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Who is he, then, who cannot spend all ? He is a man who lives spiritually, a man of character, of purpose, of high conception, of noble sympathy. A man who knows truth and loves truth never can spend his fortune. Once that for tune was attempted to be described, and the words of the description I remember well: “An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.” —Joseph Parker. 14. What Is a Pulpit? "We are,his witnesses” (Acts 5:32). A ministerial student in a remote country chapel was complaining to the senior deacon because there was no chair in the pulpit. “You should provide a pulpit chair,” the student pleaded, “so that the preach er may be able to rest a little.” “Young man,” replied the aged dea con, “you must never sit in a witness box.” Would that some of our modem min isters realized that the pulpit is a Chris tian witness box, where they should bear testimony to the saving power of the cross.—Christian Herald. 15. Living Today “Jesus Christ the same . . . today” (Heb. 13:8). This glorious fact that Jesus Christ is the same today is one of the great evidences for the truth of Christianity. There were many who were inclined to doubt and deny our Lord’s resurrection. But it was impossible for any who knew Paul to allege that Jesus Christ was dead. They could see that Christ was living in Paul; they could see that Jesus Christ was the source of that marvel ous enthusiasm, that determination, that perseverance.—F. S. Webster. 16. The Source of Rejoicing “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (Psa. 85:6). Nothing can comfort the soul with out C h r i s t . Temporal enjoyments, riches, honors, health, relations yield not a drop of true comfort without Christ. Spiritual enjoyments, minis ters, ordinances, and promises are fountains sealed up and springs closed. Until Christ opens them, a man may go comfortless in the midst of them all. No troubles or trials can deject the soul that Christ comforts. He is “as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing” (2 Cor. 6:10).—Flavel. 17. Power for Sanctification “The Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us” (2 Tim. 1:14). Just as God gave the Lord Jesus Christ to die for you, that there might be pardon for all your sins, so He gave the Holy Ghost, to dwell in you that there might be power to meet all your
concerned in, and everything that con cerns Christ I am concerned in. The Bible tells us from beginning to end that our salvation is not our own sal vation merely, but that Jesus Christ may be glorified. Our pardon shows His grace; our sanctification shows His holiness; our resurrection shows His power; and our being glorified is to re flect His glory—D. W. Whittle. 9. Adding Knowledge “Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge” (2 Pet. 1:5), • .It is a reproach to be ignorant of the things of God . . . the thing I am more astonished at than any other, as I go up and down the country speaking and teaching, is the number of ignoramuses there are, and they are in our churches —people who do not know the first principles, and who have never taken the slightest trouble to add to their faith knowledge.—M. Goodman. 10. Work It Out “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling: For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Phil. 2:12, 13). What are these inner voices which, if we heed not, cease ? . . . What are the yearnings to be all for Christ which, if we embody not in action, die? What are they but the living God working in us to will and to do the life work which He has planned for us from all eternity? It is this which you are called upon to work out. Work it out in love. Work it out in daily, faithful ministry.—James H. McConkey. 11. Past Months and Now “Oh that I were as in months past” (Job 29:2). Christian, if you are not now as you were “in months past,” do not rest sat isfied with wishing for a return of for mer happiness, but go at once to seek your Master, and tell Him your sad state. Ask His grace and strength to help you to walk more closely with Him; humble yourself before Him, and He will lift you up again to enjoy the light of His countenance. —Charles Haddon Spurgeon. i t . “How Much I Owe!” “Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty” (Isa. 33:17). When I stand before the Throne Dressed in beauty not my own; When I see Thee as Thou art, Love Thee with unsinning heart; Then, Lord, shall I fully know, Not till then—how much I owe! —Robert Murray McCheyne. 13. A Fortune that Cannot Be Spent “Made . . . meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light” (Col. 1:12).
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