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Bible. SelectionsEnglish.
Hid in the Heart.
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Short Bible Readings
for every Bay in the ear.
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
MRS. E. H. RICHES,
Author of
Concerning Himself,” “The ' 1 Will' Birthday
Text Book,"
“The 'I Wills' of Scripture,” &c.
New Dork:
THOMAS
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WHITTAKER,
2 & 3, BIBLE HOUSE.

TO MY ONLY SISTER
ADELAIDE,
WHOSE DAILY STRENGTH IS FOUND
IN THE
HIDDEN WORD,
THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS LOVINGLY INSCRIBED.
MHET SE-01-2
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PREFACE.
A FEW Precious Truths from the Word of
God for daily hiding in the heart, have been
selected, and arranged under separate head-
ings, in this little volume.
May they prove a source of daily strength
and encouragement to many, leading them to
cherish the Truth, and to seek yet more and
more for those ever exhaustless Treasures to
be found in the Complete Word.
July 1881.
ANNA G. RICHES.
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Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might
not sin against Thee.-PSALM CXix. II.
Yea! let me hide within this heart of mine,
All through my life, from youth to hoary age,
The WORD OF TRUTH-that blessed Word of Thine,
Which shines all-glorious on the Sacred Page.
What else than IT can teach me wisdom's lore?
'Gainst sin where safer warning can I find?
Where, if not here, doth Hope live evermore,
Cheering with strength'ning thought the docile mind?
That Faith and Love may in my breast abide
Fann'd into flame of pure and holy zeal,
Thy Word alone can help-and naught beside
Can better Counsel give in woe or weal.
Then let me, day by day, the "line on line"
Hide, like most precious treasure, in my heart,
"Till sin be vanquish'd by the Word Divine,
And I in Heaven be call'd to take a part.
A. G. R.
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Juder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
JANUARY.
i.-The Lamp of Life.
ii.-The Pathway of Life.
iii.--Praise for Daily Mercies.
iv.-Prayer Commanded.
v.--All Seasons for Prayer.
vi.-Conditions as to Prayer being heard.
vii.-Divine Promise to hear Prayer.
viii.-The Blessings of Adoption.
ix.-The Duties of Adoption.
x.-Benefits of Affliction.
xi.-Unnecessary Care.
xii.-Human Imperfections.
xiii.-Deliverance from the Curse and Power
of Sin.
xiv.—Perseverance in Righteousness.
xv.-Benefit of Perseverance.
xvi.—The Duty of Searching the Scriptures.
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Endex.
DAY.
xvii.—Unfailing Light for the Righteous.
xviii.-The Blessedness of the Righteous.
xix.-Divine Sovereignty in Providence.
xx.-God Praised in Public Worship.
xxi.-Christian Courtesy Enjoined.
xxii.-Evil Company to be Shunned.
xxiii.—The Duty of Setting a Good Example.
xxiv.-Bliss and Benefit of Setting a Good
Example.
xxv.-The Truth of Holy Scripture.
xxvi.--Power & Permanence of the Scriptures.
xxvii.-Privilege of Possessing the Holy
Scriptures.
xxviii.-Meditation on Holy Scripture.
xxix.—Remembrance of Holy Scripture.
xxx.-The Duty of Hearing and Heeding
Scripture.
xxxi.-The Obligation to Obey God's Word.

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JANUARY I.
The Lamp of Life.
HY word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
light unto my path.-Psaim cxix. 105.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the
law is light; and reproofs of instruction are
the way of life.-Froverbs vi. 23.
The entrance of Thy words giveth light; it
giveth understanding unto the simple.-Psalm
cxix. 130.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I
am the light of the world: he that followeth
Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have
the light of life.—John viii. 12.
I am come a light into the world, that who-
soever believeth on Me should not abide in
darkness.-John xii. 46.
While ye have light, believe in the light, that
ye may be the children of light.-John xii. 36.
For Thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord
will lighten my darkness.-2 Samuel xxii. 29.
Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in Heaven.
MATTHEW V. 16.
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JANUARY II.
The Pathway of Life.
N the way of righteousness is life; and in
the pathway thereof there is no death.-
Proverbs xii. 28.
But the path of the just is as the shining
light, that shineth more and more unto the
perfect day.-Proverbs iv. 18.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy
ways be established.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left :
remove thy foot from evil.-Proverbs iv. 26, 27.
Order my steps in Thy word: and let not any
iniquity have dominion over me.-Ps. cxix. 133.
Make me to go in the path of Thy command-
ments; for therein do I delight.—Ps. cxix. 35.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet
unto Thy testimonies.-Psalm cxix. 59.
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek Thy
precepts.-Psalm cxix. 45.
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who
walk in the law of the Lord.-Psalm cxix. 1.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
light unto my path.
PSALM CXIX. 105.
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JANUARY III.
Praise for Daily Cercies.
LESSED be the Lord, who daily loadeth
us with benefits, even the God of our
salvation.-Psalm lxviii. 19.
I will sing unto the Lord, because He hath
dealt bountifully with me.-Psalm xiii. 6.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not
all His benefits :
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who
healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;
who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and
tender mercies.-Fsalm ciii. 2-4.
What shall I render unto the Lord for all
His benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon
the Name of the Lord.-Psalm cxvi. 12, 13.
How precious also are Thy thoughts unto
me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they are more in
number than the sand: when I awake I am
still with Thee.-Psalm cxxxix. 17, 18.
E will be glad and rejoice in Thy mercy.
PSALM XXXi. 7.
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JANUARY ÍV.
Prayer Commanded.
S
ONTINUE in prayer, and watch in the
same with thanksgiving.—Col. iv. 2.
Pray without ceasing.-1 Thessalonians v. 17.
I will therefore that men pray everywhere,
lifting up holy hands, without wrath and
doubting.-1 Timothy ii. 8.
Be careful for nothing; but in everything
by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known unto God.-
Philippians iv. 6.
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And He spake a parable unto them to this
end, that men ought always to pray, and not
to faint.-Luke xviii. 1.
Glory ye in His Holy Name: let the heart
of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His
face continually.-1 Chronicles xvi. 10, 11.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands
unto God in the heavens.
LAMENTATIONS iii. 41.
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JANUARY V.
All Seasons for Prayer.
Y voice shalt thou hear in the morning,
O Lord; in the morning will I direct
my prayer unto Thee, and will look
up.-Psalm v. 3.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I
pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my
voice.-Psalm lv. 17.
Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the
morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to
know the way wherein I should walk; for I
lift up my soul unto Thee.-Psalm cxliii. 8.
O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have
waited for Thee: be Thou their arm every
morning, our salvation also in the time of
trouble.-Isaiah xxxiii. 2.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and
sang praises unto God and the prisoners
heard them.-Acts xvi. 25.

Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for E cry
unto Thee daily.
PSALM lxxxvi. 3.
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JANUARY VI.
Conditions as to Prayer being
heard.
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HE Lord is far from the wicked: but He
heareth the prayer of the righteous.—
Proverbs xv. 29.
And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when
ye shall search for Me with all your heart.-—
Jeremiah xxix. 13.
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye
have aught against any that your Father also
which is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.—Mark xi. 25.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him,
because we keep His commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight.—
I John iii. 22.
And this is the confidence that we have in
Him, that, if we ask anything according to
His will, He heareth us :
And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever
we ask, we know that we have the petitions
that we desired of Him.-1 John v. 14, 15.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne
of grace, that we may obtain mercy.
HEBREWS iv. 16.
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JANUARY VII.
Divine Promise to hear Prayer.
R
HEN shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall
go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken
unto you.-Jeremiah xxix. 12.
And it shall come to pass, that before they
call, I will answer; and while they are yet
speaking, I will hear.-Isaiah lxv. 24.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear
Him: He also will hear their cry, and will
save them.-Psalm cxlv. 19.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord
thy God, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek
Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
When thou art in tribulation, and all these
things are come upon thee, even in the latter
days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God and shall
be obedient unto His voice.-Deut. iv. 29, 30.
He shall pray unto God, and He will be
fabourable unto him.
JOB XXXiii. 26.
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JANUARY VIII.
The Blessings of Adoption.
ELOVED, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when He shall
appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see
Him as He is.- -1 John iii. 2.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but
a son; and, if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.—Galatians iv. 7.
Wherefore come out from among them, and
be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not
the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall
be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.—2 Corinthians vi. 17, 18.
And because ye are sons, God hath sent
forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts
crying, Abba, Father.-Galatians iv. 6.
Behold, what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God.-1 John iii. 1.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God.
ROMANS viii. 14.
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JANUARY IX.
The Duties of Adoption.
E ye therefore followers of God, as dear
children;
And walk in love, as Christ also hath
loved us, and hath given Himself for us an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-
smelling savour.-Ephesians v. I, 2.
In this the children of God are manifest, and
the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not
righteousness is not of God, neither he that
loveth not his brother.
For this is the message that ye heard from
the beginning, that we should love one another.
-1 John iii. 10, II.
My son, despise not thou the chastening of
the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of
Him:
For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth,
and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
-Hebrews xii. 5, 6.
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with
the people of God, than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season.
HEBREWS Xi. 25.
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JANUARY X.
Bquqfits of Affliction.
EFORE I was afflicted I went astray; but
now have I kept Thy word.-Ps. cxix. 67.
When He slew them, then they sought
Him: and they returned and inquired early
after God.
And they remembered that God was their
Rock, and the High God their Redeemer.-
Psalm lxviii. 34, 35.
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For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory.-2 Cor. iv. 17.
Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest,
O Lord, and teachest him out of Thy law.—
Psalm xciv. 12.
Behold I have refined thee, but not with
silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of
affliction.-Isaiah xlviii. 10.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth
to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless after-
ward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteous-
ness unto them which are exercised thereby.-
Hebrews xii. II.
S
Et is good for me that E have been afflicted;
that E might learn Thy statutes.
PSALM CXIX. 71.
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JANUARY XI.
Unnecessary Gare.
ND He said unto His disciples, There-
fore I say unto you, Take no thought
for your life, what ye shall eat; neither
for the body, what ye shall put on.
The life is more than meat, and the body is
more than raiment.
Consider the ravens for they neither sow
nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor
barn; and God feedeth them: how much more
are ye better than the fowls?
And which of you with taking thought can
add to his stature one cubit?
If ye then be not able to do that thing
which is least, why take ye thought for the
rest?
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil
not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you that
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these.—Luke xii. 22-27;
Seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these
things shall be added unto yon.
LUKE xii. 31.
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JANUARY XII.
Human Imperfection.
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​HO can say, I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?-Prov. xx. 9.
And enter not into judgment with Thy
servant for in Thy sight shall no man living
be justified.-Psalm cxliii. 2.
For there is not a just man upon earth, that
doeth good, and sinneth not.-Eccles. vii. 20.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all
our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we
all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like
the wind, hath taken us away.
And there is none that calleth upon Thy
name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of
Thee for Thou hast hid Thy face from us, and
hast consumed us because of our iniquities.-
Isaiah Ixiv. 6, 7.
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But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin,
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might
be given to them that believe.-Gal. iii. 22.
Ef we say that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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I JOHN i. 8.
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JANUARY XIII.
E
Deliverance from the Curse and
Power of Sin.

OR the Son of man is come to save that
which was lost.-Matthew xviii. 11.
For God sent not His Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through
Him might be saved.--John iii. 17.
Neither is there salvation in any other; for
there is none other Name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved.—
Acts iv. 12.
Being then made free from sin, ye becarne
the servants of righteousness.
But now being made free from sin, and
become servants to God, ye have your fruit
unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.-
Romans vi. 18, 22.
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.-
1 Timothy i. 15.
En this was manifested the lobe of God
towards us.
I JOHN iv. 9.
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JANUARY XIV.
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Perseverance in Righteousness.
O
UT cleave unto the Lord your God, as
ye have done unto this day. -Joshua
xxiii. 8.
As the Father hath loved Me, so have I
loved you continue ye in My love.
If ye keep My commandments, ye shall
abide in My love; even as I have kept My
Father's commandments, and abide in His
love.-John xv. 9, 10.
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus
the Lord, so walk ye in Him;
Rooted and built up in Him, and stablished
in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding
therein with thanksgiving.-Colossians ii. 6, 7.
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye
go after vain things, which cannot profit nor
deliver; for they are vain. - -1 Samuel xii. 21.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye
stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know
that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
-I Corinthians xv. 58.
Be not weary in well-doing.
2 THESSALONIANS iii. 13.
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JANUARY XV.
Benefit of Perseverance.
F ye keep My commandments, ye shall
abide in My love; even as I have kept
My Father's commandments, and abide
in His love.-John xv. 10.
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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed
on Him, If ye continue in My Word, then are
ye My disciples indeed.-John viii. 31.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we
hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast
unto the end.-Hebrews iii. 14.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for
in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians vi. 9.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the
same shall be saved.-Matthew xxiv. 13.
He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be My
son.-Revelation xxi. 7.
Continue following the Lord your God.
I SAMUEL Xii. 14.
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JANUARY XVI.
Duty of Searching the Scriptures.
ESUS answering said unto them, Do ye
not therefore err, because ye know not
the Scriptures, neither the power of
God?-Mark xii. 24.

Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think
ye have eternal life: and they are they which
testify of Me.-John v. 39.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto
thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest
by the way, and when thou liest down, and
when thou risest up.-Deuteronomy vi. 7.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his
way? by taking heed thereto according to Thy
Word.-Psalm cxix. 9.
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy
mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do
it.—Deuteronomy xxx. 14.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving your ownselves.-James i. 22.
The entrance of Thy Words giveth
light: it giveth understanding unto the
simple.
PSALM CXIX. 130.
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JANUARY XVII.
Unfailing Light forthe Righteous.
HE Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear? the Lord is the
strength of my life; of whom shall I be
afraid?-Psalm xxvii. 1.
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​God is light; and in Him is no darkness at
all.- John i. 5.
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
light unto my path.-Psalm cxix. 105.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth but
the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.—
Proverbs xiii. 9.
Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from
the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.-
-Ephesians v. 14.
Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun
of righteousness arise with healing in His
wings.-Malachi iv. 2.
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither
shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord
shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of
thy mourning shall be ended.-Isaiah Ix. 20.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now
are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of
light.—Ephesians v. 8.
Jesus said: “E am the Light of the
world."
JOHN viii. 12.
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JANUARY XVIII.
1
The Blessedness of the
Righteous.

LESSED are the undefiled in the way,
who walk in the law of the Lord.
Blessed are they who keep His 'tes-
timonies, and that seek Him with the whole
heart.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in
His ways.
Thou hast commanded us to keep Thy
precepts diligently.-Psalm cxix. 1-4.
The law of his God is in his heart; none of
his steps shall slide.-Psalm xxxvii. 31.
The disciple is not above his master: but
every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
-Luke vi. 40.
But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily
is the love of God perfected: hereby know we
that we are in Him.-1 John ii. 5.
According as He hath chosen us in Him
before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before Him
in love.-Ephesians i. 4.
Whosoever abideth in Him, sinneth not.
I JOHN iii. 6.
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JANUARY XIX.
Divine Sovereignty in Provi-
denge.
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HOU, even Thou, art Lord alone: Thou
hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens,
with all their host, the earth, and all
things that are therein, the seas, and all that is
therein, and Thou preservest them all; and the
host of heaven worshippeth Thee.-Neh. ix. 6.
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: He
bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
-I Samuel ii. 6.
Thou, which hast showed me great and sore
troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt
bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and com-
fort me on every side.-Psalm lxxi. 20, 21.
He hath put down the mighty from their
seats, and exalted them of low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich He hath sent empty away.—
Luke i. 52, 53.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind.—Job xii. 10.

