r in this heavenly competition, and will be
the great reward in all the ages to come. If our life is hidden with Him
we shall have to go through the same trials that He went through, but we
shall not find them too hard. If once we take Him fully as the strength of
our life, and our all in all, we shall be able to lay aside all the
hindering things that press upon us day by day.

I have overcome, overcome,
Overcome for thee,
Thou shalt overcome, overcome,
Overcome thro' Me.

JUNE 18.

"I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down" (Neh. vi. 3).

When work is pressing there are many little things that will come and seem
to need attention. Then it is a very blessed thing to be quiet and still,
and work on, and trust the little things with God. He answers such trust
in a wonderful way. If the soul has no time to fret and worry and harbor
care, it has learned the secret of faith in God. A desperate desire to get
some difficulty right takes the eye off of God and His glory. Some dear
ones have been so anxious to get well, and have spent so much time in
trying to claim it, that they have lost their spiritual blessing. God
sometimes has to teach such souls that there must be a willingness to be
sick before they are so thoroughly yielded as to receive His fullest
blessing.

The enemy often keeps at this work. Sanballat came four times to Nehemiah
and received always the same answer. It is best to stick to a good answer.
How many fears we have stopped to fight which have proved to be nothing at
last. Nehemiah recognized that fear was sin, and did not dare to yield to
it.

JUNE 19.

"Who hath first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again"
(Rom. xi. 35).

The Christian women of the world have it in their power, by a very little
sacrifice, to add millions to the treasury of the Lord. Beloved sisters,
have you found the joy of sacrifice for Jesus? Have you given up something
that you might give it to Him? Are you giving your substance to Jesus? He
will take it, and He will give you a thousandfold more. I should rather be
connected with a work founded on great sacrifice than on enormous
endowments. The reason God loved the place where His ancient temple rose
in majesty was because there Abraham offered his son and David his
treasure. The reason redemption is so dear to the Father and the heavenly
world is because its foundation-stone is the Cross of Calvary. And the
Christian