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Beat on, true heart, forever; Shine bright, strong golden chain ; And bless the cleansing fire And the furnace of living pain ! —Adelaide Procter. —o— March 13—“/ would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed" (1 Sam. 26:23). Must we quietly bear wrongs and let those who wrong us go without punish ment? Our sense of right is sometimes so outraged that our souls cry out in re monstrance when we are told that we should never resist. But we are not judges. There is but one Judge, God, and we must leave all with Him. We are not required to say that a certain person’s treatment of us was beautiful when it was outrageous ; that no wrong was done to us when there was a grievous wrong ; that the person deserves no punishment when he deserves severe punishment. But we are to recognize the truth that it is God’s matter, not ours ; that we are to be patient, meek, and non-resisting, leaving the whole matter in God's hands. We have the example of. our Master. When He was reviled, He reviled not again ; when He suffered, He threatened not; but com mitted Himself to Him that judgeth righteously. We may commit it into God’s hands, as David did here, and leave it there with perfect confidence.—/. R. Miller. ■ —o— March 14— “He hath said” (Heb. 13 :S). If we can only grasp these words of faith, we have an all-conquering weapon in our hand. What doubt is there that will not be slain by this two-edged sword? What fear is there which shall not fall smitten with a deadly wound before this arrow from the bow of God’s covenant? “He hath said!” Yes; whether for delight in our quietude,; or for strength in our conflict, “He hath said!” must be our daily resort. Since “He hath said” is the source of all wisdom, and the fountain of all. comfort, let it dwell in you richly, as “a well of water, springing up into ever lasting life.” So shall you grow healthy, strong, and happy, in the divine life.— Spurgeon. —o— March IS— “The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?” (John 18:11), How the grace of humility shines out in all the little affairs of our dear Re deemers ministry ; even at the moment of His surrender to His enemies He does not boast chat His course is a voluntary one, nor seek praise as a martyr 1 He declares the simple'truth that the Father required this of Him as an, evidence of His per sonal loyalty to Him. Hé confesses Him self a servant of God, a Son who learned obedience by the things which He suf fered. No other lesson, perhaps, is more needed by thé Lord’s followers than thé one of willingness to drink the cup which the Father pours—a recognition that thé Father is guiding and directing, in our affairs because We are His, as members of the body of the Aribinted One.
men are the masons and laborers. Fàith assists God. It can stop the mouth of lions and quench the violence of fire. It yet honors God, and God honors it. Oh, for this faith that will go on, leaving God to fulfil His promise when He sees fit! Fellow Levites, let us shoulder our load, and do not let us look as if we were car rying God’s coffin. It is the ark of the living God ! Sing as you march towards the flood !— Thomas Champness. —o— March 10— "How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?” (Josh. 18:3). Now while your brain is clear and your choice is riot compelled, make the wise choice, and give yourself wholly to God. “Use” all the light He has given you. Make your own all that Jesus died to bring you into. Let not your inheritance go by default. Let not the grace of God be received in vain. There is not a prom ise He has made but He is anxious to make good to you. The alluring visions of grace arid glory He has held before you,. He will transcribe upon your heart, and engrave deeply into your whole life if you will let Him. There is not a crown hung up in yonder mansions but some body is to wear it; Do not let these dreams become a mockery to you. They may be real, and God wants them to be real for you. He has a separate inherit ance for each one. You cannot get into mine and I cannot get into yours. Do not fail to enter upon yours.— A. B. Simpson. —o— March 11—" Consider the lilies, how they group’ (Matt. 6:28). “I need oil,” said an ancient monk ; so he planted an olive sapling. “Lord,” he prayed, “it needs rain that its tender roots may drink and swell. Send gentle show ers.” And the Lord sent gentle showers. “Lord,” prayed the monk, “my tree needs sun. Send sun, I pray Thee.” And the sun shone, gilding the, dripping clouds. “Now frost, my Lord, to brace its tissues,” cried the monk. And behold, the little tree stood sparkling with frost; but at evening it died. Then the monk sought the cell of a brother monk and told his strange experience. “I, too, planted a lit tle tree,” he said, “and see, it thrives well. But I entrust my tree to its God. He who made it knows better what it needs than a man like me. I laid no condition. I fixed not ways nor means. “Lord, send what it needs,’ I prayed, ‘storm or sun shine, wind, rain, or frost. Thou hast made it and Thou dost know.’ ’’—From “Streams in the Desert —o— March 12— “But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold” (Job 23:10). Out of Suffering have emerged the strongest souls ; the most massive charac ters are seamed with scars ; martyrs have put on their coronation robes, glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen thè gates of heaven. ■L-Chapin. I shall know by the gleam and glitter Of the golden chain you wear, By your heart’s calm strength iri loving, Of the fire they have had to bear.
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