E will sing of mercy and judgment: unto
Thee, O Lord, will E sing.
PSALM Cİ. 1.
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JANUARY XX.
God Praised in Public Worship.
RAISE ye the Lord. Sing unto the
Lord a new song, and His praise in the
congregation of saints.-Psalm cxlix. 1.
Let them exalt Him also in the congregation
of the people, and praise Him in the assembly
of the elders.-Psalm cvii. 32.
Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of
the Lord, which by night stand in the house
of the Lord.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and
bless the Lord.-Psalm cxxxiv. 1, 2,
My foot standeth in an even place: in the
congregation will I bless the Lord.-Psalm
xxvi. 12.
I will give Thee thanks in the great congre-
gation; I will praise Thee among much people.
-Psalm xxxv. 18.
I will greatly praise the Lord with my
mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the
multitude.-Psalm cix. 30.
Et is a good thing to give thanks unto
the Lord.
PSALM Xcii. 1.
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JANUARY XXI.
Christian Courtesy Enjoined.
OVE as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing
for railing: but contrariwise blessing;
knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye
should inherit a blessing.

For he that will love life, and see good
days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and
his lips that they speak no guile :
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him
seek peace and ensue it.-1 Peter iii. 8-11.
Have we not all one Father? hath not one
God created us?-Malachi ii. 10.
All are the work of His hands.-Job
xxxiv. 19.
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first
say, Peace be to this house.
And if the Son of peace be there, your peace
shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you
again.-Luke x. 5, 6.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be
abased; and he that humbleth himself shall
be exalted.-Luke xiv. 1I.
The rich and poor meet together; the
Lord is the Maker of them all.
PROVERBS xxii. 2.
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JANUARY XXII.
Evil Company to be Shunned.
O from the presence of a foolish man,
when thou perceivest not in him the lips
of knowledge.—Proverbs xiv. 7.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the
way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.-Psalm i. 1.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good
men, and keep the paths of the righteous.-
Proverbs ii. 20.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and
go not in the way of evil men.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and
pass away.-Proverbs iv. 14, 15.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteous-
ness with unrighteousness? and what com-
munion hath light with darkness?-2 Cor. vi. 14.
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but
that which is good.-3 John II,
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent
thon not.
PROVERBS i. 10.
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JANUARY XXIII.
Duty of Setting a Good Example.
$
UGHT ye not to walk in the fear of our
God because of the reproach of the
heathen our enemies?-Nehemiah v. 9.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but
to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot
of men.
A city that
Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it
giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Ye are the light of the world.
is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in Heaven.-Matt. v. 13-16.
Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth
the whole lump?-1 Corinthians v. 6.
That ye be not slothful, but followers of
them who through faith and patience inherit
the promises.-Hebrews vi. 12.

E have given you an example, that ye
should do as E have done to you,
JOHN xiii. 15.
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JANUARY XXIV.
Benefit of Setting a Good
Example.
O
UT the mercy of the Lord is from ever-
lasting to everlasting upon them that
fear Him, and His righteousness unto
children's children:
To such as keep His covenant, and to those
that remember His commandments to do
them.-Psalm ciii. 17, 18.
The just man walketh in his integrity: his
children are blessed after him.—Prov. xx. 7.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his
children's children: and the wealth of the
sinner is laid up for the just.—Prov. xiii. 22.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and
the perfect shall remain in it.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the
earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted
out of it.—Proverbs ii. 21, 22.
Now these things were our examples, to the
intent we should not lust after evil things, as
they also lusted.-1 Corinthians x. 6.
Take heed to yourselves.
LUKE xvii. 3.
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JANUARY XXV.
The Gruth of Holy Scripture.

S for God, His way is perfect; the word
of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to
all them that trust in Him.-2 Samuel
xxii. 31.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and
every one of Thy righteous judgments en-
dureth for ever.-
Psalm cxix. 160.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteous-
ness, and Thy law is the truth.-Fs. cxix. 142.
The preacher sought to find out acceptable
words and that which was written was up-
right, even words of truth.-Eccles. xii. 10.
:
And He said unto them, These are the words
which I spake unto you, while I was yet with
you, that all things must be fulfilled, which
were written in the law of Moses, and in the
prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me.
Then opened He their understanding, that
they might understand the scriptures.-Luke
xxiv. 44, 45.
Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word
is truth.-John xvii. 17.
Therefore the law is holy, and the com-
mandment holy, and just, and good.
ROMANS vii. 12.
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JANUARY XXVI.
Power and Permanencę of
the Scriptures.
not My word like as a fire? saith the
Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh
the rock in pieces?—Jeremiah xxiii. 29.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the heart.-
Hebrews iv. 12.

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow
from heaven, and returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth
and bud, that it may give seed to the sower,
and bread to the eater;
:
So shall My word be that goeth forth out of
My mouth it shall not return unto Me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent
it.-Isaiah lv. 10, II.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but
the word of our God shall stand for ever.
ISAIAH xl. 8.
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JANUARY XXVII.
Privilege of Possessing the
Holy Scriptures.
EEP therefore and do them; for this is
your wisdom and your understanding in
the sight of the nations, which shall hear
all these statutes, and say, Surely this great
nation is a wise and understanding people.
For what nation is there so great, who hath
God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God
is in all things that we call upon Him for?
And what nation is there so great, that hath
statutes and judgments so righteous as all this
law, which I set before you this day?
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul
diligently, lest thou forget the things which
thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from thy heart all the days of thy life: but
teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons.-
Deuteronomy iv. 6-9.
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy
mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do
it.—Deuteronomy xxx. 14.

The law was given by Moses, but grace
and truth came by Jesus Christ.
JOHN i. 17.
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JANUARY XXVIII.
Meditation on Holy Scripture.
ND these words, which I command thee
this day, shall be in thine heart.-Deut.
vi. 6.
Neither have I gone back from the com-
mandment of His lips; I have esteemed the
words of His mouth more than my necessary
food.-Fob xxiii. 12.
I will delight myself in Thy statutes : I will
not forget Thy word.-Psalm cxix. 16.

My hands also will I lift up unto Thy_com-
mandments, which I have loved; and I will
meditate in Thy statutes.-Psalm cxix. 48.
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation
all the day.-Psalm cxix. 97.
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I
might meditate in Thy word.--Psalm cxix. 148.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord ;
and in His law doth He meditate day and
night.—Psalm i. 1, 2.

E will meditate in Thy precepts, and have
respect unto Thy ways.
PSALM CXix. 15.
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JANUARY XXIX.
Remembrance off Holy Scripture.
EMEMBER ye the law of Moses My
servant, which I commanded unto him
in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes
and judgments.—Malachi iv. 4.
I have remembered Thy name, O Lord, in
the night, and have kept Thy law.
This I had, because I kept Thy precepts.—
Psalm cxix. 55, 56.
This second epistle, beloved, I now write
unto you; in both which I stir up your pure
minds by way of remembrance:
That ye may be mindful of the words which
were spoken before by the holy prophets, and
of the commandment of us the apostles of the
Lord and Saviour.-2 Peter iii. 1, 2.
But, beloved, remember ye the words which
were spoken before of the apostles of our
Lord Jesus Christ.-Jude 17.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest
heed to the things which we have heard, lest at
any time we should let them slip.-Heb. ii. 1.
E will never forget Thy precepts: for with
them Thou hast quickened me.
PSALM CXIX. 93.
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31
JANUARY XXX.
The Duty of Hearing & Heeding
Holy Scripturę.
ND Joshua said unto the children of
Israel, Come hither, and hear the words
of the Lord your God.-Joshua iii. 9.
Give ear, O My people, to My law : incline
your ears to the words of My mouth.-Psalm
lxxviii. I.
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people,
and to all the women, Hear the word of the
Lord.-Jeremiah xliv. 24.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken,
ye people let the earth hear, and all that is
therein; the world, and all things that come
forth of it.-Isaiah xxxiv. I.
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the
word of the Lord.—2 Kings xx. 16.
Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of
the Lord.-Ezekiel xxxiv. 7.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches.—Rev. ii. 29.
Encline your ear, and come unto Me: hear,
and your soul shall live.
ISAIAH lv. 3.
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JANUARY XXXI.
The Obligation to Obey
God's Word.
BSERVE and hear all these words which
I command thee, that it may go well with
thee, and with thy children after thee for
ever, when thou doest that which is good and
right in the sight of the Lord thy God.-
Deuteronomy xii. 28.
Gy
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not
a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his
natural face in a glass :
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his
way, and straightway forgetteth what manner
of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of
liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a
forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man
shall be blessed in his deed.-Fames i. 22-25.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that
hear the words of this prophecy, and keep
those things which are written therein for the
time is at hand.-Revelation i. 3.
Be
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and
to hearken than the fat of rams.
1 SAMUEL XV. 23.
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Juder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
FEBRUARY.
i.-Hope in God.
ii.-The Hope of the Christian.
iii.-Glorying in God.
iv.-The Cause of Glory to the Christian.
v.-The Power of Temptation.
vi.-The Need of Watchfulness.
vii.-Safeguard against Temptation.
viii.—Deliverance from Temptation.
ix.-Living above the World.
x.-Nonconformity to the World.
xi.—Overcoming the World.
xii.-The Wisdom and Power of Faithful
Preaching.
xiii.—Insufficiency of Worldly Wisdom.
xiv.-The Duty of Obedience.
xv.-The Benefits of Obedience.
xvi.—Obedience Necessitating Earnest Effort.
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Endex.
WA
DAY.
xvii.-Obedience Involving Self-Denial.
xviii.-The Evil of Tale-bearing.
xix.-Sobriety Enjoined..
xx.-Moderation.
xxi.-Hospitality Enjoined
xxii.-Justification by Faith.
xxiii.-No Justification by Works Alone.
xxiv.-Good Works a Sign and a Proof of
Vital Faith.
xxv.-Salvation by Faith.
xxvi.-Source of Christian Victory.
xxvii.-Life and Safety in Christ.
xxviii.-God's Love to the Believer.
xxix.-The Great Work of God.

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FEBRUARY I.
Hope in God.
HY art thou cast down, O my soul? and
why art thou disquieted within me?
hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise
Him, who is the health of my countenance,
and my
God.-Psalm xlii. 11.
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul;
therefore will I hope in Him.
The Lord is good unto them that wait for
Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
It is good that a man should both hope and
quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.-
Lamentations iii. 24-26.
Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen
your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.-
Psalm xxxi. 24.
And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as He is pure.-1 John
iii. 3.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope
is in Thee.-Fsalm xxxix. 7.
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob
for his help, whose hope is in the Lord
his God.
PSALM cxlvi. 5.
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FEBRUARY II.
The Hope off the Christian.
FR
HAT by two immutable things, in which
it was impossible for God to lie, we
might have a strong consolation, who
have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope
set before us :
Which hope we have as an anchor of the
soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth
into that within the veil.-Hebrews vi. 18, 19.
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is
seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why
doth he yet hope for?
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But if we hope for that we see not, then do
we with patience wait for it.-Rom. viii. 24, 25.
For the hope which is laid up for you in
heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of
the truth of the gospel.-Colossians i. 5.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind,
be sober, and hope to the end for the grace
that is to be brought unto you at the revelation
of Jesus Christ.—1 Peter i. 13.
Christ in you, the Hope of Glory.
COLOSSIANS i. 27.
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FEBRUARY III.
Glorying in God.
HUS saith the Lord, Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the
mighty man glory in his might, let not
the rich man glory in his riches:
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that
he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I
am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness,
judgment, and righteousness, in the earth:
for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.-
Jeremiah ix. 23, 24.
In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a
crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty,
unto the residue of His people,
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sit-
teth in judgment, and for strength to them that
turn the battle to the gate.-Isaiah xxviii. 5, 6.
Glory ye in His holy name: let the heart of
them rejoice that seek the Lord.-1 Chronicles
xvi. 10.
He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
-1 Corinthians i, 31.
Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt
glory in the Holy One of Esrael.
ISAIAH xli. 16.
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FEBRUARY IV.
༣
Cause of Glory to the Christian.
0
UT God forbid that I should glory, save
in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom the world is crucified unto me,
and I unto the world.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision
availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a
new creature.-Galatians vi. 14, 15.

By whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in
hope of the glory of God.
And not only so, but we glory in tribula-
tions also knowing that tribulation worketh
patience;
And patience, experience; and experience,
hope :
And hope maketh not ashamed; because
the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts
by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.-
Romans v. 2-5.
pppd
E have therefore whereof E may glory
through Jesus Christ in those things
which pertain to God.
ROMANS XV. 17.
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FEBRUARY V.
The Power of Gemptation.
HE righteous is more excellent than his
neighbour but the way of the wicked
seduceth them.-Proverbs xii. 26.
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and
leadeth him into the way that is not good.--
Proverbs xvi. 29.
The sower soweth the word.
And these are they by the wayside, where
the word is sown; but when they have heard,
Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away
the word that was sown in their hearts.-
Mark iv. 14, 15.
For this cause, when I could no longer for-
bear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some
means the tempter have tempted you, and our
labour be in vain.-1 Thessalonians iii. 5.
For some are already turned aside after
Satan.-1 Timothy v. 15.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution.
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse
and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
2 Timothy iii. 13.

Pray that ye enter not into tempt
LUKE
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FEBRUARY VI.
The Need of Watchfulness.
AKE ye heed, watch and pray for ye
know not when the time is.-Mark
xiii. 33.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.—
I Peter iv. 7.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the
day nor the hour wherein the Son of man
cometh.-Matthew xxv. 13.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that
dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that
ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of man.-Luke xxi. 35, 36.
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the
Master of the house cometh, at even, or at mid-
night, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Lest coming suddenly He find you sleeping.
And what I say unto you I say unto all,
Watch.-Mark xiii. 35-37.
sed are those servants, whom the Lord
He cometh shall find watching.
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LUKE xii. 37.
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FEBRUARY VII.
Safeguard against Gemptation.
ND when he was at the place, He said
unto them, Pray that ye enter not into
temptation.—Luke xxii. 40.
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise
and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.—
Luke xxii. 46.
ye
Watch and pray, lest
ye
enter into tempta-
tion. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is
weak.-Mark xiv. 38.
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you
like men, be strong.-1 Corinthians xvi. 13.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but
whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be
safe.-Proverbs xxix. 25.
But whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell
safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.—
Proverbs i. 33.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower :
the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.-
Proverbs xviii. 10.
Thy word have E hid in mine heart, that E
might not sin against Thee.
PSALM CXIX. 11.
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FEBRUARY VIII.
Deliverance from Gemptation.
f godly
HE Lord knoweth how to deliver the
godly out of temptations, and to reserve
the unjust unto the day of judgment to
be punished.-2 Peter ii. 9.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon
the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put
forth their hands unto.iniquity.-Psalm cxxv. 3.
There hath no temptation taken you but
such as is common to man: but God is faithful,
who will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that ye may be
able to bear it.
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from
idolatry.-1 Corinthians x. 13, 14.
Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall
go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken
unto you.
And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when
ye shall search for Me with all your heart.-
Jeremiah xxix. 12, 13.
Let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall.
1 CORINTHIANS x.
12.

