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kinds, and His loving-kindness governs the whole.—J. T. W. JANUARY 28' Rejoice in Tribulation “Let patience have her perfect work” (Jas. 1:4). God, who gives the faith, appoints the trial. The purpose of the trial is the strengthening of faith. . . . Judged by out ward circumstances, the believer may sometimes look very much like one for saken of God and afflicted. But faith works through all adverse circumstances, and keeps steadily in view the unchanging love and faithfulness of God. James gives us a special benediction as belonging to those who are enduring trial. “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” The grace of God cannot only enable a man to submit to the trial that God appoints. But it can enable him also to rise higher, namely, to acqui esce in it, and still higher, to rejoice in it. —Alliance Weekly. JANUARY 29 Heaven “1 am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” (John 11:25). Death is now robbed of his sting, and the king of terrors transformed into the har binger of a blessed immortality. Heaven, to the Christian, is not an unknown coun try. It is a glorious mansion which the Saviour has gone to prepare for his abode. It is a scene where he shall contemplate the resplendent majesty of the omnipotent Jehovah, and admire His wisdom and rec titude toward the children of the dust. It is a temple where he shall offer the most pure and exalted homage to Him that sit- teth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever. It is a clime which shall cherish every pure feeling, and every pious and virtuous disposition. It is a state of existence where he shall stand in the pres ence of Him whom angel and archangel, cherubim and seraphim, adore; where he shall behold that Saviour whom, having not seen, he loved. —Scottish Christian Herald. JANUARY 30 Three Things About Sin “That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasingf’ (Col. 1:10). I sometimes say to young people: Re member three things about sin. First of all, never expect to sin. Why should you, with such a Saviour? Second, never ex cuse sin. You may excuse it in the lives of others; you may look at their difficult circumstances and say, “Well, I am sorry for them; their surroundings are against them; their environment is very hard.” But never excuse sin in your own life. . . . Third, never excite sin. Did you get hold of that, young people? It is the biggest thing in the world to be a Christian. There is no half-and-half affair about it. You have to throw your whole soul into it, and if you do, God will see you through. —A. L indsay G legg . JANUARY 31 In the Ways of Obedience “The law of the Lord is perfect” (Psa. 19:7). Let me listen to the exquisite chimes of this wonderful psalm as they ring out the blessedness of the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord. What shall he find in the ways of obedience ? He shall find resto-
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servant; and whosoever will be more than great, let him be your slave, even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for slaves.” What a rich variety of arguments, also, does the apostle here furnish for the exercise of Christian kindness and com passion 1 All the blessed consolations and sympathies of that High Priest, who can be touched with the feeling of our infirmi ties ; all the comfort which it is the proper office of Christian love to impart to breth ren in distress; all the fellowship of saints, springing from the communion and in dwelling of the same adorable Spirit in all . . . by all these considerations does the apostle ask the compassion of his brethren. By the same considerations are _we called to cherish the deepest and liveliest interest in the trials and afflictions of our brethren. — C harles J. B rown . JANUARY 26 Living by the Word “And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scripturest” (Lk. 24:32), “It is written” was a favorite sentence with our divine Master and Lord. He ever obeyed the Word . . . He, the eternal Son of the Father—Himself God over all bles sed forever—having become a Man, lived on the Holy Scriptures, and walked by their rule continually. He made them the food of His soul, the material and the basis of His marvelous ministry, the divine authority of His perfect path. In all this He was our great Exemplar. Oh, may we follow His blessed footsteps! —Things New and Old. JANUARY 27 The Loving-Kindness of Our Lord “Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lov ing-kindness of. the Lord” (Psa. 107:43). What a sweet theme—the loving-kind ness of the Lord ! How full of tender ness the expression; how reassuring, com forting! . . . All the occasions of . . . dis tress, whether directly appointed, or only permitted to occur to God’s children, are, when rightly understood, proofs of His loving-kindness, just as much as deliver ances, successes, and obvious blessings. The wilderness is God’s, and the waves and bil lows are also His, so are adversities of all
laughter, heard from the garden, told its own sweet tale. “How shall we ever get on when winter comes, George? ’Tis hard enough in sum mer ; what will it be then?” . The question awoke something within the man’s slumbering soul. “Mary, lass, what are you making there?” . ....... “A warm winter coat for Willie, George.” • “I guessed as much. Does he know about it?” “Not he, dear Iambi” “Won’t you tell him— to hinder his worrying about winter ?” “He worry? Why, hearken to him, George 1He’s as happy as the day is long; and even if he had the sense to think about winter, he’d trust his mother to keep him warm.” . “Aye, lass, and the boy is wiser than his mother 1” Mary’s eyes filled with tears as she caught her husband’s upward look, and the cloud of distrust was rolled from the hearth by their child’s trustfulness. . —Golden Sheaves. JANUARY 24 Tenant of Your Heart “God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16). Beyond measure it is desirable that we, as believers, should have the person of Jesus constantly before us, to inflame our love toward Him, and to increase our knowledge of Him. But to have Jesus ever near, the heart must be full of Him, welling up with His Jove, even to overrun ning; hence the apostle prays “that Christ may dwell in your hearts.” See how near he would have Jesus to bel “That Christ may dwell”—not that He may call upon you sometimes, as a casual visitor enters into a house and tarries for a night, but that He may dwell; that Jesus may be come the Lord and Tenant of your heart. —C harles H addon S purgeon . JANUARY 25 ■ Greatness Through Humility “Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant” (Matt. 20:26, 27). I give His words literally: “Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your
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