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Breaking down hedges and its con sequence. “Whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.” Eccl. 10:8. Consecration to God. “ And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?” 1 Chron. 29:5. Character evidenced in little things. "He was known of them in the break ing of bread.” Luke 24:35. Declension. “ Thou hast left thy first love.” Rev. 2:4. Family religion. ‘‘As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15. Fools of Scripture. “ O fools.” Luke 24:25/ Prov. 1:7; 12:15; 14:9; Ps. 14:1. Gleaner— The beautiful. “ So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned.” Ruth 2:17. God’s memory. “ I remember all their wickedness.” Hosea 7:2. “ Surely I will never forget any of their works.” Amos 8:7. Greater than Napoleon, or more than conqueror. “He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.” Prov. 16:32. Heroism of faith. “ Though He slay, me, yet will I trust Him.” Job 13:15. Imperfections of good men. “ For in many things we offend all.” James 3:2. Ingratitude of prosperity. “ Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.” Gen. 40:23. Inconsistent worship. ( “ They feared the Lord, and served -their own gods.” 2 Kings 17j 33. Law— The inexorable. “ He who doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done.” Col. 3:25. Life’s sunset. “ Her sun has gone down while it was yet day.” Jer. 15:9. Nearness not possession. “ And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.” Mark 12:34. Pilate’s perplexity. ‘What shall I do then with Jesus?” Matt. 27:22.
Power of the populace. “ Herod . . feared the multitude.” Matt. 14:5. Question—An urgent one. “ How long halt ye?” 1 Kings 18:21. Recollections of God painful to the wicked. “ I remembered God and was troubled.” Ps. 77:3. Rejoicing in God and its effects on others. “ My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad.” Ps. 34:2. Selfishness punished. “ And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.” Ps. 106:15. Three typical sins. “ The way of Cain . . . the error of Balaam . . . the gainsaying of Core.” Jude 11. Truth and_ error, essentially and eter nally different. “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that, etc.” Is. 5:20. Union of Christ and the believer. “ Ruth the Moabitess, I have purchased to be my wife.” Ruth 4:10. Universality of faith in the super natural. “ Cried every man unto his god.” Jonah 1:5. Words— The King’s not to be chang ed. “ For the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.” Esther 8:8. What we do to God we do to our selves. “ He that sinneth against me, wrongeth his own soul,” Prov. 8:36. ■S'C. m m Another year has ended, For some it is the last; Whatever be its record, We cannot change the past. But stretching out before us The New Year lieth fair; God help us to be careful What shall be written there.
Sel.
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