ving, loving attachment to
Jesus, that rejoices in Him, and praises Him continually for what He is
to us, that faith proves itself, and receives the power of holiness.

'Sanctified by faith in me.' Yes, 'by faith _in Me_:' it is the personal
living Jesus who offers Himself, Himself in all the riches of His Power
and Love, as the object, the strength, the life of our faith. He tells
us that if we would be holy, always and in everything holy, we must just
see to one thing: to be always and altogether full of faith in Him.
Faith is the eye of the soul: the power by which we discern the presence
of the Unseen One, as He comes to give Himself to us. Faith not only
sees, but appropriates and assimilates: let us set our souls very still
for the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, to quicken and strengthen that
faith, for which He has been given us. Faith is surrender: yielding
ourselves to Jesus to allow Him to do His work in us, giving up
ourselves to Him to live out His life and work out His will in us, we
shall find Him giving Himself entirely _to us_, and taking complete
possession. So faith will be power: the power of obedience to do God's
will: 'our most holy faith,' 'the faith delivered to the holy ones.'
And we shall understand how simple, to the single-hearted, is the secret
of holiness: just Jesus. We are in Him, our Sanctification: He
personally is our Holiness; and the life of faith in Him, that receives
and possesses Him, must necessarily be a life of holiness. Jesus says,
'Sanctified by faith in me.'

BE YE HOLY, AS I AM HOLY.

Beloved Lord! again have I seen, with adoring wonder, what Thou art
willing to be to me. It is in Thyself, and a life of living fellowship
with Thyself, that I am to become holy. It is in the simple life of
personal attachment, of trust and love, of surrender and consecration,
that Thou dost become my all, and make me partaker of Thyself and Thy
Holiness.

Blessed Lord Jesus! I do believe in Thee, help Thou mine unbelief. I
confess what still remains of unbelief, and count on Thy presence to
conquer and cast it out. My soul is opening up continually to see more
how Thou Thyself art my Life and my Holiness. Thou art enlarging my
heart to rejoice in Thyself as my all, and to be assured that Thou dost
Thyself take possession and fill the temple of my being with Thy glory.
Thou art teaching me to understand that, however feeble and human and
disappointing experiences may be, Thy Holy Spirit