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FEBRUARY IX.
Living above the World.
BEARKEN unto Me, ye that know
righteousness, the people in whose heart
is My law; fear ye not the reproach of
men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
For the moth shall eat them up like a
garment, and the worm shall eat them like
wool but My righteousness shall be for ever.
and My salvation from generation to generation.
-Isaiah li. 7, 8.
Love not the world, neither the things that
are in the world. If any man love the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
life, is not of the Father, but is of the world
And the world passeth away, and the lust
thereof: but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.-1 John ii. 15-17.
Know ye not that the friendship
of the world is enmity with God? whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the
enemy of God.—James iv. 4.
Set your affections on things above, not
on things on the earth.
Colossians iii. 2.
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FEBRUARY X.
Nonconformity to the World.
NI
I have given them Thy word; and the world
hath hated them, because they are not of the
world, even as I am not of the world.—John
xvii. 14.

ARVEL not, my brethren, if the world
hate you.-1 John iii. 13.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated
Me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love
his own but because ye are not of the world,
but I have chosen you out of the world, there-
fore the world hateth you.-John xv. 18, 19.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that
ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable,
and perfect will of God.-Romans xii. 1, 2.
Use this world, as not abusing it.-
I Corinthians vii. 31.
M
For the fashion of this world passeth away.
I CORINTHIANS Vii. 31.
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FEBRUARY XI.
Overcoming the World.
OR whatsoever is born of God over-
cometh the world: and this is the victory
that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but
he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
-1 John v. 4, 5.
Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is he that is
in you, than he that is in the world.
They are of the world: therefore speak they
of the world, and the world heareth them.
We are of God: he that knoweth God
heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not
us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and
the spirit of error.
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is
of God; and every one that loveth is born of
God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for
God is love.—1 John iv. 4-8,/
He that overcometh shall inherit
things; and E will be his God and he s
be My son.
REVELATION
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FEBRUARY XII.
The Wisdom and Power off
Faithhut Preaching.
ND I, brethren, when I came to you,
came not with excellency of speech or
of wisdom, declaring unto you the tes-
timony of God.
For I determined not to know anything
among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him cru-
cified.
And I was with you in weakness, and in
fear, and in much trembling.
And my speech and my preaching was not
with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
That your faith should not stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them.
that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this
world, nor of the princes of this world, that
come to nought.-1 Corinthians ii. 1-6.
the
We preach Christ crucified,
power of God, and the wisdom of God..
↑ Corinthians i. 23, 24.
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then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the Word of God.
Romans x. 17.
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FEBRUARY XIII.
Jusufficiency of Worldly Wisdom.
E disappointeth the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands cannot perform their
enterprise.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness:
and the counsel of the froward is carried head-
long.-Job v. 12, 13.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man
among you seemeth to be wise in this world,
let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness
with God. For it is written, He taketh the
wise in their own craftiness.

And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts
of the wise, that they are vain.-1 Cor. iii. 18-20.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom
of the wise, and will bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent.
Where is the wise? where is the scribe?
where is the disputer of this world? hath not
God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
For after that in the wisdom of God the
world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased
God by the foolishness of preaching to save
them that believe.-1 Corinthians i. 19-21.
O God, Thou knowest my foolishness; and
my sins are not hid from Thee.
PSALM Ixix. 5.
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FEBRUARY XIV.
The Duty of Obedience.

SALES
E shall walk after the Lord your God,
and fear Him, and keep His command-
ments, and obey His voice, and ye shall
serve Him, and cleave unto Him.-Deut. xiii. 4.
Therefore shall ye observe all My statutes,
and all My judgments, and do them: I am
the Lord.-Leviticus xix. 37.
M
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the
Lord thy God, and do His commandments and
His statutes, which I command thee this day.
-Deuteronomy xxvii. 10.
I am the Lord your God; walk in My
statutes, and keep My judgments, and do
them.-Ezekiel xx. 19,
Therefore shall ye keep My commandments,
and do them: I am the Lord.—Leviticus xxii.
31.

Thou hast commanded us to keep Thy
precepts diligently.-Psalm cxix. 4.
If ye love Me keep My commandments.—
John xiv. 15.
He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not
His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is
not in Him.—1 John v. 4.
Obey My voice.
JEREMIAH XI. 7.
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FEBRUARY XV.
1
T
The Benefits off Obedience.
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1

E shall do My judgments, and keep
Mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am
the Lord your God.
Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and My
judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in
them I am the Lord.-Leviticus xviii. 4, 5.
:
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord
your God hath commanded you, that ye may
live, and that it may be well with you, and that
ye may prolong your days in the land which ye
shall possess.-Deuteronomy v. 33.
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments
of the Lord your God, and His testimonies, and
His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.
And thou shalt do that which is right and
good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be
well with thee.-Deuteronomy vi. 17, 18.
To keep the commandments of the Lord,
and His statutes, which I command thee this
day for thy good.-Deuteronomy x. 13.
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple,
and said unto him, Behold thou art made
whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come
unto thee.-John v. 14.


Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that
delighteth greatly in His commandments.
PSALM CXV. I.
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FEBRUARY XVI.
F
Obedience,
necessitating Earnest Effort.
OW therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts; Consider your ways.
Ye have sown much, and bring in little;
ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but
ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but
there is none warm; and he that earneth wages
earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your
way.-Haggai i. 5-7.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn
again to the Lord.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto
God in the heavens.-Lamentations iii. 40, 41.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide
thine heart in the way.-Proverbs xxiii. 19.
But call to remembrance the former days, in
which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a
great fight of affliction.-Hebrews x. 32.
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee
understanding in all things.-2 Timothy ii. 7.
Keep thy heart with all diligence: for ont
of it are the issues of life.
PROVERBS iv. 23.
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FEBRUARY XVII.
Obędience involving Self-denial.
ND if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it
out, and cast it from thee: for it is profit-
able for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy whole body
should be cast into hell.
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off,
and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for
thee that one of thy members should perish,
and not that thy whole body should be cast
into hell.-Matthew v. 29, 30.
And He said to them all, If any man will
come after Me, let him deny Himself and take
up his cross daily, and follow Me.—Luke ix. 23.
And whosoever doth not bear his cross,
and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.-
Luke xiv. 27.
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he
that hateth his life in this world shall keep it
unto Life Eternal.-John xii. 25.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to
the flesh, to live after the flesh.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but
if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of
the body, ye shall live.—Romans viii. 12, 13.
They that are Christ's have crucified the
flesh with the affections and lusts.
GALATIANS V. 24.
53
FEBRUARY XVIII.
The Evil of Galqbeaying.
HOU shalt not go up and down as a
talebearer among thy people: neither
shalt thou stand against the blood of thy
neighbour: I am the Lord.-Leviticus xix. 16.
ONCE
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth
secrets; therefore meddle not with him that
flattereth with his lips.-Froverbs xx. 19.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer
separateth chief friends.—Froverbs xvi. 28.
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that
is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs xi. 13.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out;
so where there is no talebearer, the strife
ceaseth.-Proverbs xxvi. 20.
He that speaketh truth showeth forth
righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of
a sword but the tongue of the wise is health.
-Proverbs xii. 17, 18.
En the multitude of words there wanteth not
sin : but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
PROVERBS X. 19.
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FEBRUARY XIX.
Sobriety Enjoined.
E sober, be vigilant; because your adver-
sary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour :
Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing
that the same afflictions are accomplished in your
brethren that are in the world.-1 Peter v. 8, 9.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men,
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly,
righteously, and godly, in this present world.
Titus ii. II, 12.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but
let us watch and be sober.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and
they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love;
and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but
to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.—
I Thessalonians v. 6-9.
Be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
I PETER IV. 7.
55
FEBRUARY XX.
Coderation.

ET your moderation be known unto all
men.-Philippians iv. 5.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs xv. 16.
Better is an handful with quietness, than
both the hands full with travail and vexation
of spirit.-Ecclesiastes iv. 6.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but
to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
-Proverbs xxvii. 7.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous
eaters of flesh :
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come
to poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man
with rags.-Proverbs xxiii. 20, 21.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give
me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with
food convenient for me:
Lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say,
Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal,
and take the name of my God in vain.-
Proverbs xxx. 8, 9.
Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war
against the soul.
I PETER ii. II.
56
FEBRUARY XXI.
Hospitality Enjoined.

ET brotherly love continue.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers :
for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares.-Hebrews xiii. 1, 2.
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given
to hospitality.-Romans xii. 13.
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever
thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
Which have borne witness of thy charity
before the church: whom if thou bring forward
on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt
do well.-3 John v. 6.
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen
in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve
him.-Leviticus xxv. 35.
And the King shall answer and say unto them,
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done
it unto one of the least of these My brethren,
ye have done it unto Me.-Matthew xxv. 40.
And be ye kind one to another.
-Ephesians iv. 32.
•
Use hospitality one to another without
grudging.
I PETER iv. 9.
57
FEBRUARY XXII.
#
Justification by Faith.
VEN as Abraham believed God, and it
was accounted to him for righteousness.
Know ye therefore that they which are
of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would
justify the heathen through faith, preached
before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, In
thee shall all nations be blessed.

So then they which be of faith are blessed
with faithful Abraham.-Galatians iii. 6-9.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
By whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in
hope of the glory of God.-Romans v. 1, 2.
That being justified by His grace, we should
be made heirs according to the hope of eternal
life. Titus iii. 7.
For therein is the righteousness of God
revealed from faith to faith: as it is written,
The just shall live by faith.-Romans i. 17.
By Faith ye stand.
2 CORINTHIANS i. 24.
58
FEBRUARY XXIII.
·
No
Ho Justification by Works alone.

OR if Abraham were justified by works,
he hath whereof to glory; but not before
God.
For what saith the scripture? Abraham
believed God, and it was counted unto him for
righteousness.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not
reckoned of grace, but of debt.-Rom. iv. 2, 3, 4.
And if by grace, then it is no more of works:
otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be
of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise
work is no more work.-Romans xi. 6.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works lest any man should boast.—
Ephesians ii. 8, 9.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not
upright in him: but the just shall live by his
faith.-Habakkuk ii. 4.
What must I do to be saved?
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
-Acts xiv. 30, 31.
And he believed in the Lord; and He counted
it to him for righteousness.
Genesis xv. 6.
59
FEBRUARY XXIV.
*.
Good Works a Sign and a Proof
of Vital Taith.
HAT doth it profit, my brethren, though
a man say he hath faith, and have not
works? can faith save him?-James ii. 14.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead,
being alone.
Yea, a man may say Thou hast faith, and I
have works show me thy faith without thy
works, and I will show thee my faith by my
works.---James ii. 17, 18.
But wilt thou know. O vain man, that faith
without works is dead?
Was not Abraham our father justified by
works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon
the altar?
Seest thou how faith wrought with his
works, and by works was faith made perfect?
--James ii. 20-22.
Ye see then how that by works a man is
justified, and not by faith only.-James ii. 24.
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so
faith without works is dead also.—James ii. 26.

For whosoever shall do the will of My
Father which is in heaven, the same is My
brother, and sister, and mother.
MATTHEW Xii. 50.
бо
FEBRUARY XXV.
JP
Salvation by Faith.
O Him give all the prophets witness, that
through His name whosoever believeth
in Him shall receive remission of sins.

-Acts x. 43.
He that believeth on the Son hath ever-
lasting life and he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him.-John iii. 36.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
heareth My word and believeth on Him that
sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not
come into condemnation; but is passed from
death unto life.--John v. 24.
And this is the will of Him that sent Me, that
every one that seeth the Son, and believeth on
Him, may have everlasting life and I will raise
him up at the last day.-John vi. 40.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that
believeth on Me hath everlasting life.-John
vi. 47.
And this is the record, that God hath given
to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.-
I John v. II.

Receiving the end of your Faith, even the
salvation of your souls.
1 PETER i. 9.
61
FEBRUARY XXVI.
Sonyce of Christian Victory.
:
OR whatsoever is born of God overcometh
the world and this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but
he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
-1 John v. 4, 5.
The sting of death is sin; and the strength
of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye
stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the
work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.-
1 Corinthians xv. 56-58.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith :
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous
Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to
me only, but unto all them also that love His
appearing.-2 Timothy iv. 7, 8.
M
E can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.
PHILIPPIANS iv. 13.
62
FEBRUARY XXVII.
Life and Safety in Christ.
HE law of his God is in his heart;
none of his steps shall slide.-Psalm
xxxvii. 31.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection,
and the life he that believeth in Me, though
he were dead, yet shall he live :
And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me,
shall never die. Believest thou this?-John
xi. 25, 26.
And this is the will of Him that sent Me, that
every one which seeth the Son, and believeth
on Him, may have everlasting life and I will
raise him up at the last day.-John vi. 40.
:
To declare, I say, at this time His righteous-
ness: that He might be just, and the justifier of
him which believeth in Jesus.—Romans iii. 26.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned.-Mark xvi. 16.
That whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have eternal life.-John iii. 15.


But these are written, that pe might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God; and that believing ye might have
life through His name.
JOHN XX. 31.

63

FEBRUARY XXVIII.
God's Love to the Believer.
N this was manifested the love of God
toward us, because that God sent His
only begotten Son into the world, that
we might live through Him.-1 John iv. 9.
And we have known and believed the love
that God hath to us. God is love; and he
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and
God in him.-1 John iv. 16.
He that hath My commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me; and he
that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father,
and I will love him, and will manifest Myself
to him.-John xiv. 21.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the
love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
—Romans viii. 38, 39.
For God so loved the world, that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
JOHN iii. 16.
64
FEBRUARY XXIX.
The Great Work of God.
HEN said they unto Him, What shall
we do, that we might work the works
of God?
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is
the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom
He hath sent.-John vi. 28, 29.
For God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world
through Him might be saved.
He that believeth on Him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God.-John iii. 17.
And this is His commandment, That we
should believe on the name of His Son Jesus
Christ, and love one another, as He gave us
commandment.-1 John iii. 23.
And this is life eternal, that they might
know Thee the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom Thou hast sent.—John xvii. 3.
Kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation.—1 Peter i. 5.
To you is the word of this salbation sent.
Acts xiii. 26.
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Juder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
MARCH.
i.—Wisdom Co-existent with the Creator
from all Eternity.
ii.-Wisdom, the Gift of God.
iii.-The Source of Wise Counsels.
iv.-The Preciousness of Wisdom.
v.-All may be Saved.
vi.-The New Covenant.
vii.-The Will Renewed.
viii.-The Cry of Wisdom.
ix.-The Need of Wise Counsels.
x.-Few are Saved.
xi.-The Blessings and Benefits of Wisdom.
xii.-The New Life is of God.
xiii.-Safety of the Righteous.
xiv.-Receiving and Declining the Truth.
xv.-Salvation by Grace.
xvi.-The Blessed Consequences of Piety.
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Endex.
DAY.
xvii.-The Lovingkindness of God.
xviii.-Happy Death of the Righteous.
xix.-Comfort and Hope under Affliction.
xx.-Our Almighty Preserver.
xxi.-The Believer's Shield and Reward.
xxii.-The Unspeakable Gift.
xxiii.-Children in Christ.
xxiv.-God our Defender.
xxv.-The Believer's Increase in Love and
Holiness.
xxvi. -Things Seen and Things Unseen.
xxvii.-Petitions Offered and Answered.
xxviii.-The Happy Portion of the Believer.
xxix.-The Blessedness of the Dead in Christ.
XXX.-The Gospel Preached.
xxxi.-The Believer's Path to Glory.
68
.

