e eyes of our Saviour with
trusting faith, yet there he is on every page. Food is nothing to us
when hungry if we do not eat it, and truth will not save us if it be
not realised. 'Then opened he their understanding that they should
understand the Scriptures.' 'The things of God knoweth no man but by
the Spirit of God.' Not until that light shines upon the book do our
souls cry out in joyful recognition, 'Master' and 'My Lord and my
God.' Not until that Divine touch opens our eyes can we say of his
words, 'I love them exceedingly.'"

"But you do not suppose," said Mrs. Berkely, "that every one can have
that wonderful insight into Scripture that some persons have, or that
all are expected to really love to read it. I never think that I
ought to let a day pass by without reading my chapter, but I confess
that I do it because it is my duty. Everybody can't be like one woman
that I used to know. She kept her Bible by her in her work-basket,
every few minutes she would take it up and get a bit from it, then go
on with her work. Everybody called her a fanatic, but she seemed to
enjoy herself, and was the best person I ever knew; I always supposed
she possessed a sort of gift that is only given to a very few."

"I believe that the promise, 'He shall teach you all things,' will be
fulfilled to all who claim it," said Mrs. Lewis.

"You recollect," said Mrs. Parker, "how Luther loved the Bible after
that wonderful light shone into his soul? I have read somewhere that
the cxixth Psalm was his favourite, because in all its one hundred
and seventy-six verses the Bible is mentioned in every one except
two. I have also heard that it is a favourite with Ruskin because he
has the same love for the Word that David and Luther possessed. 'How
sweet are Thy words unto my taste,' was the burden of David's song."

"I have had just one thought following me the whole week," said Mrs.
Mills. "It came to me with such power last Sabbath, when I took my
Bible to look out some texts for the meeting to-day, that I almost
felt as if I had never known it before. It is so wonderful that God
and the Holy Spirit have written a Book and we have it! and, what is
stranger still, that we dare to neglect it. One would suppose that a
superstitious fear would make people read it, if nothing else. I
believe that the Lord himself sent that solemn realisation to me; it
has seemed a different Book to me ever since. If an angel should come
down and bring me ever s