of the Lord, and
in His law doth he meditate day and night."

3. His fruitfulness. "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall
not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

The river is the Holy Ghost; the planting, the deep, abiding life in
which, not occasionally, but habitually, we absorb the Holy Spirit; and
the fruit is not occasional, but continual, and appropriate to each
changing season.

His life is also prosperous, and his spirit fresh, like the unfading leaf.
Such a life must be happy. Indeed, happiness is a matter of spiritual
conditions. Put a sunbeam in a cellar and it must be bright. Put a
nightingale in the darkest midnight, and it must sing.

JANUARY 5.

"I know him that he will do the law" (Gen. xviii. 19).

God wants people that He can depend upon. He could say of Abraham, "I know
him, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all that He hath spoken." God
can be depended upon; He wants us to be just as decided, as reliable, as
stable. This is just what faith means. God is looking for men on whom He
can put the weight of all His love, and power, and faithful promises. When
God finds such a soul there is nothing He will not do for him. God's
engines are strong enough to draw any weight we attach to them.
Unfortunately the cable which we fasten to the engine is often too weak to
hold the weight of our prayer, therefore God is drilling us, disciplining
us, and training us to stability and certainty in the life of faith. Let
us learn our lessons, and let us stand fast.

God has His best things for the few
Who dare to stand the test;
God has his second choice for those
Who will not have His best.

Give me, O Lord, Thy highest choice,
Let others take the rest.
Their good things have no charm for me,
For I have got Thy best.

JANUARY 6.

"The body is not one member, but many" (I. Cor. xii. 14).

We have a friend who has a phonograph for his correspondence. It consists
of two parts. One is a simple and wonderful apparatus, whose sensitive
cylinders receive the tones and then give them out again, word for word,
through the hearing tube. The other part is a common little box that
stands under the table, and does nothing but supply the power through
connecting wires.

Now, the little box might insist upon being the phonograph, and doing the
talking; but if it should, it would not onl