MARCH I.
Wisdom Go-eristent with the
Greator from all Eternity.
WAS set up from everlasting, from the
beginning, or ever the earth was.
When there were no depths, I was
brought forth; when there were no fountains
abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before
the hills was I brought forth :
While as yet He had not made the earth,
nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust
of the world.
When He prepared the heavens, I was there:
when He set a compass upon the face of the
depth :
When He established the clouds above: when
He strengthened the fountains of the deep :
When He gave to the sea His decree, that the
waters should not pass His commandment : when
He appointed the foundations of the earth :
Then I was by Him, as one brought up with
Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing
always before Him.-Proverbs viii. 23-30.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye
children: for blessed are they that keep My
ways.
PROVERBS viii. 32.
69
MARCH II.
Wisdom, the Gift of God.

ND God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much, and
largeness of heart, even as the sand that
is on the sea shore.-1 Kings iv. 29.
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear
his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.-
1 Kings x. 24.
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of His
mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:
He is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.—
Proverbs ii. 6, 7.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God, that giveth to all men liberally, and up-
braideth not; and it shall be given him.-
James i. 5.
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom,
which all your adversaries shall not be able to
gainsay nor resist.-Luke xxi. 15.
Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward
parts and in the hidden part Thou shalt make
me to know wisdom.-Psalm li. 6.

The gifts and calling of God are without
repentance.
ROMANS xi. 29.
70

MARCH III.
The Source of Wise Counsels.
OUNSEL is mine, and sound wisdom:
I am understanding; I have strength.—
Proverbs viii. 14.
With Him is wisdom and strength, He hath
counsel and understanding.—Job xii. 13.
The Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of
Hosts is His name.
Great in counsel, and mighty in work.
Jeremiah xxxii. 18, 19.
O Lord, Thou art my God; I will exalt Thee,
I will praise Thy Name; for Thou hast done
wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are
faithfulness and truth.-Isaiah xxv. 1.
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever,
the thoughts of His heart to all generations.—
Psalm xxxiii. II.
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my
counsellors.--Psalm cxix. 24.
The Lord of Hosts, which is wonderful in
counsel, and excellent in working.-Isaiah
xxviii. 29.
Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm lxxiii. 24.
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MARCH IV.
1
The Preciousness of Wisdom.

ECEIVE my instruction, and not silver;
and knowledge rather than choice gold.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and
all the things that may be desired are not to
be compared to it.
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out
knowledge of witty inventions.-Proverbs viii.
10-12.
I love them that love me; and those that
seek me early shall find me.
Riches and honour are with me ; yea, durable
riches and righteousness.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine
gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the
midst of the paths of judgment :
That I may cause those that love me to in-
herit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
—Proverbs viii. 17-21.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore
get widsom: and with all thy getting get
understanding.
PROVERBS iv. 7.
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MARCH V.
All may be Saved.
OR God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the
world through Him might be saved.-
John iii. 17.

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment
came upon all men to condemnation; even so
by the righteousness of one the free gift came
upon all men unto justification of life.
For as by one man's disobedience many were
made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall
many be made righteous.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence
might abound. But where sin abounded, grace
did much more abound.—Romans v. 18-20.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; be-
cause we thus judge, that if one died for all,
then were all dead :
And that He died for all, that they which
live should not henceforth live unto themselves,
but unto Him which died for them, and rose
again.—2 Corinthians v. 14, 15.
For the grace of God that bringeth Salva-
tion hath appeared to all men.
TITUS ii. II.
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MARCH VI.
The New Covenant.
EHOLD, the days come, saith the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house
of Judah :
Not according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers in the day when I took them
by the hand to lead them out of the land of
Egypt; because they continued not in My
covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the
Lord.
For this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, saith
the Lord; I will put My laws into their mind,
and write them in their hearts: and I will be
to them a God, and they shall be to Me a
people.-Hebrews viii. 8-10.
This is the covenant that I will make with
them after those days, saith the Lord, I will
put My laws into their hearts, and in their
minds will I write them.-Hebrews x. 16.
En that He saith, A new covenant, He hath
made the first old.
HEBREWS viii. 13.
74
MARCH VII.
The Will Renqwed.
NEW heart also will I give you, and a
new spirit will I put within you: and
I will take away the stony heart out of
your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
-Ezekiel xxxvi. 26.
I
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal
body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Neither yield ye your members as instruments
of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield your-
selves unto God, as those that are alive from
the dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness unto God.-Romans vi. 12, 13.
For when we were in the flesh, the motions
of sins, which were by the law, did work in our
members to bring forth fruit unto death.
But now we are delivered from the law, that
being dead wherein we were held; that we
should serve in newness of spirit, and not in
the oldness of the letter.-Romans vii. 5, 6.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed away ;
behold, all things are become new.
2 CORINTHIANS V. 17.
75
MARCH VIII.
2
The Gry of Wisdom.
OTH not wisdom cry? and understanding
put forth her voice?
She standeth in the top of high places,
by the way in the places of the paths.
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the
city, at the coming in at the doors.
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to
the sons of man.
and, ye
O ye simple, understand wisdom
fools, be ye of an understanding heart,
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things;
and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wicked-
ness is an abomination to my lips.
All the words of my mouth are in righteous-
ness; there is nothing froward or perverse in
them.-Proverbs viii. 1-8.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the
wine which I have mingled.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the
way of understanding.-Proverbs ix. 5, 6.
Blessed is the man that heareth me,
watching daily at my gates, waiting at the
posts of my doors.
PROVERBS viii. 34.
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76

MARCH IX.
The Need of Wise Counsels.
HERE no counsel is the people fall: but
in the multitude of counsellors there is
safety.-Proverbs xi. 14.
Every purpose is established by counsel : and
with good advice make war.-Proverbs xx. 18.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy
war and in multitude of counsellors there is
safety.-Proverbs xxiv. 6.
Without counsel purposes are disappointed :
but in the multitude of counsellors they are
established.-Proverbs xv. 22.
I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white
raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that
the shame of thy nakedness do not appear;
and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou
mayest see.-Revelation iii. 18.
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My
pleasure.-Isaiah xlvi. 10.
Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord.-
Jeremiah xlix. 20.
Bring the causes unto God.
EXODUS Xviii. 19.
77
MARCH X.
1
How are Saved.
HEN said one unto Him, Lord, are there
few that be saved? And He said unto
them,
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many,
I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall
not be able.-Luke xiii. 23, 24.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth
to destruction, and many there be which go
in thereat :
Because straight is the gate, and narrow is
the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there
be that find it.-Matthew vii. 13,14.
So the last shall be first, and the first last :
for many be called, but few chosen.-Matthew
xx. 16.
But as many as received Him, to them gave
He power to become the sons of God, even to
them that believe on His Name.—John i. 12.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.-Romans viii. 14.
Kot many wise men after the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble are called.
I CORINTHIANS 1, 26.
78
MARCH XI.
The Blessings and Benefits of
Wisdom.

XALT her, and she shall promote thee:
she shall bring thee to honour, when
thou dost embrace her.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of
grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;
and the years of thy life shall be
many.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;
I have led thee in right paths.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be
straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt
not stumble.-Proverbs iv. 8-12.
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and
knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding
shall keep thee.-Proverbs ii. 10, II.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in
her left hand riches and honour.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all
her paths are peace.—Proverbs iii. 16-18.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable
riches and Righteousness.
PROVERÉS viii. 18.
79
MARCH XII.
The New Life is of God.
WILL put My Spirit within you, and
cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye
shall keep My judgments, and do them.
Ezekiel xxxvi. 27.
Of His own will begat He us with the Word
of Truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits
of His creatures.---James i. 18.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but
of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever.—1 Peter i. 23.
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great
and precious promises: that by these ye might
be partakers of the Divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust.—2 Peter i. 4.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of
God. John i. 13.
And you hath He quickened, who were dead
in trespasses and sins.
EPHESIANS ii. 1.
80
MARCH XIII.
Safety of the Righteous.
E that walketh righteously, and speaketh
uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of
oppressions, that shaketh his hand from
holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from
hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from
seeing evil :
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence
shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be
given him; his waters shall be sure.—Isaiah
xxxiii. 15, 16.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and
the perfect shall remain in it.-Proverbs ii. 21.
If
ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat
the good of the land.-Isaiah i. 19.
If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend
their days in prosperity, and their years in
pleasures. Fob xxxvi. II.
1

So Jotham became mighty, because he pre-
pared his ways before the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles xxvii. 6.
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your
hands be weak: for your work shall be
rewarded.
2 CHRONICLES XV. 7.
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6
MARCH XIV.
Receiving & Declining the Gruth.
HEREFORE whosoever heareth these
sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man, which built
his house upon a rock :
And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
And every one that heareth these sayings of
Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened
unto a foolish man, which built his house upon
the sand:
And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell and great was the fall of it.
Matthew vii. 24-27.
But the natural man receiveth not the things
of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness
unto him: neither can he know them, because
they are spiritually discerned.
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet
he himself is judged of no man.-1 Corinthians
ii. 14, 15.
Blessed are they that hear the Word of God,
and keep it.
LUKE XI. 28.
82
MARCH XV.
Saluation by Gracq.
OD who is rich in mercy, for His great
love wherewith He loved us,

Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace
ye are saved ;)
And hath raised us up together, and made us
sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
-Ephesians ii. 4-6.

Being justified freely by His grace through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.-Romans
iii. 24.
Not by works of righteousness which we have
done, but according to His mercy He saved us,
by the washing of regeneration, and renewing
of the Holy Ghost.-Titus iii. 5.
But God commendeth His love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us.-Romans v. 8.
The gift by grace, which is by one man,
Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.-
Romans v. 15.
What then? shall we sin, because we are
not under the law, but under grace? God
forbid.
Romans vi. 15.
83

MARCH XVI.
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The Blessed Consequences
off Piety.
ND the Lord said, If I find in Sodom
fifty righteous within the city, then I will
spare all the place for their sakes.—
Genesis xviii. 26.
And it came to pass, when God destroyed
the cities of the plain, that God remembered
Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of
the overthrow, then He overthrew the cities
in which Lot dwelt.-Genesis xix. 29.
In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth
be blessed;
Because that Abraham obeyed My voice,
and kept My charge, My commandments, My
statutes, and My laws.--Genesis xxvi. 4, 5.
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting
to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and
His righteousness unto children's children.-
Psalm ciii. 17.
The just man walketh in his integrity: his
children are blessed after him.
PROVERBS XX. 7.
84
MARCH XVII.
The Lovingkindness of God.
O
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HE Lord hath appeared of old unto me,
saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an
everlasting love; therefore with loving-
kindness have I drawn thee.-Jeremiah xxxi. 3.
How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God!
therefore the children of men put their trust
under the shadow of Thy wings.-Psalm
xxxvi. 7.
Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness, and forsookest them not.-Nehemiah
ix. 17.
For His merciful kindness is great toward
us and the truth of the Lord endureth for
ever. Praise ye the Lord.-Psalm cxvii. 2.
O continue Thy lovingkindness unto them
that know Thee; and Thy righteousness to the
upright in heart.-Psalm xxxvi. 10.
That in the ages to come He might show the
exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness
towards us through Christ Jesus.—Ephesians
ii. 7.
Thon showest lovingkindness unto
thousands.
JEREMIAH XXxii. 18.
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85
MARCH XVIII.
1
Happy Death of the Righteous.
ECAUSE thine heart was tender, and
thou hast humbled thyself before the
Lord, when thou heardest what I spake
against this place, and against the inhabitants
thereof, that they should become a desolation
and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and
wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith
the Lord.

Behold therefore, I will gather Thee unto
thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into
thy grave in peace.—2 Kings xxii. 19, 20.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the up-
right for the end of that man is peace.-Psalm
xxxvii. 37.
Let me die the death of the righteous, and
let my last end be like his !-Numbers xxiii. 10.
Into Thine hands I commit My spirit: Thou
hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.—
Psalm xxxi. 5.
Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and
afterward receive me to glory.-Psalm lxxiii. 24.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of His saints.
PSALM CXVI. 15.
86
MARCH XIX.
Comfort & Hope under Affliction.

Y son, despise not the chastening of the
A Lord; neither be weary of His correction:
For whom the Lord loveth He cor-
recteth; even as a father the son in whom he
delighteth.-Proverbs iii. 11, 12.
Behold, happy is the man whom God cor-
recteth : therefore despise not thou the
chastening of the Almighty.-Job v. 17.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but
the Lord delivereth him out of them all.-Psalm
xxxiv. 19.
I know that the Lord will maintain the
cause of the afflicted, and the right of the
poor.-Psalm cxl. 12.
To set up on high those that be low; that
those which mourn may be exalted to safety.-
Fob v. II.
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer
him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honour him.-Psalm xci. 15.
But my God shall supply all your need
according to His riches in glory by Christ
Jesus.
PHILIPPIANS iv. 19.
87

MARCH XX.
Our Almighty Preserver.
ORD, thou hast been our dwelling place
in all generations.-Psalm xc. I.
Thou, even Thou, art Lord alone: Thou hast
made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all
their host, the earth, and all things that are
therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and
Thou preservest them all; and the host of
heaven worshippeth Thee.-Nehemiah ix. 6.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He
that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy
shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor
the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil :
He shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and
thy coming in from this time forth, and even for
evermore.—Psalm cxxi. 3-8.
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and
Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
JOB X. 12.
88
MARCH XXI.
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The Believer's Shield & Reward.
FTER these things the Word of the
Lord came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy
shield, and thy exceeding great reward.-
Genesis xv. I.
Behold, the Lord God will come with strong
hand, and His arm shall rule for Him: behold
His reward is with Him, and His work before
Him.-Isaiah xl. 10.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the
Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing
will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalm lxxxiv. II.
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive
the reward of the inheritance for ye serve the
Lord Christ.-Colossians iii. 24.
Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy
salvation and Thy gentleness hath made me
great.-2 Samuel xxii. 36.
:
Every word of God is pure: He is a Shield
unto them that put their trust in Him.
PROVERBS XXX. 5.
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89
MARCH XXII.
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The Unspeakable Gift.
OR the wages of sin is death; but the
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.—Romans vi. 23.

