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Compare their worst with your worst, and not, other people’s worst with your best. You cannot be blind to their faults, but you can be infi nitely tender and compassionate. The most trying temperament with which you may be yoked will only bring out your noblest traits by giving them abundant exercise. Above all,, seek the grace and power of the Holy Spirit F. B. Meyer. 25. Divine Possibilities Y'For with God nothing shall be im possible” (Lk. 1:37\ I dare to say that it is possible for those who really are willing to reckon
on the power of the Lord to lead a life in which His promises are taken as they stand and are found to be true. It is possible to cast all our care upon Him daily and enjoy deep peace in doing so. It' is possible to have the thoughts and imaginations of our hearts purified through faith. It is possible to see the will, of God in everything, and to receive it with singing. —H. C. G. Moule. 26. How He Was Led “He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dtimb, so he openeth not his mouth” (Isa. 53:7). Never once was He gently led.’ He was led into’ the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. He was led by men filled with wrath to the brow of the hill, that they might cast Him down headlong. He was led away to Annas; led away tp Caiaphas; led into the council of the elders and chief priests and scribes; led to Pontius Pilate and into the hall of judgment. And then He, our Lord Jesus Christ, was led as a sheep to the slaughter; led away to be crucified! —Frances Ridley Havergal. $■ 27. The Presence of Christ “Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; but the form of the fourth is like the Son of God” (Dan. 3:25).. Three Hebrew youths stood for God and truth against the idolatrous de cree of the Babylonian monarch, and were cast Into the burning, fiery fur nace. . . , You may be called upon to pass through the fires of testing in the near future. Even if and when the conflict ends, peace will bring its acute problems, as the aftermath of war always does. Are you sure of the presence of Christ? Can you enter the fiery furnace confident that the Lord will be by your side? r—A London Journalist. 28. Investment • “Blessed are ye, when men: shall hate you, and when they shall sepa rate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast your name as evil, fdr the Son of man’s sake” (Lk. 6:22), « The Lord Jesus Christ told His dis ciples that hard times were coming for them, and that the hard times meant blessing. And how did the Lord say the disciples should take these experiences when they came? With resignation? God forbid! . . . They were to l o o k upon these expe riences with thanksgiving and exulta tion, as an investor would look upon
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