e that we have not anything in them, and
they don't come forward." I think that there is a good deal of truth
in that. People see that we are carrying around empty buckets, and
they will not come to us until they are filled. They see we haven't
any more than they have. We must have the Spirit of God resting upon
us, and then we will have something that gives the victory over the
world, the flesh, and the devil; something that gives the victory over
our tempers, over our conceits, and over every other evil, and when we
can trample these sins under our feet, then people will come to us and
say, "How did you get it? I need this power; you have something that I
haven't got; I want it." O, may God show us this truth. Have we been
toiling all night? let us throw the net on the right side; let us ask
God to forgive our sins, and anoint us with power from on high. But
remember, He is not going to give this power to an impatient man; He
is not going to give it to a selfish man; He will never give it to an
ambitious man whose aim is selfish, till first emptied of self;
emptied of pride and of all worldly thoughts. Let it be God's glory
and not our own that we seek, and when we get to that point, how
speedily the Lord will bless us for good. Then will the measure of our
blessing be full. Do you know what heaven's measure is? Good measure,
pressed down, shaken together, and running over. If we get our heart
filled with the Word of God, how is Satan going to get in? How is the
world going to get in, for heaven's measure is good measure, full
measure, running over. Have you this fullness? If you have not, then
seek it; say by the grace of God you will have it, for it is the
Father's good pleasure to give us these things. He wants us to shine
down in this world; He wants to lift us up for His work; He wants us
to have the power to testify for His Son. He has left us in this world
to testify for Him. What did He leave us for? Not to buy and sell and
to get gain, but to glorify Christ. How are you going to do it without
the Spirit? That is the question. How are you to do it without the
power of God?

WHY SOME FAIL.

We read in John xx, 22: "And when He had said this, He breathed on
them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost."

Then see Luke xxiv, 49: "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father
upon you; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued
with power from on high."

The first passage tells us He