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou
knewest the gift of God, and who it is that
saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest
have asked of Him, and He would have given
thee living water.-John iv. IO.
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment
came upon all men to condemnation; even so
by the righteousness of one the free gift came
upon all men unto justification of life.
For as by one man's disobedience many
were made sinners, so by the obedience of one
shall many be made righteous.-Romans v.
18, 19.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the Father of
Lights, with whom is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning.-James i. 17.
Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable
Gift.
2 CORINTHIANS ix. 15.
00

MARCH XXIII.
Children in Christ.
WRITE unto you, little children, because
your sins are forgiven you for His Name's
sake.-1 John ii. 12.
:
Neither is there salvation in any other for
there is none other Name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved.-Acts
iv. 12.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk
of the Word, that ye may grow thereby :
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is
gracious.-1 Peter ii. 2, 3.
And Jesus called a little child unto Him,
and set him in the midst of them,
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye
be converted, and become as little children, ye
shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as
this little child, the same is greatest in the
kingdom of heaven.
And whoso shall receive one such little child
in My Name receiveth Me.-Matthew xviii. 2-5.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.
2 CORINTHIANS V 17.
91
MARCH XXIV.
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God our Defender.
E that dwelleth in the secret place of the
Most High shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and
my fortress my God; in Him will I trust.
Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare
of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with His feathers, and
under His wings shalt thou trust: His truth
shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by
night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in dark-
ness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at
noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not
come nigh thee.-Psalm xci. 1-7.
And I have comsumed them, and wounded
them, that they could not arise: yea, they are
fallen under my feet. -2 Samuel xxii. 39.
The Name of the Lord is a strong tower:
the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
PROVERBS Xviii. 10.
92
MARCH XXV.
The Believer's Increase in Love
and Holiness.
UT speaking the truth in love, may grow
up into Him in all things, which is the
Head, even Christ:
From whom the whole body fitly joined
together and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual
working in the measure of every part, maketh
increase of the body unto the edifying of itself
in love.-Ephesians iv. 15, 16.
And that ye put on the new man, which
after God is created in righteousness and true
holiness. Ephesians iv. 24.
And the Lord make you to increase and
abound in love one toward another, and toward
all men, even as we do toward you :
To the end He may stablish your hearts
unblameable in holiness before God, even our
Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
with all His saints.-1 Thessalonians iii. 12, 13.
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But now being made free from sin, and
become servants to God, ye have your fruit
unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Romans vi. 22.
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MARCH XXVI.
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Things Seen & Things Unseen.
HILE we look not at the things which
are seen, but at the things which are not
seen for the things which are seen are
temporal; but the things which are not seen
are eternal. -2 Corinthians iv. 18.
For since the beginning of the world men
have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee,
what He hath prepared for him that waiteth
for Him.-Isaiah lxiv. 4.
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known
Me, Philip? he that hath seen Me hath seen
the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show
us the Father?—John xiv. 9.
Many prophets and righteous men have de-
sired to see those things which ye see, and have
not seen them; and to hear those things which
ye hear, and have not heard them.-Matthew
xiii. 17.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love Him.
I CORINTHIANS ii. 9.
94

MARCH XXVII.
Petitions Offered and Answered.
AM Thine, save me.--Psalm cxix. 94.
The Lord, thy God, in the midst of
thee is mighty; He will save.-Zepha-
niah iii. 17.
O forsake me not utterly.--Fsalm cxix. 8.
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
-Hebrews xiii. 5.
Teach me Thy statutes.-Psalm cxix. 26.
I will instruct thee and teach thee.-Psalm
xxxii. 8.
Deal bountifully with Thy servant.—Psalm
cxix. 17.
The Lord will give grace and glory: no good
thing will He withhold from them that walk
uprightly. Psalm lxxxiv. 11.
Give us this day our daily bread.—Matthew
vi. II.
Bread shall be given him; his waters shall
be sure.-Isaiah xxxiii. 16.
Lead us not into temptation.-Luke xi. 4.
God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able.-1 Cor. x. 13.
O Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall
all flesh come.
PSALM lxv. 2.
95

MARCH XXVIII.
The Happy Portion of the
Believer.
HE Lord is my portion, saith my soul;
therefore will I hope in Him.-Lamen-
tations iii. 24.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is
the strength of my heart, and my portion for
ever.-Psalm 1xxiii. 26.
I cried unto thee, O Lord I said, Thou
art my refuge and my portion in the land of
the living.-Psalm cxlii. 5.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the
height of Zion, and shall flow together to the
goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine,
and for oil, and for the young of the flock and
of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered
garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at
all.-Jeremiah xxxi. 12.
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance
and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
yea, I have a goodly heritage.-Psalm xvi. 5, 6.
My beloved is mine, and E am His.
Canticles ii. 16.
96
MARCH XXIX.
The Blessedness off the Dead
in Christ.
ND I heard a voice from heaven saying
unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord from henceforth:
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from
their labours; and their works do follow them.
-Revelation xiv. 13.
They shall walk with me in white: for they
are worthy.
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed
in white raiment; and I will not blot out his
name out of the book of life, but I will confess
his name before my Father, and before His
angels.-Revelation iii. 4, 5.
And this is the record, that God hath given
to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.-
I John v. II.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.—
Colossians iii. 4.
For the wages of sin is death: but the
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
ROMANS vi. 23.
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MARCH XXX.
The Gospel Prenched.
ESUS went about all Galilee, teaching
in their synagogues, and preaching the
Gospel of the kingdom, and healing all
manner of sickness and all manner of disease
among the people.-Matthew iv. 23.

But the righteousness which is of faith
speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart,
Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to
bring Christ down from above :)
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that
is, to bring up Christ again from the dead).
But what saith it? The Word is nigh thee,
even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is,
the Word of faith which we preach.-Romans
x. 6-8.
For our Gospel came not unto you in Word
only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost,
and in much assurance; as ye know what man-
ner of men we were among you for your sake.
-I Thessalonians i. 5.
The glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the
image of God.
2 CORINTHIANS iv. 4.
98
MARCH XXXI.
The Believer's Path to Glory.
O

HESE are they which came out of great
tribulation, and have washed their robes,
and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb.
Therefore are they before the throne of God,
and serve Him day and night in His temple;
and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell
among them.-Revelation vii. 14, 15.
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the
people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of
sin for a season.-Hebrews xi. 25.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
but the Lord delivereth him out of them all,
—Psalm xxxiv. 19.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with
silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of
affliction.-Isaiah xlviii. 10.
But call to remembrance the former days, in
which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a
great fight of afflictions.-Hebrews x. 32.
But the path of the just is as the shining,
light, that shineth more and more anto the
perfect day.
PROVERBS iv. 18.
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DAY.
APRIL.
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i.—Divine Direction.
ii.-Honour from God.
iii.-Comfort for the Poor and Helpless.
iv.-Promise of the Spirit.
v.-Deliverance from Death.
vi.-God's Presence with the Contrite and
Mourner.
vii.-Giving and Receiving Reproof.
viii.-Love and Unity.
ix.-Increase of Grace.
x.-A Good Wife.
xi.—The Divine Blessing upon the Children
of the Good.
xii.-Obedience to Parents.
xiii.-Righteous Education.
xiv.-The Highest Knowledge.
xv.-Sealed unto Redemption.
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xvi.-Everlasting Happiness in Heaven.
xvii.-Love to God's People.
xviii.-Forgiveness of Injuries.
xix.-Peace of Conscience.
xx.-Humbleness of Mind.
xxi.-Perseverance.
xxii.-Wisdom and Knowledge.
xxiii.--God's Presence with His People.
xxiv.-Divine Care of the Fatherless and
Widow.
xxv.-The Ministry of Angels.
xxvi.-Divine Promise of Plenty and Riches.
xxvii.—Exhortation to the Study of Wisdom.
xxviii.-Contentment.
xxix.-Meekness.
xxx.-Keeping the Sabbath Day.

102
APRIL I.
Divine Direction.
ND I will bring the blind by a way that
they knew not; I will lead them in
paths that they have not known: I will
make darkness light before them, and crooked
things straight. These things will I do unto
them, and not forsake them.-Isaiah xlii. 16.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the
Lord and He delighteth in his way.-Psalm
xxxvii. 23.
:
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the
Lord directeth his steps.-Proverbs xvi. 9.
For his God doth instruct him to discretion,
and doth teach him.-Isaiah xxviii. 26.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct thy paths.-Proverbs iii. 6.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way
which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with
Mine eye.-Psalm xxxii. 8.
The Lord shall guide thee continually.-
Isaiah lviii. II.
Thon shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and
afterward receive me to glory.
PSALM lxxiii. 24.
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103
APRIL II.
Honour from God.
ND the Lord shall make thee the head,
and not the tail; and thou shalt be
above only, and thou shalt not be
beneath; if that thou hearken unto the com-
mandments of the Lord thy God, which I
command thee this day, to observe and to do
them.-Deuteronomy xxviii. 13.
What is man that Thou art mindful of him?
and the son of man, that Thou visitest him?
For Thou hast made him a little lower than
the angels, and hast crowned him with glory
and honour.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the
works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things
under his feet.-Fsalm viii. 4-6.
If any man serve Me, let him follow Me;
and where I am, there shall also My servant be:
if any man serve Me, Him will My Father
honour.-John xii. 26.

The righteous shall be in everlasting remem-
brance.-Psalm cxii. 6.
This honour have all His saints. Praise ye
the Lord.-Psalm cxlix. 9.
Them that honour Me E will honour,
and they that despise Me shall be lightly
esteemed.
I SAMUEL ii. 30.
104

APRIL III.
Comfort for the Poor & Helpless.
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OR He shall deliver the needy when he
crieth; the poor also, and him that hath
no helper.
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall
save the souls of the needy.-Psalm lxxii. 12, 13.
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein : Thou,
O God, hast prepared of Thy goodness for the
poor.-Psalm lxviii. 10.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten:
the expectation of the poor shall not perish for
ever.-Psalm ix. 18.

He shall judge thy people with righteousness,
and thy. poor with judgment.-Psalm lxxii. 2.
:
Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord for
He hath delivered the soul of the poor from the
hand of evildoers.-Jeremiah xx. 13.
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will
satisfy her poor with bread.-Psalm cxxxii. 15.
The poor committeth himself unto Thee; Thou
art the helper of the fatherless.-Psalm x. 14.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute,
and not despise their prayer.
PSALM cii. 17

105
APRIL IV.
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Promise of the Spirit.

EHOLD I will pour out My Spirit unto
you, I will make known My words unto
you.—Proverbs i. 23.
And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause
you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My
judgments, and do them.-Ezekiel xxxvi. 27.
That the blessing of Abraham might come
on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we
might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith.-Galatians iii. 14.
And I will pray the Father, and He shall
give you another Comforter, that He may abide
with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither
knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.-John
xiv. 16, 17.
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him shall never thirst; but the water
that I shall give him shall be in him a well of
water springing up into everlasting life.--John
iv. 14.
Ef ye then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children: how much
more shall your Heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.
LUKE XI. 13.


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APRIL V.
Deliverance from Death.
BLESS our God, ye people, and make
the voice of His praise to be heard:
Which holdeth our soul in life, and
suffereth not our feet to be moved.-Psalm
lxvi. 8, 9.
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my
trouble which I suffer of them that hate me,
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death.
Psalm ix. 13.
He that is our God is the God of salvation;
and unto God the Lord belong the issues from
death.-Psalm lxviii. 20.
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: He
bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
-I Samuel ii. 6.
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See now that I, even I, am He, and there is
no God with Me: I kill and I make alive; I
wound, and I heal: neither is there any that
can deliver out of My hand.-Deut. xxxii. 39.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit,
and his life shall see the light.-Job xxxiii. 28.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of His saints.
PSALM CXVI. 15.
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APRIL VI.
God's Presence with the Contrite
and Mourner.
OR thus saith the high and lofty One that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;
I dwell in the high and holy place, with
him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive
the heart of the contrite ones.-Isaiah lvii. 15.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a
broken heart; and saveth such as be of a
contrite spirit.-Psalm xxxiv. 18.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall
be comforted.-Matthew v. 3, 4.
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To this man will I look, even to him
that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and
trembleth at My word.-Isaiah lxvi. 2.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a
broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt
not despise.-Psalm li. 17.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth
up their wounds.
PSALM CXlvii. 3.
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APRIL VII.
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Giving and Receiving Reproof.
SE that, rebuketh a man afterwards shall
find more favour than he that flattereth
with the tongue.—Proverbs xxviii. 23.
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
and a good blessing shall come upon them.-
Proverbs xxiv. 25.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that
refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth
reproof shall be honoured.-Proverbs xiii. 18.
The ear that heareth the reproof of life
abideth among the wise.
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his
own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth
understanding.
The fear of the Lord is the instruction of
wisdom; and before honour is humility.-
Proverbs xv. 31-33.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend: but the
kisses of an enemy are deceitful.-Proverbs
xxvii. 6.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than
for a man to hear the song of fools.—Eccles. vii. 5.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament
of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an
obedient ear.
PROVERBS XXV. 12.
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APRIL VIII.
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Love and Unity.
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is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
It is like the precious ointment upon
the head, that ran down upon the beard, even
Aaron's beard that went down to the skirts of
his garments;
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As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that
descended upon the mountains of Zion: for
there the Lord commanded the blessing, even
life for evermore.-Psalm cxxxiii. 1-3.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;
and though I have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.-1 Corinthians xiii. 2.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the
light, and there is none occasion of stumbling
in him.-1 John ii. 10.
If we love one another, God dwelleth in us,
and His love is perfected in us.-1 John iv. 12.

By this shall all men know that ye are My
disciples, if ye have love one to another.
JOHN xiii. 35.
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APRIL IX.
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Jncrease of Gracq.
E giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith,
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace
unto the humble.—James iv. 6.
Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.-John
xv. 8.

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given,
and he shall have more abundance.-Matthew
xiii. 12.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and
he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and
stronger. -Job xvii. 9.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.-Psalm
xcii. 12.
They go from strength to strength, every one
of them in Zion appeareth before God.-Psalm
lxxxiv. 7.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know
the Lord.-Hosea vi. 3.
But we all, with open face beholding as in
a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory to glory,
even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 CORINTHIANS iii. 18.
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APRIL X.
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A Good Wife.

