eless bondage of subjection to their very opposites.

Brethren, our souls cleave to the dust, and all our efforts will be
foiled, partially or entirely, to obey this precept, unless we remember
that it was spoken to people who had previously obeyed a previous
commandment, and had taken Christ for their Saviour. We gravitate
earthwards, alas! after all our efforts, but if we will put ourselves in
His hands, then He will be as a Magnet drawing us upwards, or rather He
will give us wings of love and contemplation by which we can soar above
that dim spot that men call Earth, and walk in the heavenly places. The
way by which this commandment can be obeyed is by obeying the other
precept of the same Apostle, 'Set your minds on things which are above,
where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.'

I beseech you, take Christ and enthrone Him in the very sanctuary of
your minds. Then you will have all these venerable, pure, blessed
thoughts as the very atmosphere in which you move. 'Think on these
things . . . these things do! . . . and the God of Peace shall be with
you.'

HOW TO SAY 'THANK YOU'

'But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at
length ye have revived your thought for me;
wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked
opportunity. Not that I speak in respect of want:
for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,
therein to be content. I know how to be abased,
and I know also how to abound: in everything and
in all things have I learned the secret both to be
filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be
in want. I can do all things in Him that
strengtheneth me. Howbeit ye did well, that ye had
fellowship with my affliction.'--PHIL. iv. 10-14
(R.V.).

It is very difficult to give money without hurting the recipient. It is
as difficult to receive it without embarrassment and sense of
inferiority. Paul here shows us how he could handle a delicate subject
with a feminine fineness of instinct and a noble self-respect joined
with warmest gratitude. He carries the weight of obligation, is profuse
in his thanks, and yet never crosses the thin line which separates the
expression of gratitude from self-abasing exaggeration, nor that other
which distinguishes self-respect in the receiver of benefits from proud
unwillingness to be obliged to anybody. Few words are more d