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Praise, my soul, the King o f heaven, To His feet thy tribute bring; Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Who, like me, His praise should sing? Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him, praise Him, Praise the Everlasting K in g! —H enry F. L yte . APR IL 22 C hrist in the H ome “It was noised that he was in the house” (Mk. 2 :1 ). It never can be kept quiet long when Jesus gets into any house. He cannot be hid. The neighbors will soon find out that He is there. The people cannot keep the secret. They will show it in their faces. Those who have Christ in their homes do not look like other people. There is a ra diance or sunniness about them when they come out that tells of an unworldly source of joy. There is something about their speech, too, that lets out the secret; they cannot help talking about their Guest. So, in spite o f themselves, the family in whose house Jesus is will disclose the secret. . . No matter how quietly Jesus enters, the neighbors will soon know it, and they will also get the blessing and benefit o f it; for from a home where Christ abides there always go forth a fragrant influence and a loving, helpful ministry.—J. R. M iller . APR IL 23 T he W inds of G od “I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever” (John 14:16). It is useless to pray that the wind may turn the machinery of your powerless life, unless you adjust the sails to that wind, and surrender your life to Him. But as you do your part of adjustment, the winds o f God will turn your life, and His power will be manifested in your work and wit ness. The day of Pentecost is this day o f grace in which we are living. Let us go back to our work counting on His perpetual and continual indwelling. When every barrier has been cast down, in response to your confident faith, the wonder-working God, in whom we believe, will come in and take possession o f His temple, your body. May God give us grace to accept o f His fullness. —H. E arnshaw S mith . A PR IL 24 G od is A ble "Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power” (Col. 1:11). I shall never forget the moment, eleven years after my conversion, when God seemed to challenge my faith with these blessed words. I was struggling, I was dissatisfied, I was praying, looking in this direction and that direction for the secret o f something better, more satisfying and victorious, and it seemed as if God pulled me up, so to speak. “ Be still, be quiet, hearken to what I have to say.” And a brother read this text: “ God is able.” I had been praying, “Lord, enable me,” and so now I had to look away from what I desired to be, to what God was. “God is able to make all grace abound toward y ou ; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” I could not find a footing for unbelief anywhere. One o f God’s divine “ alls” seemed to meet me at every turn. I had to throw my soul upon that plank o f God’s sufficiency; and it floated me. . " —E van H. H opkins .
preaching so persuasive as the sight of hearts made glad. Just this makes gladness such a mighty element in the Christian character; there is no proof o f the reality o f God’s love and the blessing He be stows, which men so soon feel the force of, as- when the joy o f God overcomes all the trials o f life. And for the Christian’s own welfare, joy is no less indispensable; the joy o f the Lord is strength; confidence and courage and patience find their in spiration in joy. With a heart full of joy, no work can weary, and no burden can de press; God Himself is strength and song. —A ndrew M urray , A PR IL 28 U nmoved “Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work o f the Lord” (1 Cor. 15:58). What we need in these days are not men like Mr. By-ends, who was born in the town o f Fair Speech, and walked with Religion when she wore her silver slip pers; but men whom neither the fear of man nor the love of the world will draw aside, who are not tossed “about with every wind of doctrine,” and “wavering” like a wave o f the sea; but who, with their feet firmly planted on the Rock o f Ages, stand fast, and say with truth, both o f the favor and frown o f the world, both o f pleasures and persecutions, “none o f these things move us.” —S ir A rthur B lackwood . A PR IL 29 A lways S omething O ver “My cup runneth over” (Psa. 23:5). There is always something over When we trust our gracious L o rd ; Every cup He fills o’erfloweth, His great rivers all are broad. Nothing narrow, nothing stinted, Ever issued from His store; To His own He gives full measure, Running over, evermore. There is always something over, When we, from the Father’s hand, Take our portion with thanksgiving, Praising for the path He planned. Satisfaction, full and deepening, Fills the soul and lights the eye, When the Iieart has trusted Jesus, All its need to satisfy. There is always something over, When we tell o f all His l o v e ' Unplumbed depths still lie beneath us, Unsealed heights rise far above. Human lips can never utter All His wondrous tenderness, W e can only praise and wonder, And His name forever bless. APR IL 30 O ur H igh C alling “Faithful is he that calleth you” (1 Thess. 5:24). Disciples are said to be “the called o f Jesus,” “ called out of darkness into mar-! velous light,” “called unto liberty,” “called to peace,” “ called to eternal life,” “called” first to be afterward “ justified and glo rified,” “called to inherit a blessing,” “call ed in one body” and “one hope,” “called by God’s grace” to “holiness,” to “ his king dom and glory,’’ with “a holy calling,” “a —M argaret E. B arber .
Food that Satisfies Kindly renew my subscription to T he K ing ’ s B usiness . I cannot a f ford to do without it. I would ra ther go hungry. HBBS eattle . W ash . T he K ing ’ s B usiness has been a wonderful help to me in teaching a Sunday-school class. I need T he K ing ’ s B usiness like I need my breakfast, dinner, and supper. I need every page, from cover to cover.— -P eabody , K an . A PR IL 25 F eeding upon C hrist “He that eateth me, even he shall live by me” (John 6:57). The man who feeds upon Christ does not hobble on crutches upon the heavenly road, for from this holy feeding he gains an in ward strength, and no task or trial can terrify him. You may starve him, but he has inner food. You may darken his life, but he has inner light, the light o f life. You may make war about him, but he has peace within, the peace of Christ. You may turn the world into a hell to daunt him, but he carries his inner heaven safely through its fiercest fires. He has meat to eat that the world knows not, and he is strengthened with all might by the food upon which he feeds, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness. He becomes like the One on whom he feeds and is more than a conqueror through Him. Is thy spirit drooping? Is the tempest near? Still in Jesus hoping, What hast thou to fear? —J. W . S. A PR IL 26 T he S earcher of H earts “And knowest not” (Rev. 3:17). W e discover our spiritual poverty, not by the false and flattering witness o f our own self-estimate, but by the infallible and faithful witness o f the estimate of Christ. Listen! “These things saith the Amen, the faithful”—or trustworthy— “and true witness, the beginning”—or the origin— “o f the creation o f G od; I know thy works.” What is self-examination? True self-discovery never comes by searching ourselves and confessing to God the pov erty we find there. That does not take us very far into self-knowledge. True self- discovery always comes by submitting our life to the searching o f God, that He may tell us the poverty He sees there. This, I believe, is an utter truth; this is the only thing that will save us from self-delusion, for He has all the needed qualities o f the searcher; and He loves us too much to hide from us what He sees to be wrong in our life. He is trustworthy, and He is true. . . . Do not go to examine your selves. Let our hearts go, and just utter this cry: “ Search me, O God, and when Thou hast searched me, tell me what Thou hast found.”— G eorge W ilson . APR IL 27 T he S trength of J oy “ The joy of the Lord is your strength" (Neh. 8:10). There is nothing so attractive as joy, no
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