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And shortly cried, “ Tw o miles I’ve gone —” All with a song And smile. — R . E. N eighbour . M A Y 21 Progressive Victory “Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin” (Rom. 6:6, R.V.). Do not be satisfied, with so many others, only to know the cross in its’power to atone. . . . Each moment it can become to us the power that destroys sin and death, and keeps us in the power of the eternal life. . . . Regard the cross not as one who is still on the way to crucifixion, with the prospect of a painful death, but as one to whom the crucifixion is past, who already lives in Christ, and now only bears the cross as the blessed instrument through which the body of sin is done away. The banner under which complete victory over sin and the world is to be won is the cross. — A nd rew M u r r ay . M A Y 22 Yielding to God “ Yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead” (Rom. 6:13). The weakest babe in Christ is indwelt by that Spirit who regenerated him, and who took up His abode within him to nourish and direct the life which He had imparted. But the indwelling Holy Spirit cannot bring the life of a believer to fullness in the Lord of life unless the born-again one yields to Him the life which He has quickened. Then the Holy Spirit, operating through the Word of God, enlarges the faith of the child of God who apprehends Christ as his Inheritance of rest, of victory and of wealth, in the goodly land.— E va R ose Y ork . M A Y 23 Nearer than Ourselves “ The Spirit . . . shall be in you" (John 14:17). Christians, God is nearer to us than our nearest friend; nearer to us than Christ Himself would be, if we only felt the touch of His hand and the sweep of His vesture; for He takes up His abode within us. Plato seemed to have a glimpse of this glorious truth when he said, “ God is more inward to us than we are to ourselves.” What was to him a beautiful speculation, is to us an inspiring reality; for we are the temples of the Holy Ghost. — C harles S tanford . M A Y 24 Marked with the Cross “I f any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (Matt. 16:24). There is always something more in your nature which God wills to mark with the cross. . . . If that were our attitude towards communion, if we went to Him that we might go back more brave to our work and our warfare, then indeed our communion would be to us what He means it to be. It would be the cleansing of the mirror of our soul that it might reflect the divine glory in us. It would be the increase of the divine life in us, making us ready for the
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