with all that He is, then your Chris tianity ought to be nothing less than a reproduction of all that He ever was. In all your problems and difficulties your Christianity is a relationship to the I AM who is greater than all your circumstances, more adequate than all your needs, more abundant than any situation you may face. Is It was only a cup of water With a gentle grace bestowed But it cheered the lonely traveler Upon the dusty road. For the way was long and dreary, And the resting places few; And the sun had dried the streamlets And drunk up all the dew. None noticed the cup of water As a beautiful act of love, Save the angels keeping the records, Away in that Land above. But the records shall never perish, And the smallest deeds shall live; Our Saviour demands but little From those who have least to give. It isn't the world-praised wonders That are best in our Father's sight, Nor the wreaths of fading laurel That garnish fame's dizzy height. But the pitying love and kindness, The work of the warm caress, The beautiful hope and patience, And the self-forgetfulness. The trifle in secret given, The prayer in the quiet night And the little un-noticed "nothings" Are great in our Saviour's sight! this a good definition of your salva tion? If not, let the great I AM loose in your life. Take a moment now say ing, “Lord Jesus, I never realized that all You ever were You are, and all that You are, You are to be in my life, just as branches abide in the vine.” May this be your earnest and avowed purpose today. A CUP OF WATER
Officers of the Biola Women's Auxiliary, standing at right Mrs. Fred Boyd, president, Mrs. At Sanders, vice president, (left) and Mrs. Millard Henry, secre tary, (seated). SOW ING HATEFUL SEEDS Some years ago a teenager, living in a rural community, got offended and mad at a neighboring farmer. The more he thought about him, the angrier he be came. Finally, he plotted against the neighbor by planting weeds throughout his fields. He used a most obnoxious grass which, when once it starts, is almost impossible to get rid of. As the teenager grew up, ironically he fell in love with the farmer’s daughter and later they were married. When the girl’s father died, the whole farm was willed to the young couple. Bitterness caught up with the boy. Now a wiser man, he sadly commented, “It has been thirty years since I sowed those terrible weeds in vengeance. I have had to fight them every day of my life ever since. I’ve had to reap the tares of my own evil disposition." Ralph Waldo Emerson penned, “Every secret will be revealed, every crime will be punished, every virtue will be re warded, every wrong will be corrected. The thief steals only from himself.” No wonder the Word of God rightly attests to the fact that whether in this life or in the judgment to come, “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap!” * * * One of the best definitions of humility is just believing God's estimate of you. 12
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