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time afterwards another of the statues began to get stained and corroded in a mysterious manner, until some one discovered that it was really made of nothing more precious than brass. O f the two remaining statues, it was hard to decide which was the finer, until, some' years after, a bold fellow dared to scrape off a bit from each statue, and found that one of them was merely plated, but the other was o f pure gold. The people then pulled down the sham statue and allowed only the genuine one to occupy the place o f honor. Shams do not pay in the long run. Sooner or later in the trials of life men will discover the imposition o f the professing but not possessing follower of Christ. To be accepted by both man and God, he must “come forth as gold”—pure g old ! “ Some years ago I was at work in Hull, England,” says G. Campbell Morgan. “ God was giving us gracious seasons o f refreshing, and a man came to me one night and said: ‘Do you know, the strangest thing has happened to m e!’ “ Said I, What has happened?’ , “He said, ‘I am a cabinetmaker. I work at a bench and another man works by my side. He has worked by my side for five years. I thought I would like to get him to come to some o f these meetings, and this morning I summoned up courage and said to himS'Charlie, I want you to come along tonight to some meetings we are having at Wilberforce Hall.” He looked at me, and said, “You don’t mean to say that you are a Christian!/’ and. I said, “Ye|||I am.” “Well,” ' he said, “so am I.” ’ “This man said to me, Wasn’t that funny?’ “ ‘Funny,’ said I. ‘No. 'Is he here? For if so, both you and he want to get down here and start. You have never been born again.’ . “ It is an absolute impossibility for two men born o f the Spirit, filled with the Spirit, to work side by side for five years, and neither one nor the other find it out.” A ugust 14, 1928 Text : Lk. 6 :45
with nine other men in one large room in a chateau. Some of the other men had pinned on the walls above their beds horrible drawings from some of the vulgar papers in circulation. He was tempted angrily to pull them down. For he loved Christ and purity. But he remembered that those men had a perfect right to use their wall space according to their own taste. And then he thought rather what he would do with his' bit of wall. The only time he had for drawing was at night. His only drawing materials were a plain postcard, a pencil and the light o f a can dle. He determined to try again to draw the face of Christ. He worked night after night till it was done. Then he anxiously pinned it upon his wall. He did not know what the other men would do when they saw it in the morning. They simply looked at it, said nothing, and went out. In a few days they had pulled down all their obscene pic tures, and the face of Christ, drawn upon the postcard, remained alone on the wall. At a private meeting o f .friends, on one occasion, George Whitefield, after referring to the difficulties attending the Gos pel ministry, said that he was weary o f the burdens of the day, and was glad that in 'a short time his work would be done, and he should depart and be with Christ. All present owned to hav ing the same feeling, with the exception o f ,Mr. Tennant.’; On seeing this, Mr. Whitefield, tapping him on the knees, said, “Well, Brother Tennant, you are the oldest man amongst us; do you not rej oice to think that your time is so near at hand when you will be called home?” Mr. Tennant bluntly answered that he had no wish about it. Being pressed for something more definite and decided, he added, “ I have nothing to do with death. My busi ness is to live as long as I can and serve my Master as faith fully as I can, until He shall think proper to call me honje.” It proved a word in season to the great evangelist, helping him more calmly and patiently to hold on his way. A ugust 11, 1928 T ext: Psa. 92:14
Mai ü§ A ugust 12, 1928 T ext: 1 Kings 19:14
ÜÎ A ugust 15, 1928 Text :■Eph. 5 :20
When a barrel o f pork was received into Franklin’s boyhood home and grace before meals had been said for several days, the boy inquired why it would not do just as well to ask a blessing over the whole barrel, and let the thanking stop at that. Many still feel as he felt. They want to lump their thanksgiving, instead o f daily repeating it. Milton brands ingratitude as be sotted and base. Shakespeare makes King Lear denounce it as a marble-hearted fiend, declaring that to have a thankless child is sharper than a serpent’s tooth. If blessings are continuous, our thankfulness should have no spare days. gay
Many a man has the nightmare that his public usefulness has ended, and the cause o f the nightmare is a body that is clamor ing for a little more care. Even Mr. Spurgeon wrote out his resignation more than once, under the depressing conviction that his ministry was over; but it was only a rebellious body that was coloring everything blue. One night’s sleep, and in the morning his purposed resignation was committed to the flames 1 Yes, a little more care for the body and many burdensome needs would never arise.
A ugust 13, 1928 T ext: Job 23:10
A ugust 16, 1928 Text : Psa. 16:11
In the public square o f a Certain city four beautiful statues were placed on exhibition by different artists who were eager to win honor from the people, All four statues shone in the sun like pure gold, and the people found it difficult to choose which was best. While they gazed, the sun chanced to shine more brightly and, as a consequence, one of the. statues began to melt. Although thought to be of pure gold, it was only butter! A long
• Not long ago there lived an old bedridden saint, and a Chris tian lady who visited hpr found her always very cheerful. This visitor had a lady friend of wealth who constantly looked on the dark side o f things, and was always cast down although she was a professed Christian. She thought it would do this lady good to see the bedridden saint, so she took her down to the house. She lived up in the garret, five stories up, and when they had got to
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