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January 1943
This is the love that bought us, This is the love that brought us To the gladdest day from saddest night, From deepest Shame to glory bright, Froni depths of death to life’s fair height, From darkness to the joy of light: This is the love that leadeth Up to His table here. This is the love that spreadeth For us this royal cheer. —H. Bonar. 8. The Yoke “Take my yoke upon'you, and learn of me” (Matt. 11:29). “And what yoke is. that,'Lord?” “The yoke of other people’s needs, the burdens of other folks’ sorrows. Put them on thy shoulders! Take My yoke upon thee! Increase thy burden and thy burden shall become light, and instead of weariness thou shalt find rest!”—J. H. Jowett, 9. Amateur Surgeons of the Soul “But pow do ye also put them' all away: anger, wrath, malice,' railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth” (Col. 3:8, R.V.). There are a great many folks who; pride themselves on their frankness of speech. With no knowledge of spirit ual surgery they cut and slash reck lessly and wound souls beyond cure. They are amateur surgeons of the soul—and amateur surgeons are no asset to any community. Times will come when it devolves upon us to utter painful truth, but let us make sure we speak ih love. Let us sterilize our tongues in prayer, that all germs of personal rancor may be extermin ated. Wei should be no less careful of our tongues than is the surgeon with his operating instruments. Above all, we ought to be very slow to use the truth that wounds unless we know how'to lead to the Christ who heals: —C. Norman Bartlett, s 10. Grace Follows Humility “Be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud,.and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God” y. Pet. 5:5, 6). Humility is not produced by looking at or dwelling on our self or sin. This produpes unhallowed and melancholy mopishness. The grace of God which elevates us to the loftiest heights of fellowship is that alone which leads into the most profound depths of a genuine humility. Our sins have to do with self, grace with God.—C.H.M. 11. Thank Him for Today! “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psa. 118:24).
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must live in the atmosphere of His presence till we absorb His life. This is the secret of spiritual depth and rest, of power and fullness of love and prayer, of hope and holy usefulness. “Wait, I say, on the Lord.” ' I am waiting in communion at the blessed, mercy seat, I am waiting, sweetly, waiting on the Lord; I am drinking of His fullness; I am sitting at His feet; ’ I am hearkening to the whispers of His Word. —A. B. Simpson. 5. Satisfying Provision “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19). God may not give a surplus, but He will give enough. If He does not sfipply bread for next week, He grants it for today. If He withholds a while, it is to cause our continual coming. Too much might harm uk . . . One of our richest blessings is limitation of that which is bestowed upon us. Too much food will choke us. The fullness of glory would blind us. Let God time everything, and praise Him.for every thing. —Selected. 6. Hands Off! “For this cause we also, since the. day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual un derstanding” (Col. 1:9). Cease meddling with ,God’s plans and God’s will. You touch anything of His, and you mar the work. You may move the hands of a clock to suit you, but you do not change the time. So you may hurry the unfolding of God’s will, but you harm and c\o not help the work. You can open a rose bud, but you spoil the flower. Leave all to Him. Hands down. —Stephen Merritt. 7. Because He Loved “And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given him self for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sw>eetsmelling savor” (Eph. 5:2). Love strong as death, nay stronger, Love mightier than the grave; Broad as the earth, an«! longer Than ocean’s widest wave. This is the love that sought us,
L "Go Ye . . ‘‘But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the utter most part of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Until each door is bolted, Until each step is barred, Though left and right we travel And still the way is hard; Until in like abandon We give our hearts to Him, Can we without excuse allow The “ uttermost” to dim. “So send I you,” said Jesus. The “where” is His concern. “Judea” or the “uttermost," His will is our return. < As we obey His “go ye . . . " We give His guidance birth, And by a closed or opened dopr Are sent to all the earth. —Gene Farrell. 2. Motivated by Love “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart” (Lk. 10:27). It was General MacArthur who re cently said soldiers do not fight for pay. The Christian, as “ a good soldier of Jesus Christ” (2 Tim. 2:3), is not only to endure hardness, but also .to serve his Lord out of a sense of real love. It is true the Bible says of pastors and other Christian workers, “The laborer is worthy of his hire.” But every true Christian serves Christ from love. We look for His rewards, but the motive of our service is love to Christ.— Christian' Victory. 3. Wounded for You “He showed unto them his hands and his side” (John 20:20). The sublimest science in the world is to know Christ; and, especially, to know the meaning of the wounds of Christ. The man who has most stud ied the agony in the garden and on the cross, and who has most studied his Master in all conditions, will be the best fitted to be a burden bearer —either to serve or to suffer, accord ing as God would have it. The very sight of Christ makes cowards brave. ■ —Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 4. Time to Absorb “Wait on the Lord: be of good cour age, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, bn the Lord” (Psa. 27:14). Our hearts are too vast to take in His fullness at a single breath. We
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