d evil," and from the hour she began to know she ceased to trust.
It was the spies that lost the Land of Promise to Israel of old. It was
their foolish proposition to search out the land, and find out by
investigation whether God had told the truth or not, that led to the awful
outbreak of unbelief that shut the doors of Canaan to a whole generation.
It is very significant that the names of these spies are nearly all
suggestive of human wisdom, greatness and fame.

So in the days of Christ, it was the bondage of the Jews to the traditions
of their fathers and the opinions of men, that kept them back from
receiving Him. "How can ye believe," He asked, "which receive honor from
men, and seek not that which cometh from God only?"

Let us trust Him with all our heart and lean not to our own understanding.

MARCH 7.

"It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts xx. 35).

How shall we know the difference between the earthly and the heavenly
love? The one terminates on ourselves and is partly ourself seeking its
own gratification. The other reaches out to God and others, and finds its
joy in glorifying Him and blessing them. Love is unselfishness, and the
love that is not unselfish is not divine. How much do we pray for others,
and how much for ourselves? What is the center of our being? Ourselves, or
our Lord and His people and work? The Lord help us to know more fully the
meaning of that great truth, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
"He that saveth his life shall lose it, and he that loseth his life for My
sake and the Gospel, shall keep it unto life eternal."

Have you found some precious treasure,
Pass it on.
Have You found some holy pleasure,
Pass it on.
Giving out is twice possessing,
Love will double every blessing,
On to higher service pressing,
Pass it on.

MARCH 8.

"Pray Ye therefore" (Luke x. 2).

Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work. "Pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth laborers into
His harvest."

We are asking God to touch the hearts of men every day by the Holy Ghost,
so that they shall be compelled to go abroad and preach the Gospel. We are
asking Him to wake them up at night with the solemn conviction that the
heathen are perishing, and that their blood will be upon their souls, and
God is answering the prayer by sending persons to us every day who "feel
that the King's business requireth haste