To be in Christ is the secret of oui; life; to be for Christ is the meaning of our activity; to be with Christ is the hope of our glory. Where deeds pull down, words can repair no faith. A stone fit for the wall will not long be left in the road. The devil is surpassingly cunning, and if he can he will mix an opiate even with the sacramental wine. We can measure our likness to Christ by the range of our sensitiveness to the world’s sorrow and pain. Humility is a virtue some preach, some practice, and everybody is con tent to hear praised. The streams that flow • from God are neither summer-dried or winter-frozen. If the way to heaven be narrow it is not long, and if the gate be straight it opens into endless life. Some Christians are like hot-house plants; they are all right when steam is on with a special series of meetings. There are some troubles which you cannot cure by Bible and hymn book, but which you can cure by good per spiration and a breath of fresh air. The tasks are not too many and the hours are not too short for the doing of God’s will. Tarry at a promise till God meets you there. He always returns by way of His promises. If it were possible to merit our own salvation Christ would never have died for us'. Our great matters are little to His power; our little matters are great to His love. Mark the fact, the Lord uses instru ments remarkable for their weakness.
By chastening the Lord separates the sin that He hates from the sinner that He loves. In all thy prayers let thy heart be without the words rather than the words Without the heart. Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessings. Men who will not read the Bible will read “Living Epistles.” Half a truth is often the father of a whole lie. It is sad that our troubles try us more than our transgressions. God’s business cannot be trusted to a man who neglects his own. Periodical godliness is perpetual hypocrisy. Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good. He that buildeth his nest upon Divine promises shall find it abide and remain until he shall fly away, to the land where promises are lost in fulfillment. That which is truly slain when we are truly on our knees will not reassert it self when we return to common ways of working and living. Sense shines with double lustre when it is set in humility. An able, yet hum ble man is a jewel worth a kingdom. Our missionary enthusiasm is the measure of our spiritual life. A man may pray on his knees to the end of time, but as long as he preys on the neighbors he will not reach the eai; of God. The nearer we get to God by grace the more we feel our distance by na ture. The flowers of Christian graces grow only under the shade of the cross, and the root of them all is humility.
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