VERY wise woman buildeth her house :
but the foolish plucketh it down with
her hands. Proverbs xiv. I.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her
price is far above rubies.
The heart of her husband doth safely trust
in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
She will do him good and not evil all the
days of her life.-Proverbs xxxi. 10-12.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and
in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her house-
hold, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but
thou excellest them all.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but
a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be
praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let
her own works praise her in the gates.-Pro-
verbs xxxi. 26-31.
A birtuous woman is a crown to her
husband.
PROVERBS Xii. 4.
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APRIL XI.
The Divine Blessing upon the
Children of the Good.
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tinue, and their seed shall be established
before Thee.—Psalm cii. 28.
The seed of the righteous shall be
delivered.-Proverbs xi. 21.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his
children's children: and the wealth of the
sinner is laid up for the just.-Proverbs xiii. 22.
I have been young, and now am old; yet
have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his
seed begging bread.
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his
seed is blessed.-Psalm xxxvii. 25, 26.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed
that feareth the Lord.
The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and
thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the
days of thy life.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children,
and peace upon Israel.-Psalm cxxviii. 4-6.
The just man walketh in his integrity: his
children are blessed after him.
PROVERBS XX. 7.
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APRIL XII.
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Obedience to Parents.
HILDREN, obey your parents in the
Lord for this is right.
Honour thy father and mother: which
is the first commandment with promise ;
That it may be well with thee, and thou
mayest live long on the earth.-Eph. vi. 1-3.
But if any widow have children or nephews,
let them learn first to show piety at home, and
to requite their parents: for that is good and
acceptable before God.-1 Timothy v. 4.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest;
yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.-
Proverbs xxix. 17.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto
thy head, and chains about thy neck.-—
Proverbs i. 8, 9.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and
forsake not the law of thy mother :
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and
tie them about thy neck.-Proverbs vi. 20, 21,
Children, obey your parents in all things,
for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Colossians iii. 20.
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APRIL XIII.
Righteous Education.
OR I know him [Abraham] that he will
command his children and his household
after him, and they shall keep the way of
the Lord, to do justice and judgment.-Genesis
xviii. 19.
And besides this, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to tem-
perance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity.
For if these things be in you, and abound,
they make you that ye shall neither be barren
nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ.-2 Peter i. 5-8.
And ye shall teach them your children,
speaking of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way,
when thou liest down and when thou risest up.
-Deuteronomy xi. 19.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child;
but the rod of correction shall drive it far from
him.-Proverbs xxii. 15.
Train up a child in the way he should go : and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs xxii. 6.
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APRIL XIV.
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The Highest Knowledge.
RACE and peace be multiplied unto you
through the knowledge of God, and of
Jesus our Lord.
According as His divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto life and god-
liness, through the knowledge of Him that hath
called us to glory and virtue.-2 Peter i. 2, 3.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.-Matthew xi. 29.
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth
us; he that is not of God heareth not us.
Hereby know we the spirit of truth and the
spirit of error.
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Beloved, let us love one another for love is
af God; and every one that loveth is born of
God, and knoweth God.-1 John iv. 6, 7.
Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore
will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because
he hath known My name.-Psalm xci. 14.
And this is life eternal, that they might
know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus
Ghrist, whom Thou hast sent.
JOHN xvii. 3.
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APRIL XV.
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Sealed unto Redemption.
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N whom ye also trusted, after that ye
heard the word of truth, the gospel of
your salvation: in whom also after that
ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy
Spirit of promise,
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until
the redemption of the purchased possession,
unto the praise of His glory.-Ephesiansi. 13, 14.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan,
being burdened: not for that we would be un-
clothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might
be swallowed up of life.
Now He that hath wrought us for the self-
same thing is God, who also hath given unto
us the earnest of the Spirit.—2 Cor. v. 4, 5.
Who hath also sealed us, and given the
earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.-2 Cor. i. 22.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God.—Romans
viii. 16.
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the
love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the
Holy Ghost which is given unto us.-Rom. v. 5.
Griebe not the Holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are scaled unto the day of re-
demption.
EPHESIANS iv. 30.
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APRIL XVI.
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Everlasting Happiness in Heaven.
N My Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go to prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto Myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also.-John
xiv. 2, 3.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered into the heart
of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love Him.-1 Corinthians ii. 9.

And to you who are troubled rest with us,
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from
heaven with His mighty angels.-2 Thess. i. 7.
Who will render to every man according to
his deeds:
To them who by patient continuance in well
doing seek for glory and honour and immortality,
eternal life.-Romans ii. 6, 7.
God will redeem my soul from the power of
the grave for He shall receive me.-Psalm
xlix. 15.
Be thou faithful unto death, and E will give
thee a crown of life.
REVELATION ii, 10.
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APRIL XVII.
Kong to God's People.
OR God is not unrighteous to forget your
work and labour of love, which ye have
showed toward His name in that ye have
ministered to the saints, and do minister.-
Hebrews vi. 10.

Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of
God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
For this is the message that ye heard from
the beginning, that we should love one another.
-1 John iii. 10, II.

We know that we have passed from death
unto life, because we love the brethren. He
that loveth not his brother abideth in death.-
I John iii. 14.
My little children, let us not love in word,
neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
And hereby we know that we are of the
truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
1 John iii. 18, 19.

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the
scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself, ye do well.-James ii. 8.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall
prosper that love thee.
PSALM CXXii. 6.
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APRIL XVIII.
Korgiveness of Jnjuqies.
UT I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to
rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust.-Matthew v.
44, 45.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to
eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to
drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his
head, and the Lord shall reward thee.-Proverbs
XXV. 21, 22.
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye
have ought against any that your Father also
which is in Heaven may forgive you your tres-
passes.-Mark xi. 25.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but
wait on the Lord, and He shall save thee.-
Proverbs xx. 22.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you.
MATTHEW vi. 14.
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APRIL XIX.
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Pence of Gausgience.
CREATE the fruit of the lips; Peace,
peace to him that is far off, and to him
that is near, saith the Lord; and I will
heal him.-Isaiah lvii. 19.
I will hear what God the Lord will speak:
for He will speak peace unto His people, and
to His saints: but let them not turn again to
folly.-Psalm lxxxv. 8.
And the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.-Phil. iv. 7.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto
you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither
let it be afraid.-John xiv. 27.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
to the which also ye are called in one body;
and be ye thankful.-Colossians iii. 15.
Now the Lord of peace Himself give you
peace always by all means.-2 Thess. iii. 16.
His soul shall dwell at ease.--Psalm xxv. 13.

And the work of righteousness shall be
peace; and the effect of righteousness quiet-
ness and assurance for eber.
ISAIAH XXXii. 17.
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APRIL XX.
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Humbleness of Mind.

BE
HOSOEVER therefore shall humble him-
self as this little child, the same is greatest
in the kingdom of heaven.-Matt. xviii.4.
Though the Lord be high, yet hath He respect
unto the lowly but the proud He knoweth
afar off.-Psalm cxxxviii. 6.
Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the
humble: Thou wilt prepare their heart, Thou
wilt cause Thine ear to hear.-Psalm x. 17.
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the
lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
-Proverbs xvi. 19.
Surely He scorneth the scorners: but He
giveth grace unto the lowly.-Proverbs iii. 34.
A man's pride shall bring him low: but
honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.--
Proverbs xxix. 23.
When men are cast down, then thou shalt
say, There is lifting up; and He shall save the
humble person.-Job xxii. 29.
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Pride goeth before destruction, and an
haughty spirit before a fall.—Proverbs xvi. 18.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace
unto the humble.
JAMES iv. 6.
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Perseverance.
HEN said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on Him, If ye continue in My
word, then are ye My disciples indeed.
-John viii. 31.
Cast not away therefore your confidence,
which hath great recompense of reward.-
Hebrews x. 35.
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If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be
done unto you.—John xv. 7.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith
without wavering; (for He is faithful that
promised).-Hebrews x. 23.
And ye shall be hated of all men for My
name's sake: but he that endureth to the end
shall be saved.-Matthew x. 22.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye sted-
fast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your
labour is not in vain in the Lord.-1 Cor. xv. 58.
And let us not be weary in well doing;
for in due season we shall reap if we faint
not.
GALATIANS vi. 9.
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APRIL XXII.
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Wisdom and Knowledge.
APPY is the man that findeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding.
-Proverbs iii. 13.

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Se shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto
thy soul when thou hast found it, then there
shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall
not be cut off.-Proverbs xxiv. 14.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she
shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost
embrace her.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of
grace a crown of glory shall she deliver to
thee. -Proverbs iv. 8, 9.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee :
love her, and she shall keep thee.-Prov. iv. 6.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold
upon her and happy is every one that retaineth
her.-Froverbs iii. 18.
Through wisdom is an house builded; and
by understanding it is established:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be
filled with all precious and pleasant riches.—
Proverbs xxiv. 3, 4.

The heart of the prudeut getteth knowledge:
and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
PROVERBS Xviii. 15.
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APRIL XXIII.
God's Presence with His People.
THE Lord their God am with them.-
Ezekiel xxxiv. 30.
And He said, My presence shall go with thee,
and I will give thee rest.-Exodus xxxiii. 14.
And the Lord, He it is that doth go before
thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail
thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be
dismayed.-Deuteronomy xxxi. 8.
The Lord is with you, while ye be
with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be
found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will
forsake you.-2 Chronicles xv. 2.
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I am the Lord your God, and none
else: and My people shall never be ashamed.-—-
Joel ii. 27.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto
Thy name: the upright shall dwell in Thy
presence.-Psalm cxl. 13.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man
love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father
will love him, and we will come unto him, and
make our abode with him.-John xiv. 20.

The Lord his God is with Him.
NUMBERS Xxiii. 21.
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APRIL XXIV.

Divine Care of the Hatherless
and Widow.

E shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless
child.
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they
cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry:
And My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you
with the sword; and your wives shall be widows,
and your children fatherless. —Ex. xxii. 22-24.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not
into the fields of the fatherless :
For their Redeemer is mighty; He shall
plead their cause with thee.—Prov. xxiii. 10, 11.
II.
He doth execute the judgment of the father-
less and widow, and loveth the stranger, in
giving him food and raiment.-Deut. x. 18.
The Lord preserveth the strangers; He re-
lieveth the fatherless and the widow: but the
way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
-Psalm cxlvi. 9.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
—Psalm x. 18.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of
the widows is God in His holy habitation.
PSALM lxviii. 5.
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APRIL XXV.
The Ministry of Angels.

RE they not all ministering spirits, sent
forth to minister for them who shall be
heirs of salvation?-Hebrews i. 14.
Then there came again and touched me one
like the appearance of a man, and he strength-
ened me.-Daniel x. 13.
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip,
saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the
way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,
which is desert.-Acts viii. 26.
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree,
behold, then an angel touched him, and said
unto him, Arise and eat.
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake
baken on the coals, and a cruise of water at his
head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him
down again.
And the angel of the Lord came again the
second time, and touched him, and said, Arise
and eat; because the journey is too great for
thee.-1 Kings xix. 5-7.
He shall give His angels charge over thee,
to keep thee in all thy ways.-Psalm xci. 11.
The angel of the Cordencampeth round about
them that fear Him, and delivereth them.
Psalm xxxiv. 7.
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APRIL XXVI.
Divine Promise of Plenty and
Riches.

HE Lord shall open unto thee His good
treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto
thy land in His season, and to bless all
the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend
unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
-Deuteronomy xxviii. 12.
That I will give you the rain of your land in
his due season, the first rain and the latter rain,
that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil.
And I will send grass into thy fields for thy
cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.-
Deuteronomy xi. 14, 15.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable
riches and righteousness.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine
gold; and my revenue than choice silver.-
Proverbs viii. 18, 19.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure:
but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.-
Proverbs xv. 6.
Health and riches shall be in his house: and
his righteousness endureth for ever.
PSALM CXii. 3.
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APRIL XXVII.
Exhortation to the Study of
Wisdom.
SAKE fast hold of instruction; let her
not go: keep her; for she is thy life.-
Proverbs iv. 13.
And God said unto Solomon, Because this was
in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches,
wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies,
neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked
wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou
mayest judge my people, over whom I have
made thee king:
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee;
and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and
honour, such as none of the kings have had that
have been before thee, neither shall there any
after thee have the like.-2 Chron. i. 11, 12.
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest
up thy voice for understanding ;
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest
for her as for hid treasures;
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the
Lord, and find the knowledge of God.-
Proverbs ii. 3-5.
E lobe them that love
Me; and those that
seek Me early, shall find Me.
Proverbs viii. 17.
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APRIL XXVIII.
Contentment.

ET your conversation be without covetous-
ness; and be content with such things as
ye have; for He hath said, I will never
leave thee, nor forsake thee.—Hebrews xiii. 5.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou
in the fear of the Lord all the day long.—
Proverbs xxiii. 17.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:
but a broken spirit drieth the bones.—Proverbs
xvii. 22.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he
that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
-Proverbs xv. 15.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy
the rottenness of the bones.-Proverbs xiv. 30.
Would to God we had been content
Joshua vii. 7.
I have learned in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.
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1 know both how to be abased, and I know how
to abound everywhere and in all things I am
instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both
t abound and to suffer need.-Phil. iv. 11, 12.
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
I TIMOTHY vi. 6.
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APRIL XXIX.
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Meekness.
LESSED are the meek for they shall
inherit the earth.-Matthew v. 5.
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The Lord lifteth up the meek: He casteth the
wicked down to the ground.-Psalm cxlvii. 6.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they
shall praise the Lord that seek Him: your
heart shall live for ever.-Psalm xxii. 26.
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth,
which have wrought His judgment; seek right-
eousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be
hid in the day of the Lord's anger.-Zeph. ii. 3.
For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people :
He will beautify the meek with salvation.—
Psalm cxlix. 4.
The meek shall inherit the earth; and shall
delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
-Psalm xxxvii. II.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace.
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there
is no law. -Galatians v. 22, 23.
The meck will He guide in judgment : and the
meek will He teach His way.
PSALM XXV. 9.
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APRIL XXX.
Keeping the Sabbath Day.

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HE seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within
thy gates:
For in six days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.—Ex. xx. 10, 11.
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath,
from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and
call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord,
honourable; and shalt honour Him, not doing
thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,
nor speaking thine own words:
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord:
and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places
of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of
Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord
hath spoken it.—Isaiah lviii. 13, 14.
Hallow My sabbaths; and they shall be
a sign between Me and you, that ye may
know that E am the Lord your God.
Ezekiel xx. 20.

