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The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink? JOHN 18:11 Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. ROMANS 12:2 WE are often greatly hindered in the fulfillment of our duties by an unconscious clinging to self, which holds us back from God, and which leads us to seek our rest in something other than the simple fulfillment of His most holy will. If we honestly sought nothing save His

Our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name. PSALMS 33:21 TAKE anxious care for nought, To God your wants make known; And soar on wings of heavenly thought Toward His eternal throne; So, though our path is steep, And many a tempest lowers, Shall His own peace our spirits keep, And Christ's dear love be ours. JOHN MOULTRIE CHERISH thankfulness with prayer. St. Paul gives us in two words this secret of peace. "In everything," (he excepts nothing, so

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. LUKE 12:21 IT seems as if God gathered into His storehouse, from each of our lives, fruit in which He delights. And the daily cross-bearings and self-denials, the bright word spoken when head and heart are weary, the meek endurance of misunderstanding, the steady going on in one unbroken round, with a patient cheerfulness that knows nothing of "rnoods,"--all these are garnered there, and add to our rich

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. REVELATION 2:10 Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for Thy law is my delight. PSALMS 19:77 O BLESSED life! the heart at rest When all without tumultuous seems; That trusts a higher Will, and deems That higher Will, not mine, the best. WILLIAM TIDD MATSON NOTHING is so trying to nature as suspense between a faint hope and a mighty fear; but we must have faith as to the extent of our trials, as in all else. O

As his share is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his share be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall share alike. 1 SAMUEL 30:24 (R. V.) WORSHIP or service,--which? Ah, that is best To which He calls us, be it toil or rest,-- To labor for Him in life's busy stir, Or seek His feet, a silent worshipper. CAROLINE A. MASON LET us no more yearn for present employment when God's providence bids us "be still," than we would think it good to yearn after cessation while God bid

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. PSALMS 37:7 Is it the Lord that shuts me in? Then I can bear to wait! No place so dark, no place so poor, So strong and fast no prisoning door, Though walled by grievous fate, But out of it goes fair and broad An unseen pathway, straight to God, By which I mount to Thee. SUSAN COOLIDGE WE cannot be useless while we are doing and suffering God's will, whatever it may be found to be. And we can always do that. If we are bringing for

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O most High: to show forth Thy lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night. PSALMS 92:1,2 PRAISE to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN IF our hearts were tuned to praise, we should see causes unnumbered, which we had never seen before, for thanking God. Thanksgiving is spoken o

Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion--bless the Lord, O my soul. PSALMS 102:22 O MOST high, almighty, good Lord God, to Thee belong praise, glory, honor, and all blessing. Praised be my Lord God with all His creatures, and specially our brother the sun, who brings us the day; fair is he and shines with a very great splendor; O Lord, he signifies to us Thee. Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon, and for the stars, the which He has set clear and lov

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. JOHN 16:33 THEE will I love, my Crown of gladness, Thee will I love, my God and Lord, Amid the darkest depths of sadness; Not for the hope of high reward,--- For Thine own sake, O Light Divine, So long as life is mine. JOHANN SCHEFFLER WHAT is the secret of serenity? We all want to know it. Indeed, we do know it already.

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. 2 CHRONICLES 31:21 HELP me in Christ to learn to do Thy will, That I may have from Him eternal life; And here on earth Thy perfect love fulfil, Then home return victorious from the strife. JONES VERY THERE is no other way in which one's life will be so surely, so quickly transfigured, as in the faithful, hap

Nevertheless, I am continually with Thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand. PSALMS 73:23 FAITH is a grasping of Almighty power; The hand of man laid on the arm of God; The grand and blessed hour In which the things, impossible to me, Become the possible, O Lord, through Thee. ANNA E. HAMILTON NOTHING is necessary for you in maintaining a triumphant Christian life, but just to stay by the helm, and put yourself in where the power is. Come unto God, unite yourself to God, a

Ye shall not fear them; for the Lord your God He shall fight for you. DEUTERONOMY 3:22 And behold God Himself is with us for our cap­tain. 2 CHRONICLES 13:12 OH, for trust that brings the triumph When defeat seems strangely near! Oh, for faith that changes fighting Into victory's ringing cheer­-- Faith triumphant, knowing not defeat or fear! HERBERT BOOTH HOPEFULNESS of final victory is ours, if we only remember that we are fighting God's battles. And can He know defeat? He w

