sibilities of blessing, power and usefulness; to give all, and find in
so doing we have gained all; to be so yielded to Him in entire self
surrender, that He is bound to care for us as for Himself. We are putting
ourselves in the hands of a loving Father, more solicitous for our good
than we can be and only wanting us to be fully submitted to Him that He
may be more free to bless us.

MAY 21.

"We will come unto Him and make our abode with Him" (John xiv. 23).

The Bible has always held out two great promises respecting Christ. First,
I will come to you; and, second, I will come into you. For four thousand
years the world looked forward to the fulfilment of the first. The other
is the secret which Paul says has been hid from ages and generations, but
is now made manifest to His saints, which is Christ in you, the hope of
glory. This is just as great a revelation of God as the incarnation of
Jesus, for it makes you like Christ, as free from sin as He is. If Christ
is in you, what will be the consequences? Why, He will put you aside
entirely. The I in you will go. You will say, "Not I, but Christ." Christ
undertakes your battles for you. Christ becomes purity and grace and
strength in you. You do not try to attain unto these things, but you know
you have obtained them in Him. It is glorious rest with the Master. Jesus
does not say, "Now we must bring forth fruit, we must pray much, we must
do this or that." There is no constraint about it, except that we must
abide in Him. That is the center of all joy and help.

MAY 22.

"Fight the good fight of faith" (I. Tim. vi. 12).

Oh, beloved, how must God feel about us after He has given us His heart's
blood, put so many advantages in our way, expended upon us so much grace
and care, if we should disappoint Him. It makes the spirit cry, "Who is
sufficient for these things?" Evermore I can see before me the time when
you and I shall stand on yonder shore and look back upon the years that
have been, these few short years of time. Oh, may we cast ourselves at
Jesus' feet and say: "Many a time have we faltered; many a hard fight has
come, but Thou hast kept me and held me, thanks to God, who has given me
the victory through the Lord Jesus Christ." From the battlefields of the
Peninsula, a little band of veterans came forth, and they gave each a
medal with the names of all their battles on one side, and on the other
side this little sentence, "I was there." Oh