and you shall shout, with a meaning you cannot understand now,
"Salvation unto Him who sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb."

Some day He will sit down with us in that glorious home, and we shall have
all the ages in which to understand the story of our lives. And He will
read over again this old marked Bible with us, He will show us how He kept
all these promises, He will explain to us the mysteries that we could not
understand, He will recall to our memory the things we have long
forgotten, He will go over again with us the book of life, He will recall
all the finished story, and I am sure we will often cry: "Blessed Christ!
you have been so true, you have been so good! Was there ever love like
this?" And then the great chorus will be repeated once more--"There failed
not aught of any good thing that He hath spoken; all came to pass."

OCTOBER 9.

"Peace be unto you" (John xx. 19, 21).

This is the type of His first appearing to our hearts when He comes to
bring us His peace and to teach us to trust Him and love Him.

But there is a second peace which He has to give. Jesus said unto them
again, "Peace be unto you." There is a "peace," and there is an "again
peace." There is a peace with God, and there is "the peace of God that
passeth understanding." It is the deeper peace that we need before we can
serve Him or be used for His glory.

While we are burdened with our own cares, He cannot give us His. While we
are occupied with ourselves, we cannot be at leisure to serve Him. Our
minds will be so filled with our own anxieties that we would not be equal
to the trust which He requires of us, and so, before He can entrust us
with His work, He wants to deliver us from every burden and anxiety.

"Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin,
The blood of Jesus whispers peace within.
Peace, perfect peace, by thronging duties pressed,
To do the will of Jesus, this is rest."

OCTOBER 10.

"If ye, through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall
live" (Rom. viii. 13).

The Holy Spirit is the only one who can kill us and keep us dead. Many
Christians try to do this disagreeable work themselves, and they are going
through a continual crucifixion, but they can never accomplish the work
permanently. This is the work of the Holy Spirit, and when you really
yield yourself to the death, it is delightful to find how sweetly He can
slay you.

By the touch of the electric spark the