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? HEBREWS 1:14 NEAR you in sympathy the angels stand, Their unseen hosts encompass you around; Strong and unconquerable the glorious band, And loud their songs and hymns of victory sound. And near you, though invisible, are those, The good and just of every age and clime, Who while on earth have fought the self-same foes, And won the fight through faith and love sublime; Let n

Even to your old age, I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. ISAIAH 46:4 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. PSALMS 68:17 I HAVE not a shadow of doubt that if all our eyes could be opened to‑day, we should see our homes, and our places of business, and the streets we tra­verse, filled with the "chariots of God

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. ROMANS 8:1 IT may be that recollections of the past hinder you, but you must reject them; anxious thoughts may arise, put them away; your faults seem to raise up a barrier, but no past faults can separate a loving heart from God. H. L. SIDNEY LEAR Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. PSALMS 37:5 PLAN not, nor scheme,--but calmly wait; His choice is best. While blind and erring is thy sight, His wisdom sees and judges right, So trust and rest. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER "'GREAT peace have they which love My law." They see that from Me, the sovereign Ruler of the world, who governth all things with infinite wisdom, order, and love, nothing but good can spring; and that I can take care

Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint‑hearted. ISAIAH 7:4 THOUGH everything without fall into confusion, and though thy body be in pain and suffering, and thy soul in desolation and distress, yet let thy spirit be unmoved by it all, placid and serene, delighted in and with its God inwardly, and with His good pleas­ure outwardly. GERHARD TERSTEEGEN To say each morning, "I must have things weariful, painful, to bear to‑day, and they shall all be offered up beforeh

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord. PSALMS 27:14 ASK not that my course be calm and still; No, here too, Lord, be done Thy holy will: ask but for a quiet childlike heart; Though thronging cares and restless toil be mine, Yet may my heart remain forever Thine; Draw it from earth, and fix it where Thou art. C. J. P. SPITTA TRUE union with God is to do His will without ceasing, in spite of all our natural disinclin

He that in these things serveth Christ is accept­able to God, and approved of men. ROMANS 14:18 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all Thy commandments. PSALMS 119:6 TRUE fidelity consists in obeying God in all things, and in following the light that points out our duty, and the grace which guides us; taking as our rule of life the intention to please God in all things, and to do always not only what is acceptable to Him, but, if possible, what is most acc

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. PSALMS 37:5 PLAN not, nor scheme,--but calmly wait; His choice is best. While blind and erring is thy sight, His wisdom sees and judges right, So trust and rest. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER "'GREAT peace have they which love My law." They see that from Me, the sovereign Ruler of the world, who governth all things with infinite wisdom, order, and love, nothing but good can spring; and that I can take care

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. ROMANS 8:1 IT may be that recollections of the past hinder you, but you must reject them; anxious thoughts may arise, put them away; your faults seem to raise up a barrier, but no past faults can separate a loving heart from God. H. L. SIDNEY LEAR Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is

Even to your old age, I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. ISAIAH 46:4 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. PSALMS 68:17 I HAVE not a shadow of doubt that if all our eyes could be opened to‑day, we should see our homes, and our places of business, and the streets we tra­verse, filled with the "chariots of God

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? HEBREWS 1:14 NEAR you in sympathy the angels stand, Their unseen hosts encompass you around; Strong and unconquerable the glorious band, And loud their songs and hymns of victory sound. And near you, though invisible, are those, The good and just of every age and clime, Who while on earth have fought the self-same foes, And won the fight through faith and love sublime; Let n

Ye shall not fear them; for the Lord your God He shall fight for you. DEUTERONOMY 3:22 And behold God Himself is with us for our cap­tain. 2 CHRONICLES 13:12 OH, for trust that brings the triumph When defeat seems strangely near! Oh, for faith that changes fighting Into victory's ringing cheer­-- Faith triumphant, knowing not defeat or fear! HERBERT BOOTH HOPEFULNESS of final victory is ours, if we only remember that we are fighting God's battles. And can He know defeat? He w