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resources of mind and heart that otherwise might have remained hidden. Such a friend ship is one of the crowning blessings of life. Money cannot buy it; influence cannot command it. It comes as love unsought, and only to the equal soul. Young and immature as he was, Hudson Taylor had the capacity to appreciate, after long years of loneliness, the preciousness of this gift. Under its influence he grew and expanded, and came to an understanding of himself and his providential position that left its impress on all after life. William Burns was better to him than a college course with all its advantages, because he lived out before him right there in China the reality of all he most needed to be and know.” Writing when he was twenty-four years of age to his sister Amelia on the happi ness of her engagement to Mr. Broomhall, Hudson Taylor says: “Are you lonely when he leaves you? So you should be while Jesus is absent. Do you long for the time when you can always be together ?
So you should be for the return of Jesus to take you to Himself. Is service for your loved one freedom? ‘No,’ you will say, ‘that is far too cold a word. Freedom! It is joy, it is delight, the desire of my heart.’ So you should serve Jesus. Would you do what you could to remove the ob stacles and hasten the day of your union? Then look for and hasten the day of His return. . . . See Jesus in everything, then in everything you will find blessing. Keep looking to Jesus. Do nothing but for Him, but as in Him and by His strength and direction. Christ all and in all! And oh! may He abundantly arid personally mani fest Himself to vou.” The whole book is written with rare skill. Mart”- pages have the interest and charm of a romance. We urge our read ers to forego novel reading and give the time to this story of a wonderful life. They will get as much pleasure out of it, and far more profit. The reading of a book like this marks an epoch in one’s life.
The Grace Wherein We Stand. “In Whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of Him” (Eph. 3:12). C. H. M.
’Tis finished!—here our souls have rest, His work can never fail: By Him, our Sacrifice and Priest, We pass within the veil.
The veil is rent—our souls draw near Unto a throne of grace; The merits of the Lord appear, They fill the holy place. His precious blood has spoken there, Before and on the throne: And His own wounds in heaven declare, The atoning work is done.
Within the holiest of all, Cleansed by His precious blood, Before the throne we prostrate fall, And worship Thee, O God!
Boldly the heart and voice we raise, His blood, His name, our plea: Assured our prayer and songs of praise Ascend, by Christ, to Thee,
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