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that is most effective. When you get down upon your knees and expect God to speak to you through that particular passage upon which you are meditating, you will find that He does speak. — D on ald G rey B arnh ouse .
ings. But we can do what is better—we can trust Him. — J. H udson T aylor . APRIL 20 Power to Lift “I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me” (Phil. 4:13). Where is the secret of power? In my college days, the professor of natural phil osophy often exhibited his great horseshoe magnet, wound about with coils of wire. He hung it up, charged the wire with a galvanic current,' and it caught up and held four thousand pounds. He signaled to his assistant to draw off the current, and the power was gone. My brother, encircle your soul with faith, and let the divine electricity of the love of Jesus Christ charge it. Then you can lift anything; you can do anything that God wants you to do. Draw off that power, and you are a shorn Samson, a weakling. — T heodore L. C u y ler . "That 1 may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings . . (Phil. 3:10). We do not want the safe and easy life without conflict and difficulty. In a word, we want the only kind of life that is worth while, which has been summed up in the passionate ambition of Paul: “ That I may know him, and the power of his resurrec tion.” This experimental knowledge of APRIL 21 Do I Know H im?
Jesus Christ is the one blessing which maketh rich and to which is never added any sorrow. T o find God in Christ, and to live day by day in the power of a recon ciled experience, is to discover the fullness of blessing in the power of the Holy Ghost. How readily should we welcome conflict and difficulty and affliction, if through these channels may come to us the blessing of knowing Christ!— S elected . APRIL 22 Bearing the Fragrance o f Heaven "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Col. 3:2). We smell of the smoke of this lower house of the earth because our heart and our thoughts are here. If we could mount up with God, we should smell of heaven and of our country above. — S a m u e l R utherford . He weans us in every way from this world, that He may attach us to that one for which He has created us anew. APRIL 23 God’s Guiding Hand "Fhe Lord shall guide thee continually” (Isa. 58:11). We can leave the future to God. What ever may come, His resources are sufficient. . . . Some people have found that the best thing that ever happened to them was that which forced them to face the world. The great Phillips Brooks became a minister Rli,:R“ T™ S “™ NOW REALLY NEEDING: A greater faith and deeper de votion. The prayers of an army of be lievers. Friends who value a real Chris tian education. 250 new students as purposeful as those we have. One or two new departments. 5000 new books for the library. Some means of liquidating $50,- 000 of debt. $400,000 additional endowment. —J. N . D arby .
APRIL 18 God’s Love for Us
"Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end” (John 13:1). Here are some wonderful words! , “ He loved us ’—a matchless and mysterious love. He loved us before we loved Him and be fore we loved each other. He loved us so much that He died for us . . . He did not love us because He died; He died because He loved us. Jesus Christ has the power not only to love but also to cleanse . . . His blood washes whiter than snow. —W. W . B ustard . APRIL 19 Having Confidence in the Counselor His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlast ing Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isa 9:6). By ways very different from those which we could devise or execute, He trains His people in their service, and thus makes them to become meet and fit for the inheritance of the saints in light. We know not for what He is preparing us, and consequently we cannot understand many of His deal
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SSSS re ig SK r FOR FIFTY YEARS : Loyal to the Word of God.
Graduating Christian workers.
Sending forth foreign mission aries.
Furnishing churches with effec tive leaders.
Holding up the Christ of the cross.
Challenging sin and worldliness.
Eschewing Godless amusements.
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