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mastery of Christ, he came to a new king dom. Christ set the bondman free; He made the slave a king. It is one of the paradoxes of the Chris tian life, that men like the Apostle Paul can speak in the same breath o f utmost freedom and closest servitude. Paul called himself “the slave of Christ.” The two sayings are the same thing. The servant o f Christ is the world’s free man. “Make me a captive,1Lord, And then I shall be free: Force me to render up my sword, And I shall conqueror be.” — J o h n M ac B e a t h . JANUARY 31 Comforted of God "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God” (Isa. 40:1). ^ “ We ourselves are comforted o f God" (2 Cor. 1:4). No human sympathy, or superficial soothing, or sentimental consolation can ever reach and pacify our heart’s deep need. Christ Himself must speak the word that soothes our sorrow. He must give the touch that heals our aching heart. Seek then, dear soul, your comfort in none other than God Himself, through Jesus Christ His Son. The cross is the place where God meets every sin-burdened and sorrow-stricken heart. Through the cross, His comforts are dispensed. It is the cross that brings to every believing soul the comfort of_ sin blotted out forever, through the precious blood of Christ ; the penalty o f sin paid by the sacrifice o f the spotless Substitute “upon the tree” ; and the burden rolled away by His forgiving grace. Oh what comfort! What comfort ! Make it yours, dear soul ! — T h e P a s s in g D a y s . How to Read the Bible 1. Read the S c r i p t u r e s r e g u l a r l y through. Read alternately portions from the Old and New Testaments. Begin at the beginning of each. Mark where you leave off, and begin there next time. When you have finished each Testament, begin it again. 2. Read with prayer. You cannot by your own wisdom understand the Word of God. In all your reading of the Scriptures, seek carefully the help of the Holy Spirit. Ask for Jesus’ sake that He will enlighten you. 3. Read with meditation. Ponder over what you read. The truth is thus applied to your heart. You see new and deeper meanings. It is better to think over a little than merely to read a great deal. 4. Read with reference to yourself. Never read only with a view to instructing others, but for your own teaching. Receive blessing yourself first, and you will com municate it to others. Always ask your self, “How does this affect me?” 5. Read with faith. Regard it not as statements which you may believe or not, but as the revealed Word o f God. Receive every word as true, with simple, childlike trust. Rest upon the promises. Read them as made for you. 6. Read in order to carry into practice. We must accept God’s Word as being the revelation of His will. In it, He tells us what to be and what to do. He expects us to be “obedient children.” — G eorge M uller .
with us; the promises are still there; and therefore we ought to remember that to trust completely in the Lord, and to be happy in Him, is yet as possible as it was in the days of the children of God in olden times. Why not? There is nothing at all to hinder. “The Lord is good unto them that wait for him.” What an especial encouragement this is with regard to the trials and difficulties o f life 1 — G eorge M uller . JANUARY 28 The Household of Faith "Every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold’’ (Matt. 19:29). Mrs. Amanda Smith said: “When God does anything, He does it handsome.” So God’s hundredfold is a very liberal one. He has given me a thousand fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, friends and homes—everything that ever I left for Him. What a household is the household of faith! What a family is that of which God has made us members I Why, all the choice and the noble, and all the beautiful and the good, the grand and the faithful are ours. We are allied to them all. We are all one in Christ Jesus 1 — J. H udson T aylo r . For what to Thee, O Lord, we give A hundredfold we here obtain; And soon with Thee shall all receive. And loss shall be eternal gain. ■— S elected . JANUARY 29 Linked Heart to Heart “I am the vine, ye are the branches” (John 15:5). On the edge of a damp, still fir wood in a Swiss valley, a friend and I found something about branches that made us literally shout for joy. An old fir stump was our lesson book. It had decayed away until only the skeleton was left, and that skeleton showed its secret. We had thought that the branches were rooted into the substance o f the tree just deep enough to hold them fast, and that, from the woody fiber around, the sap flowed into them. But there they were, with nothing vague about them; each had within the bark a great shoulder that would resist all attempts at wrenching out; then it went tapering in ward till it came to the center, and there it was knit into a slender upright rod at the very heart, that joined all together, separate in their individuality, yet abso lutely one. This is the law o f branching for all dicotyledons, that is, the higher forms o f plant life, the vine included. This hidden, lovely linking, heart to heart, out o f sight, must have been in the mind of Christ when He said to His disciples: “ I am the vine, ye are the branches.” • — T h e E xpositor . JANUARY 30 A Love-Slave of Jesus Christ “ He that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant” (1 Cor. 7:22). In his youth, John Newton was a disso lute sailor on board an African slave ship. “ I went to Africa,” he confessed, “that I might be free to sin to my heart’s content.” He lived a pagan life until he met Jesus Christ. ' “ I was,” he says, “a wild beast on the coast o f Africa, but the Lord caught and tamed me.” The remembrance of his sordid life was a chastening memory to him as long as he lived. . . . Under the
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