being received, the usher ap proached the millionaire and held out the plate. The millionaire shook his head. “I never give to missions,” he whispered. “Then take something out of the plate, Sir,” said the usher softly. “The money is for the heathen.” —The Outlook The Lord says that we are the salt of the earth; therefore, we should make other people thirsty for what we have. Washington's Prayer Written by George Washington, this prayer is preserved in his origi nal handwriting: “O eternal and everlasting God, I present myself this morning before Thy Divine Majesty, beseeching Thee to accept of my humble and hearty thanks, that it hath pleased Thy great goodness to keep and preserve me the night past. Direct my thoughts, words, and work; teach me how to live in Thy fear, labor in Thy service, and ever to run in the ways
The Greatest Bequest When Patrick Henry’s will was read, it was found to conclude with these words: "There Is one thing more I wish I could give you. It is the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ. With it, if you had nothing else, you could be happy. Without it, though you had all things else, you could not be happy." The Watchman Examiner A church, like a vehicle, runs most smoothly when it bears a heavy load. If God Forgot If God forgot the world, Forgot for just one day— Forgot to send the sunshine, And change the night to day; Forgot to make the flowers grow, Forgot the birds and bees, Forgot to send the sweetness Of the south wind in the trees; Forgot to give us friendships, Forgot to send us rain, Forgot to give the children play, Forgot to soften pain; What would happen to this world and us? —Georgia M. Anderson But God will not forget. There is nothing defective about His mem ory. He is perfect in that faculty, as well as in all others. How comforting to every believer is the assurance that “God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do min ister” (Heb. 6:10). He asks: “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?” (Isa. 49:15). He answers: “Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands” (Isa. 49:15, 16). A great encouragement for us to pray is contained in the following words: “He forgetteth not the cry of the humble” (Psa. 9:12). There is never a time in a believ er’s life when he cannot say: “The Lord thinketh upon me” (Psa. 40:17). —Tom M. Olson, in Now Would we still be gay? If God should forget— Forget for just one day?
To choose The Jews!
But still more odd Of men to choose The Jewish God Yet spurn the Jews!
— The Jewish Chronicle If more saints would heed the ad monition to “go,” more sinners would heed the exhortation to “come.” T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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