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shadow, and when I go through the flood on foot; other friends, tried and well-be loved, are compelled to do so. Nay, death cannot separate me. Perhaps my moods that vary from day to day, and my con stantly recurring temptations, and my nev er-ending needs, will weary out His vast patience at length. Nay, life cannot .sep arate me. Perhaps the spirits of darkness with their craft will snatch me from His keeping. Or else the sons of light with their nobler service will withdraw His re gard from me. It is impossible. Angels and principalities and powers cannot sep arate me. Perhaps the demands I make on Him, and will continue to make to ttiy latest hour, must limit His kindness and revbke His promises. It is a vain fear. Things present and things to come cannot separate me. Perhaps my foolish exaltations of myself and my faithless despondencies will send Him, disappoint ed, wearied, despairing, from my side. I need not be afraid. Height and depth cannot separate me. Is there anything, then, in heaven or earth -or hell, that will remove Him from me, and will banish me from His presence and graces? No, no, there is not any creature. God’s love in Jesus Christ is always watchful and al ways sufficient. —Alexander Smellie. — o — Divine Purposes Jeremiah was born to be a prophet to the nations (Jer. 1 :5). King Josiah was born to destroy idolatrous worship in Is rael (1 Ki. 13:2; 2 Ki. 23:15-20). King Cyrus was born to deliver God’s people from Babylonish captivity and give com mandment for the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple of God (Isa. 44:28 ; 45: 1-13; 2 Chron. 36:22, 23). Paul was born to be an apostle. He says that God sep arated him from his birth, and called him by His grace to reveal His Son in him so he might preach Christ among the heathen (Gal. 1:15, 16). God has a noble purpose for each of our lives. He has not called us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thess. 5:9). He has called us to be saints (Rom. 1 :7). He has chosen us in Christ, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love (Eph. 1:4). His purpose is to sanctify us and make us members of His body (John 17: 19; 1 Thess. 4:3; Rom. 12:4-8). Our place in the body of Christ may be ob scure, and yet be more important than others of more prominence (1 Cor. 12:4- 31). —Gospel Banner. — o— The Enemy of Eyes Satan blinds the minds of the unbeliev ing that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not dawn upon them. It is the work of the evil one to blind the minds of men—especially unbelievers—so that they cannot see the glory that is in Jesus. The awful, almost incredible blindness of men, who are intelligent on other sub jects, to the simplest and plainest truth about Christ, is due to this blinding work of Satan. “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the un believing, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.” — R. A. Torrey.
February 12— “The peace of God, . . . shall guard your hearts” (Phil. 4:7, R. V.). ’ The word “guard” is unique, and in dicates the patrol of the sentry who pass es to and fro before the outer gate, ex amining each intruder, and preventing the entrance of any whose presence would menace the well-being of the inmates of the home. It is a sublime conception that God’s sweet angel, Peace, the symbol of His own unutterable repose, should un dertake to keep the hearts and minds of His children from the molestation of those passionate emotions and perturbing anxie ties which sweep human life. It guards the heart, the apostle says. Now the heart is the seat of the emotions, the cen ter of our affections, the hearth whose ruddy glow sheds light and heat through out man’s nature, the shrine of the love which we give to God and man. And just because the affections of our nature are so mighty in their all-persuasive in fluence upon us, they are the objects of Sa tan’s direst attacks. There is a power that can intercept the incidence of what we dread, that can still our heart’s alarms, that can pacify our anxieties, that can give .the hush of God’s own peace to allay perturbing dread. There is a sentry that can keep the house of our heart free from molesting alarm! Our affections can be guarded and kept when the storm of passion threatens to rise, or when the mar gin of moderation is about to be crossed. It is a gift worthy of God upon the one hand, and welcome to man as more indis pensable than the very bread of his life. — F: B‘. Meyer. — o — February 13— “I will stand upon my watch . . . to see what he will say unto me” (Hab. 2:1). Master, early in the morning, before the multitudinous voices of the day dis quiet, confuse, and sidetrack me, “I will stand upon my watch to see what Thou wilt say unto me.” How I need Thy quieting, reassuring, guiding voice! I have never walked the road that lies be fore me. I know nothing of its pitfalls, its unexpected turns, its shadows, its steep ascent or sudden decline. But Thou hast been there before me. Thou knowest ev ery inch of the way. Thou knowest about the temptation that will take me unawares, the sharp word that will sting and wound me, the unfriendly glance that will un balance me, the situation that will call forth and test all my patience, the crises that will demand all my powers of mind, heart, and will . . . . Nothing is unknown to Thee. How then dare I face the day without first facing Thee? Thou art my chart and my'compass. Thou art my light, my strength, my canopy, my nerve, my patience, my discernment. Thou art the truth I seek, the life I would live,-the way I must walk. How dare I walk into this new day without having consciously and definitely readjusted myself to Thee? —Anna J. Lindgren. — o — • February 14— “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ” (Rom. 8:35)? The seasons change; the time is short ened; the end draws near. All the more, I rejoice in and repeat St. Paul’s victor ious challenge—Who shall separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus my Lord? Perhaps He will loosen His hand-grasp of me in the valley of the
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