."

Beloved, pray, pray, pray; and as the incense rises to the heavens, "there
will be silence in heaven" by the space of more than half an hour, and the
coals of fire will be emptied out upon the earth, and the coming of the
Lord will begin to draw nearer. Pray till the Lord of the harvest shall
thrust forth laborers into His harvest.

Send the coals of heavenly fire,
From the altar of the skies;
Fill our hearts with strong desire,
Till our pray'rs like incense rise.

MARCH 9.

"How ye ought to walk and please God" (I. Thess. iv. 1).

How many dear Christians are in the place that the Lord has appointed
them, and yet the devil is harassing their lives with a vague sense of not
quite pleasing the Lord. Could they just settle down in the place that God
has assigned them and fill it sweetly and lovingly for Him there would be
more joy in their hearts and more power in their lives. God wants us all
in various places, and the secret of accomplishing the most for Him is to
recognize our places from Him and our service in it as pleasing Him. In
the great factory and machine there is a place for the smallest screw and
rivet as well as the great driving wheel and piston, and so God has His
little screws whose business is simply to stay where He puts them and to
believe that He wants them there and is making the most of their lives in
the little spaces that they fill for Him.

There is something all can do,
Tho' you're neither wise nor strong;
You can be a helper true,
You can stand when friends are few,
Some lone heart has need of you,
You can help along.

MARCH 10.

"The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts
and minds" (Phil. iv. 7).

It is not peace with God, but the peace of God. "The peace that passes all
understanding" is the very breath of God in the soul. He alone is able to
keep it, and He can so keep it that "nothing shall offend us." Beloved,
are you there?

God's rest did not come till after His work was over, and ours will not.
We begin our Christian life by working, trying and struggling in the
energy of the flesh to save ourselves. At last, when we are able to cease
from our own work, God comes in with His blessed rest, and works His own
Divine works in us.

Oh! have you heard the glorious word
Of hope and holy cheer;
From heav'n above its tones of love
Are lingering on my ear;
The blessed Comforter has come,
And Christ will soon