heavenly King just as a citizen would claim the protection of the
government against an outrage or injustice on the part of violent men. At
the same time we are not to stand on the adversary's ground anywhere by
any attitude or disobedience, or we give him a terrible power over us,
which, while God will restrain in great mercy and kindness, He will not
fully remove until we get fully on holy ground. Therefore, we must be
armed with the breastplate of righteousness, as well as the shield of
faith, if we would successfully resist the prince of darkness and the
principalities in heavenly places.

Your full redemption rights
With holy boldness claim,
And to the utmost fulness prove
The power of Jesus' name.

APRIL 5.

"Many shall be purified and made white and tried" (Dan. xii. 10).

This is the promise for the Lord's coming. It is more than purity. It is
to be made white, lustrous, or bright. To be purified is to have the sin
burned out; to be made white is to have the glory of the Lord burned in.
The one is cleansing, the other is illumination and glorification. The
Lord has both for us, but in order for us to have both, we must be put
into the fire to be tried, and to be led into difficult and peculiar
places where Christ shall be more to us because of the very extremity of
the situation. We are approaching these days. Indeed, they are already
around us, and they are the precursors of the Lord's coming.

Blessed is he that keepeth his garments lest he walk naked.

There are voices in the air, filling men with hope and fear;
There are signals everywhere that the end is drawing near,
There are warnings to prepare, for the King will soon be here;
O it must be the coming of the Lord!

APRIL 6.

"As we have many members in one body, so we being many are one body in
Christ" (Rom. xii. 4, 5).

Sometimes our communion with God is cut off, or interrupted because of
something wrong with a brother, or some lack of unity in the body of
Christ. We try to get at the Lord, but we cannot, because we are separated
from some member of the Lord's body, or because there is not the freedom
of His love flowing through every organic part. It does not need a blow
upon the head to paralyze the brain; a blow upon some nerve may do it; or
a wound in some artery at the extremities may be fatal to the heart.
Therefore we must stand right with all His children, and meet in the body
of Christ in the sweetest, full