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Juder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
MAY
i.--Our Covenant-Keeping God.
ii.-Abounding Grace.
iii.-A Chosen People.
iv.-The Blessedness of the Upright.
v.-Seeking God.
vi.-Free Access to God.
vii.-Faith.
viii.-Repentance.
ix.-Holy Meditation.
x.-Encouragement for the Righteous.
xi.-God's Providential Care.
xii.-Certainty of God's Promises.
xiii.-Help in Prayer.
xiv.-Praise and Thanksgiving.
xv.-Delight and Joy in God.
xvi.-Divine Promise of Peace and Love.
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DAY.
xvii.-The Converting Grace of God.
xviii.—Perseverance in Righteousness.
xix.-Divine Promise of Light and Knowledge.
xx.--Value of the Scriptures.
xxi.-The Hearer of Prayer.
xxii.-Rejoicing in the Almighty.
xxiii.-The Saviour's Care and Presence,
xxiv.--Christ our Intercessor.
xxv.-Life in and by Christ.
xxvi.--The Saviour's Love.
xxvii.-Consolation Promised.
xxviii.-Promise of Peace.
xxix.—Success and Prosperity of the Righteous.
XXX.-Divine Protection.
xxxi.—Comfort and Support in Death.
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MAY I.
Our Govenant-Keeping God.
NOW therefore that the Lord thy God,
He is God, the faithful God, which keep-
eth covenant and mercy with them that
love Him and keep His commandments to a
thousand generations.-Deuteronomy vii. 9.
O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible
God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for
them that love Him and observe His command-
ments.-Nehemiah i. 5.
Because he hath set his love upon Me,
therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on
high, because he hath known My Name.-Psalm
xci. 14.
Showing mercy unto thousands of them that
love Me, and keep My commandments.-Exodus
xx. 6.
We know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are
the called according to His purpose.-Romans
viii. 28.
If any man love God, the same is known of
Him.- -1 Corinthians viii. 3.
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He
shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
PSALM XXXvii. 4.
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MAY II.
Abounding Gracq.
O, every one that thirsteth, come ye to
the waters, and he that hath no money;
come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy
wine and milk without money and without
price.—Isaiah lv. 1.
In the last day, that great day of the feast,
Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst,
let him come unto Me, and drink.
He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of
living water.-John vii. 37, 38.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
And let him that heareth say, Come. And let
him that is athirst come. And whosoever will,
let him take the water of life freely.-Revelation
xxii. 17.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness: for they shall be filled.-
Matthew v. 6.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the
fountain of the water of life freely.-Revelation
xxi. 6.
Open thy mouth wide, and E will fill it.
Psalm lxxxi. 10.
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MAY III.
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I Chosen Peoplę.
HOU art an holy people unto the Lord
thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee
to be a peculiar people unto Himself,
above all the nations that are upon the earth.-
Deuteronomy xiv. 2.
We are bound to give thanks alway to God
for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because
God hath from the beginning chosen you to
salvation through sanctification of the Spirit
and belief of the truth:
Whereunto He called you by our gospel, to
the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus
Christ.-2 Thessalonians ii. 13, 14.
Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priest-
hood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that
ye should show forth the praises of Him who
hath called you out of darkness into His mar-
vellous light.-1 Peter ii. 9.
According as He hath chosen us in Him
before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before Him
in love.-Ephesians i. 4.
E have redeemed thee, E have called thee by
thy name; thou art Mine.
Isaiah xliii. 1.
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MAY IV.
The Blessedness of the Upright.
ORD, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle?
who shall dwell in Thy holy hill ?
He that walketh uprightly, and work-
eth righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his
heart.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor
doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a
reproach against his neighbour.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned;
but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He
that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
He that putteth not out his money to usury,
nor taketh reward against the innocent. He
that doeth these things shall never be moved.
-Psaim xv. 1-5.
The Lord knoweth the days of the upright:
and their inheritance shall be for ever.-Psalm
xxxvii. 18.
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through-
out the whole earth, to show Himself strong in
the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward
Him.-2 Chronicles xvi. 9.
For the righteous Lord loveth righteous-
ness; His countenance doth behold the
upright.
PSALM Xi. 7..
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MAY V.
Seeking God.
OW to yourselves in righteousness, reap
in mercy; break up your fallow ground:
.for it is time to seek the Lord, till He come
and rain righteousness upon you.-Hosea x. 12.
But if 'from thence thou shalt seek the Lord
thy God, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek Him
with all thy heart and with all thy soul.-Deu-
teronomy iv. 29.
For the Lord searcheth all hearts,
and understandeth all the imaginations of the
thoughts: if thou seek Him, He will be found
of thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast
thee off for ever.-1 Chronicles xxviii. 9.
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and
make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He
would awake for thee, and make the habitation
of thy righteousness prosperous.—Job viii. 5, 6.
The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him,
to the soul that seeketh Him.—Lam. iii. 25.
And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye
shall search for Me with all your heart.-Jere-
miah xxix. 13.
And they that know Thy name will put
their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast
not forsaken them that seek Thee.
PSALM ix. 10.
139

MAY VI.
Tree Access to God.
OR through Him we both have access by
one Spirit unto the Father.-Eph. ii. 18.
In whom we have boldness and access with
confidence by the faith of Him.—Eph. iii. 12.
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, dis-
allowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and
precious,
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual
house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.—
I Peter ii. 4, 5.
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
By a new and living way, which He hath con-
secrated for us, through the veil, that is to say,
His flesh.-Hebrews x. 19, 20.
And having an high priest over the house of
God;
Let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed
with pure water.-Hebrews x. 21, 22.
To the praise of the glory of His grace,
wherein He hath made us accepted in the
beloved.
EPHESIANS i. 6.
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MAY VII.
ESUS answering saith unto them, Have
faith in God.-Mark xi. 22.
Taith.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen.— -Hebrews
xi. I.
But without faith it is impossible to please
Him: for he that cometh to God must believe
that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek Him.-Hebrews xi. 6.
If ye hath faith as a grain of mustard seed,
ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence
to yonder place; and it shall remove; and
nothing shall be impossible unto you.-Matthew
xvii. 20.
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Found in Him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of Christ, the right-
eousness which is of God by faith.-Phil. iii. 9.
The life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved
me, and gave Himself for me.-Gal. ii. 20.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh
the world: and this is the victory that over-
cometh the world, even our faith.-1 John v. 4.
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Fight the good fight of Faith.
1 TIMOTHY Vİ, 12.
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​MAY VIII.
Repentance.

URN you at My reproof: behold, I will
pour out My spirit unto you, I will make
known My words unto you. -Prov. i. 23.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wicked-
ness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall
thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?-Jer. v. 14.
If My people, which are called by My name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then
will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their
sin, and will heal their land.—2 Chron. vii. 14.
For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your
brethren and your children shall find compas-
sion before them that lead them captive, so that
they shall come again into this land for the
Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and
will not turn away His face from you, if ye
return unto Him.- -2 Chronicles xxx. 9.
:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the un-
righteous man his thoughts: and let him return
unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for He will abundantly
pardon.—Isaiah lv. 7.
As many as E love, E rebuke and chasten :
be zealous therefore, and repent.
Revelation iii. 19.
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MAY IX.
Holy Deditation.

OR
HIS book of the law shall not depart out
of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest
observe to do according to all that is written
therein for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success.―Joshua i. 8.
O how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all
the day.
Thou through Thy commandments hast made
me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever
with me.
I have more understanding than all my
teachers for Thy testimonies are my medita-
tion.—Psalm clix. 97-99.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the
meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
--Psalm xlix. 3.
My meditation of Him shall be sweet: I will
be glad in the Lord.-Psalm civ. 34.
Let the words of my mouth, and the medi-
tation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight,
O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.
PSALM xix. 14.
143

MAY X.
Encouragement for the
Righteous.
LESSED is the man that feareth the Lord,
that delighteth greatly in His command-
ments.
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the
generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house and
his righteousness endureth for ever.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the
darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion,
and righteous.—Psalm cxii. 1-4.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and
in His law doth he meditate day and night.
And He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers
of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his sea-
son: his leaf also shall not wither; and what-
soever he doeth shall prosper.-Psalm i. 1-3.
He that feareth the commandment shall be
rewarded.-Proverbs xiii. 13.
Do not my words do good to him that
walketh uprightly?
MICAH ii. 7.
144
MAY XI.
God's Providential Garę.
God be for us, who can be against us?
He that spared not His own Son, but
delivered Him up for us all, how shall
He not with Him also freely give us all things?
—Romans viii. 31, 32.
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped :
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with
my song will I praise Him.-Psalm xxviii. 7.
O fear the Lord, ye His saints: for there is
no want to them that fear Him.
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger :
but they that seek the Lord shall not want any
good thing.—Psalm xxxiv. 9, 10.
Thou preparest a table before me in the
presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my
head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life and I will dwell in the
house of the Lord for ever.-Psalm xxiii. 5, 6.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His
righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.-Matthew vi. 33.
The righteous shall flourish as a branch.-
Proverbs xi. 28.
My God shall supply all your need ac-
cording to His riches in glory by Christ
Jesus.
PHILIPPIANS iv. 19.
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MAY XII.
Gertainty of God's Promises.
3

OT one thing hath failed of all the good
things which the Lord your God spake
concerning you; all are come to pass
unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
Joshua xxiii. 14.
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He
is God, the faithful God, which keepeth cove-
nant and mercy with them that love Him and
keep His commandments to a thousand genera-
tions.-Deuteronomy vii. 9.
God is not a man, that He should lie ; neither
the Son of man that He should repent: hath
He said, and shall He not do it? or hath He
spoken, and shall He not make it good?—
Numbers xxiii. 19.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and
every one of Thy righteous judgments endureth
for ever.-Psalm cxix. 160.
For ever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in
heaven.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations.-
Psalm cxix. 89, 90.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the
thing that is gone out of My lips.-Psalm
lxxxix. 34.
He is faithful that promised.
HEBREWS X. 23
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MAY XIII.
Help in Prayer.

B
ECAUSE ye are sons, God hath sent
forth the Spirit of His Son into your
hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a
son; and if a son, then an heir of God through
Christ.-Galatians iv. 6, 7.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.-
Romans viii. 15.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmi-
ties for we know not what we should pray for
as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh inter-
cession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
And He that searcheth the hearts knoweth
what is the mind of the Spirit, because He
maketh intercession for the saints according to
the will of God.-Romans viii. 25, 27.
Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come,
He will guide you into all truth: for He shall
not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall
hear, that shall He speak: and He will show
you things to come. -John xvi. 13.

Cord, Thou hast heard the desire of the
hamble: Thou wilt prepare their heart,
Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear.
PSALM X. 17.
147
MAY XIV.
Praise and Thanksgiving.
GIVE thanks unto the Lord; for He is
good for His mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the God of gods :
for His mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for His
mercy endureth for ever.
To Him who alone doeth great wonders: for
His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that by wisdom made the heavens :
for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that stretched out the earth above
the waters for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that made great lights for His
mercy endureth for ever:
The sun to rule by day: for His mercy en-
dureth for ever.
Who remembered us in our low estate: for
His mercy endureth for ever:
And hath redeemed us from our enemies :
for His mercy endureth for ever.
Who giveth food to all flesh : for His mercy
endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for
His mercy endureth for ever.-Psalm cxxxvi.
I-8, 23-26.
Et is good to sing praises unto our God ;
for it is pleasant: and praise is comely,
PSALM CXlvii. 1.
148

MAY XV.
Delight and Joy in God.
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OR then shalt thou have thy delight in
the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face
unto God.-Fob xxii. 26.
For the joy of the Lord is your strength.-
Nehemiah viii. 10.
The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and
shall trust in Him; and all the upright in heart
shall glory.-Psalm lxiv. 10.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and
fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with
joyful lips.-Psalm lxiii. 5.
But let the righteous be glad ; let them rejoice
before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
—Psalm lxviii. 3.
Blessed is the people that know the joyful
sound they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of
Thy countenance.
In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day:
and in Thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
For Thou art the glory of their strength : and
in Thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy
One of Israel is our King.-Psalm lxxxix. 15-18.
Light is sown for the righteous, and glad-
ness for the upright in heart.
PSALM XCVii. 11.
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MAY XVI.
Diving Promise of Penge & Loug.
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寶
​HEY shall beat their swords into plow-
shares, and their spears into pruning-
hooks: nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more.-Isaiah ii. 4.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and
the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and
the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their
young ones shall lie down together: and the
lion shall eat straw like the ox.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole
of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his
hand on the cockatrice' den.-Isaiah xi. 6-8.
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and
the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off:
Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall
not vex Ephraim.-Isaiah xi. 13.
In His days shall the righteous flourish; and
abundance of peace so long as the moon en-
dureth.-Psalm lxxii. 7.
E in them, and Thon in Me, that they may
be made perfect in one.
JOHN Xvii. 23.
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MAY XVII.
The Converting Grace of God.
ND the Lord thy God will circumcise
thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to
love the Lord thy God with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest
live.-Deuteronomy xxx. 6.
And I will give them an heart to know Me,
that I am the Lord and they shall be My
people, and I will be their God: for they shall
return unto Me with their whole heart.-
Jeremiah xxiv. 7.
And I will give them one heart, and I will
put a new spirit within you; and I will take the
stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them
an heart of flesh :
That they may walk in My statutes, and keep
My ordinances, and do them: and they shall be
My people, and I will be their God.-Ezekiel
xi. 19, 20.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new
spirit will I put within you: and I will take
away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will
give you an heart of flesh.- Ezekiel xxxvi. 26.
Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy
power.-Psalm cx. 3.
Turn Thon me and E shall be turned: for
Thon art the Lord my God.
JEREMIAH Xxxi. 18
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MAY XVIII.
Perseverance in Righteousness.
OOK to yourselves, that we lose not those
things which we have wrought, but that
we receive a full reward.
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in
the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that
abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
the Father and the Son.-2 John 8, 9.
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed
in white raiment; and I will not blot out his
name out of the book of life, but I will confess
his name before My Father, and before His
angels.
:
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in
the temple of My God, and he shall go no more
out and I will write upon him the name of
My God, and the name of the city of My God,
which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down
out of heaven from My God: and I will write
upon him My new Name.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit
with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame,
and am set down with My Father in His throne.
Revelation iii. 5, 12, 21.
Be thou faithful unto death, and E will give
thee a crown of life.
RevelatioN ii. 10.
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MAY XIX.
Divine Promise of Light and
Knowledge.
LL thy children shall be taught of the
Lord; and great shall be the peace of
thy children.-Isaiah liv. 13.
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words
of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see
out of obscurity, and out of darkness.--Isaiah
xxix. 18.
They also that erred in spirit shall come to
understanding, and they that murmured shall
learn doctrine.-Isaiah xxix. 24.
And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts
make unto all people a feast of fat things, a
feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
And He will destroy in this mountain the
face of the covering cast over all people, and
the vail that is spread over all nations.—Isaiah
xxv. 6, 7.
Rabbi, we know that Thou art a Teacher come
from God for no man can do these miracles
that thou doest, except God be with him.—
John iii. 2.
The earth shall be full of the knowledge of
the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
ISAIAH xi. 9.
353

MAY XX.
Value of the Scriptures.
HE law of the Lord is perfect, converting
the soul the testimony of the Lord is
sure, making wise the simple.
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing
the heart the commandment of the Lord is
pure, enlightening the eyes.-Psalm xix. 7, 8.
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and
in keeping of them there is great reward.-
Psalm xix. II.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light
unto my path.-Psalm cxix. 105.
The entrance of Thy word giveth light; it
giveth understanding unto the simple.-Psalm
cxix. 130.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever.-I Peter i. 23.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God.-Romans x. 17.
The holy scriptures, which are able to make
thee wise unto salvation through faith which is
in Christ Jesus.—2 Timothy iii. 15.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but
th word of our God shall stand for ever.
ISAIAH xl. 8.
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MAY XXI.
The Hearey of Prayer.

ALL upon Me in the day of trouble: I
will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify
Me.-Psalm 1. 15.
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and
delivereth them out of all their troubles.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a
broken heart; and saveth such as be of a con-
trite spirit.-Psalm xxxiv. 17, 18.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and
He shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy
vows.-Job xxii. 27.
But know that the Lord hath set apart him
that is godly for Himself: the Lord will hear
when I call unto Him.-Psalm iv. 3.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard
him, and saved him out of all his troubles.---
Psalm xxxiv. 6.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,
and His ears are open unto their cry.-Psalm
xxxiv. 15.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him:
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Fsalm cxlv. 19.
O Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall
all flesh come.
PSALM 1XV. 2.
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MAY XXII.
Rejoiqing in the Lord.
陳
​HE voice of rejoicing and salvation is
in the tabernacles of the righteous: the
right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
--Psalm cxviii. 15.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: He is our
help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in Him because
we have trusted in His Holy Name.-Psalm
xxxiii. 20, 21.
Draw me, we will run after Thee the king
hath brought me into His chambers: we will
be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember
Thy love more than wine: the upright love
Thee.-Canticles i. 4.
For ye
shall go out with joy, and be led forth
with peace; the mountains and the hills shall
break forth before you into singing, and all the
trees of the field shall clap their hands.-Isaiah
lv. 12.
They joy before Thee according to
the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when
they divide the spoil.-Isaiah ix. 3.
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again E
say, Rejoice.
PHILIPPIANS iv. 4.
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MAY XXIII.
The Saviour's Care & Presence.

