God "shaketh the earth and the pillars thereof
tremble" (Job ix. 6)

"This awful God is ours,
Our Father and our love."

WE KNOW HOW TO GET MIGHT, FOR WE CAN PRAY. Jehoshaphat did not first of
all review his troops, he called a meeting for prayer. The nation fasted
and prayed, and the king led the devotions of his people. What a prayer!
Have you noticed the four questions he puts to his God? And with what
pathos he says "Our eyes are upon Thee!" Shall not the people of God
imitate Judah? "They gathered themselves together to ask help of the
Lord." Why should we not make this the motto of our weekly prayer
meetings--

TO ASK HELP.

Not only the men, but the women and children came to the meeting. Would
not the mothers and the little ones pray? They knew that their foes
would carry them away captive, if God did not help. Would it not be well
to encourage our children to cry to the Lord? Would He not hear them,
think you?

Promise of the needed help soon came. The Holy Ghost fell upon one of
the sons of Asaph, and he soon told his message:--

"THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS, BUT GOD'S."

He always makes His people's cause His own, when they trust Him. Shall
we not live so that our lives shall become part of the divine estate? So
that we cannot be hurt without its injuring the Lord of heaven? "The
Lord will be with you on the morrow." Is some preacher reading this on
the Saturday night? It may be some young Minister, or Local Preacher,
who is fearing for his reputation, or for the ark of God. Brother, read
over with care this address of the Levite, v. 15-17. Then, like the
godly monarch, shew others how to praise the Lord. It is well to notice
that the people, led by their ministers, stood up to praise the Lord, and
on the next day, before the victory, they praised the Lord. What a scene
it must have been! How the angels would keep time with their harps, as
the choir sang the anthem, "Praise the Lord! for His mercy endureth for
ever."

THEY NEEDED NOT TO FIGHT.

The Lord did that. He sent His hosts, and all that Judah needed to do
was to gather the spoil. When shall we spoil our foes? When shall we
loot the devil? How one's fingers itch to take his goods! The time is
coming when we shall gather the wealth and power he now possesses, when
the hosts of darkness shall come against the people of God only to be
slain; and when there shall be no difficulty in raising money for good
objects,