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J uly 22. "Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy.” Psalm 41:1. (P. B V.) THIS is not purely an almsgiving text. Doles, either of money or in kind, are not all that suffering humanity needs, nor «11 that we are expected to bestow. There is not simply to be “charity” in the popular sense of the term, but real charity fi.e., love) in our dealings with the necessitous amongst our fellow men. We are to consider the poor and needy. There is to be consideration in the sense of careful thought. We are to study their circumstances and their wants, that our help may be suited to their needs. Some men lack money, some lack encourage ment, some lack sympathy, some are yearning for love. To suit our benefits to each individual ca.se ;-so to measure them that they shall be adequate (as far as we are able) to the need; these things will require careful thought. It is of no use to give a man a stone if he needs a fish, a five pound note if he is merely broken in heart. There must also be consideration in the manner of our giving. Some men fling alms to the poor as they fling bones to a dog; the only difference being that they have more respect for the dog than' for the pauper, and shew it in their manner. Let us remember that the poor are God’s especial care. He has com mitted them to us,, as His stewards; whatsoever we do unto them, we do also unto Him. This thought will teach us the kind of consideration which is their due. J uly 23. “/ cannot do anything till thou be come thitherP - Gen. 10;22. THE divine hand paralyzed till the object of divine love be safe! What a lesson as to 'the guardian care of God over those whom He undertakes to protect. The course of justice must be stayed, the very purposes of heaven must wait, rather than that they should be endangered by so much as a hair of their heads. Well may we “ . rest secure, And sing defiance to the gates of hell,” and to all the machinations of mankind, while we are under such protection as that. Nor need we be robbed of the comfort of the thought by reason of our shortcomings. Lot was not a perfect man by any means. We, probably, should not have judged him to be worthy of the Divine favor at all. But there was a special reason for his protection; he was nearly related to Abraham; he was the beloved of the beloved; and for Abraham's sake, if not for his own, God was determined to be gracious unto him. Sinners we are, it is true, the very best of iis; but we are the brethren of the Beloved; we are dear to the heart of the risen Christ; and for His sake we may claim and expect to be the peculiar objects of the Divine regard. Moreover, “the Father Himself loveth us :” He it was Who gave His Son for our redemption from the curse. Therefore we are safe; guided and shrouded in the mantle of eternal love. J uly 24. “God called to him out of the midst of the bush.’’- — Ex. 3:4. FOR forty years Moses had been disappointed of his hope. He had aimed at the deliverance of his brethren from the bond age of Egypt; instead of that he was feeding a flock of sheep in the wilderness. His ambition had been to be a leader of men; his lot was to be the servant of Jethro, his father-in-law. “What a waste of talents and of years!” Not at all. Moses was not fit for the work upon which his heart was set when first he decided to forsake the treasures of Egypt for the company of the people of God. The wilderness, the servitude, the very sheep, were needed to train him for the part he had to play in the divine purposes. Hours of loneliness, that he might learn to
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