E shall feed His flock like a shepherd;
He shall gather the lambs with His arm,
and carry them in His bosom, and shall
gently lead those that are with young.-Isaiah
xl. II.
A bruised reed shall He not break, and the
smoking flax shall He not quench: He shall
bring forth judgment unto truth.-Isaiah xlii. 3.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come
to you.―John xiv. 18.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me
no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye
shall live also.
At that day ye shall know that I am in My
Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.
He that hath My commandments, and keepetli
them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that
loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I
will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.
-John xiv. 19-21.
:
Casting all your care upon Him for He
careth for you.—1 Peter v. 7,
Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end
of the world. Amen.-Matthew xxviii. 20.
E will never leave thee nor forsake thee.
HEBREWS xiii. 5.
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MAY XXIV.
Christ, our Intercessoq.
HO is He that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is
risen again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for
us.—Romans viii. 34.
Wherefore He is able also to save them to
the uttermost that come unto God by Him,
seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for
them.-Hebrews vii. 25.
For Christ is not entered into the holy places
made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in
the presence of God for us.-
-Hebrews ix. 24.
Seeing then that we have a great High
Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus
the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
For we have not an High Priest which can-
not be touched with the feeling of our infirmi-
ties; but was in all points tempted like as we
are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne
of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find
grace to help in time of need.-Heb. iv. 14-16.
He bare the sin of many, and made inter-
cession for the transgressors.
ISAIAH liii. 12.
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MAY XXV.
Kiffe in and by Christ.
OR as the Father raiseth up the dead,
and quickeneth them; even so the Son
quickeneth whom He will.-John v. 21.
All that the Father giveth Me shall come to
Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no
wise cast out.-John vi. 37.
For though He was crucified through weak-
ness, yet He liveth by the power of God. For
we also are weak in Him, but we shall live
with Him by the power of God toward you.—
2 Corinthians xiii. 4.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave Himself for me. -Galatians ii. 20.
And you hath He quickened, who were dead
in trespasses and sins.—Ephesians ii. 1.
Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace
ye are saved ;)
And hath raised us up together, and made
us sit together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus.- Ephesians ii. 5, 6.
Because E live, ye shall live also.
JOHN xiv. 19.
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MAY XXVI.
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The Saviour's Love.
0
NEW commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love another.-John
xiii. 34.
As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved
you: continue ye in My love.-John xv. 9.
Having loved His own which were
in the world, He loved them unto the end.-
John xiii. I.
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved
us, and hath given Himself for us an offering
and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling
savour.-Ephesians v. 2.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
May be able to comprehend with all saints
what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and
height;
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the
fulness of God.-Ephesians iii. 17-19.
Nay, in all these things we are more than con-
querors through Him that loved us.- -Romans
viii. 37.
He brought me to the banqueting house, and
His banner over me was love.
Canticles ii. 4.
160
MAY XXVII.
Consolation Promised.
EVEN I, am He that comforteth you :
who art thou, that thou shouldest be
afraid of a man that shall die, and of
the son of man which shall be made as grass;
And forgettest the Lord thy Maker, that hath
stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foun-
dations of the earth; and hast feared continu-
ally every day because of the fury of the oppres-
sor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where
is the fury of the oppressor?-Isaiah li. 12, 13.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth;
and break forth into singing, O mountains: for
the Lord hath comforted His people, and will
have mercy upon His afflicted.-Isaiah xlix. 13.
For a small moment have I forsaken thee;
but with great mercies will I gather thee.
In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for
a moment; but with everlasting kindness will
I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy
Redeemer.-Isaiah liv. 7, 8.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I
will lead him also, and restore comforts unto
him and to his mourners.-Isaiah lvii. 18.
:

O Lord, I will praise Thee: though
Thou wast angry with me, Thine anger is
turned away, and Thon comfortedst me.
ISAIAH XII. 1.
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161
II
MAY XXVIII.
Pqomise of Peacq.
WILL give peace in the land, and ye
shall lie down, and none shall make you
afraid; and I will rid evil beasts out of
the land, neither shall the sword go through
your land. —Leviticus xxvi. 6.
4
The Lord will give strength unto His people;
the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Psalm xxix. II.
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth
thee with the finest of the wheat.-Psalm
cxlvii. 14.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked
ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the
workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon
Israel.-Psalm cxxv. 5.
Great peace have they which love Thy law :
and nothing shall offend them.-Psalm cxix. 165.

My people shall dwell in a peaceable habita-
tion, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting
places.—Isaiah xxxii. 18.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto
you not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
—John xiv. 27.
The God of peace be with you all.
ROMANS XV) 33
162

MAY XXIX.
Success and Prosperity of the
Righteous.
LESSED is the man that walketh not in
the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and
in His law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his
season, his leaf also shall not wither; and what-
soever he doeth shall prosper.-Psalm i. 1-3.
They shall build houses, and inhabit them;
and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit
of them.
They shall not build, and another inhabit;
they shall not plant, and another eat; for as
the days of a tree are the days of My people,
and Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of
their hands.
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring
forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the
blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with
them.-Isaiah lxv. 21-23.
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also
in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.
PSALM Xxxvii. 5.
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MAY XXX.
J
Divine Protection.
WILL both lay me down in peace, and
sleep for Thou, Lord, only makest me
dwell in safety.-Psalm iv. 8.
:
And who is he that will harm
you, if ye be
followers of that which is good?-1 Pet. iii. 13.
I have set the Lord always before me:
because He is at my right hand, I shall not be
moved.-Psalm xvi. 8.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower :
the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Proverbs xviii. 10.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his
heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.-Ps. cxii. 7.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones
of the field: and the beasts of the field shall
be at peace with thee.-Job v. 23.
And thou shalt be secure, because there is
hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou
shalt take thy rest in safety.-Job xi. 18.
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished,
being innocent? or where were the righteous
cut off?-Fob iv. 7.
They shall dwell safely and none shall
make them afraid.
EZEKIEL XXxiv, 28.
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3

MAY XXXI.
Comfort and Support in Death.
EA, though I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death, I will fear no evil :
for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy
staff they comfort me.-Psalm xxiii. 4.
But God will redeem my soul from the power
of the grave: for He shall receive me. Selah.
-Psalm xlix. 15.
For this God is our God for ever and ever :
He will be our Guide even unto death.-Psalm
xlviii. 14.
He will swallow up death in victory; and
the Lord God will wipe away tears from off
all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall
He take away from off all the earth for the
Lord hath spoken it.—Isaiah xxv. 8.
:
When thou passest through the waters, I
will be with thee; and through the rivers, they
shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest
through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;
neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.-
Isaiah xliii. 2.
I know whom I have believed, and am per-
suaded that He is able to keep that which I
have committed unto Him against that day.--
2 Timothy i. 12.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the up-
right: for the end of that man is peace.
PSALM XXXvii. 37.
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Inder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
JUNE.
i.—Trust in God.
ii.-Divine Support.
iii.-The Believer's Praise.
iv.--Victory through Christ.
v.-Faith and Eternal Life.
vi.-Heavenly Bliss.
vii.-The Suppliant Encouraged.
viii.-God's Great Love.
ix.—Divine Provision and Encouragement.
x.-The Joy of Salvation.
xi.-Source of True Strength.
xii.—The Path of Safety.
xiii.--Salvation by Faith.
xiv.-Redeeming Grace.
xv.-Diligence.
xvi.-Obedience.
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DAY.
xvii.-Hope.
xviii.-Divine Solace.
xix.-Temptation.
xx.—Vigilance Enjoined.
xxi.-Repentance, "NOW."
xxii.-Forgiveness.
xxiii.—Earnestness in Supplication.
xxiv.-God's Grace All-sufficient.
xxv.—Quickening Grace.
xxvi.-The Renewed Heart.
xxvii.—Encouragement and Repentance.
xxviii.-The Loving Care of God.
xxix.-Truth and Candour.
Xxx.-Justice and Honesty.
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JUNE I.
Trust in God.
F
HE Lord redeemeth the soul of His
servants: and none of them that trust in
Him shall be desolate.—Psalm xxxiv. 22.
O taste and see that the Lord is good:
blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.—Psalm
xxxiv. 8.
Wait on the Lord be of good courage, and
He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,
on the Lord.-Psalm xxvii. 14.
Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt
thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be
fed.-Psalm xxxvii. 3.
Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou
hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which
Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee
before the sons of men !-Psalm xxxi. 19.
As for God, His way is perfect the word
of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all
those that trust in Him.-Psalm xviii. 30.
I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I
shall not slide.—Psalm xxvi. I.
Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord
his trust.
PSALM xl. 4.
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169
JUNE II.
Divine Support.
ND He said, My presence shall go with
thee, and I will give thee rest.—Exodus
xxxiii. 14.


When thou passest through the waters I
will be with thee; and through the rivers, they
shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest
through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;
neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One
of Israel, thy Saviour.-Isaiah xliii. 2, 3.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not
dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen
thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of My righteousness.
—Isaiah xli. 10.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and under-
neath are the everlasting arms.-Deuteronomy
xxxiii. 27.
I will ransom them from the power of the
grave; I will redeem them from death: 0
death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will
be thy destruction.-Hosea xiii. 14.
As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
DEUTERONOMY xxxiii. 25.
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170
JUNE III.
I
The Believer's Praisq.
B
LESSED be the Lord, because He hath
heard the voice of my supplications.
The Lord is my strength and my
shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am
helped therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;
and with my song will I praise Him.-Psalm
xxviii. 6, 7.
I will give Thee thanks in the great con-
gregation I will praise Thee among much
people.-Psalm xxxv. 18.
:
Blessed be Thy glorious name, which is
exalted above all blessing and praise.-Nehe-
miah ix. 5.
Thou, even Thou, art Lord alone; Thou
hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with
all their hosts, the earth, and all things that
are therein, the seas, and all that is therein,
and Thou preservest them all; and the host
of heaven worshippeth Thee.-Nehemiah ix. 6.
Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the
world, even from everlasting to everlasting,
Thou art God.-Psalm xc. 2.
De should show forth the praises of Him
ho hath called you out of darkness into
His marvellous light.
I PETER ii. 9.
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JUNE IV.
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Victory through Christ.
LESSED be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, which according to
His abundant mercy, hath begotten us
again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven
for you.
Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation.-1 Peter i. 3-5.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus
will God bring with Him.-1 Thess. iv. 14.
For since by man came death, by man came
also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.-1 Cor. xv. 21, 22.
Who shall change our vile body, that it may
be fashioned like unto His glorious body, ac-
cording to the working whereby He is able even
to subdue all things unto Himself.-Phil. iii. 21.
Then Christ, Who is our life, shall ap-
pear, then shall ye also appear with Him in
glory.
COLOSSIANS iii. 4.
172
JUNE V.
**
Taith and Eternal Kilę.

S Moses lifted up the serpent in the wil-
derness, even so must the Son of man be
lifted up:
That whosoever believeth on Him should not
perish, but have eternal life.-John iii. 14. 15.
And this is the record, that God hath given
to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that
hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God; that
ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that
ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
-1 John v. 11-13.
Jesus saith unto her, I am the Resurrection
and the Life: He that believeth in Me, though
he were dead, yet shall he live:
And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me
shall never die. Believest thou this?—John
xi. 25, 26.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth
on Me hath everlasting life.-John vi. 47.
And this is the promise that He hath
promised us, even eternal life.
1 JOHN ii. 25.
173
JUNE VI.
T
Heavenly Bliss.

ESUS said unto him, Verily, I say unto
thee, To-day shalt thou be with Me in
paradise.—Luke xxiii. 43.
There the wicked cease from troubling ; and
there the weary be at rest.
There the prisoners rest together; they hear
not the voice of the oppressor.-Fob iii. 17, 18.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in
the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labours; and their.
works do follow them.-Revelation xiv. 13.
And there shall be no more curse: but the
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it;
and His servants shall serve Him :
And they shall see His face; and His name
shall be in their foreheads.-Rev. iv. 3, 4.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be present
with the Lord.-2 Corinthians v. 8.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain.-Philippians i. 21.

As for me, E will behold Thy face in
righteousness: E shall be satisfied, when E
awake, with Thy likeness.
PSALM Xvii. 15.
174
JUNE VII.
The Suppliant Encouraged.
ALL unto Me, and I will answer thee,
and show thee great and mighty things,
which thou knowest not.-Jer. xxxiii. 3.
Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear,
and your soul shall live; and I will make an
everlasting_covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of David.-Isaiah lv. 3.
Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
-Matthew xi. 28-30.
:
Come, and let us return unto the Lord for
He hath torn, and He will heal us: He hath
smitten, and He will bind us up.
After two days will He revive us : in the third
day He will raise us up, and we shall live in
His sight.-Hosea vi. 1, 2.
And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye
shall search for Me with all your heart.
JEREMIAH xxix. 13.
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175
JUNE VIII.
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God's Great Love.
OR God so loved the world, that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.-John iii. 16.
And He is the propitiation for our sins: and
not for our's only, but also for the sins of the
whole world.-1 John ii. 2.
In this was manifested the love of God to-
wards us, because that God sent His only
begotten Son into the world, that we might
live through Him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but
that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also
to love one another.-1 John iv. 9-11.
And we have known and believed the love
that God hath to us. God is love; and he
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God
in him.-1 John iv. 16.
En His love and in His pity He redeemed
them.
ISAIAH Ixiii. 9.
176
JUNE IX.
Divine Provision and In-
qouqagement.
IT
O, every one that thirsteth, come ye to
the waters, and he that hath no money;
come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy
wine and milk without money and without price.
Wherefore do ye spend your money for that
which is not bread? and your labour for that
which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto
Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let
your soul delight itself in fatness.—Isaiah lv. 1, 2.
:
And Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of
Life he that cometh to Me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.
—John vi. 35.
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him shall never thirst; but the water
that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.-John iv. 14.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
And let him that heareth say, Come. And let
him that is athirst come. And whosoever will,
let him take the water of life freely.-Reve-
lation xxii. 17.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out
of the wells of salvation.
ISAIAH Xii.
3.
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JUNE X.
1
The Joy of Salvation.
WILL praise Thee, O Lord my God,
with all my heart: and I will glorify Thy
name for evermore.
For great is Thy mercy toward me : and Thou
hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Psalm lxxxvi. 12, 13.
:
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust
and not be afraid for the Lord JEHOVAH
is my strength and my song: He also is become
my salvation.-Isaiah xii. 2.
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will ren-
der praises unto Thee.
For Thou hast delivered my soul from death;
wilt not Thou deliver my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of the
living?-Psalm lvi. 12, 13.
But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart
shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
I will sing unto the Lord, because He hath
dealt bountifully with me.-Psalm xiii. 5, 6.
Thou hast delivered my soul from death,
mine eyes from tears, and my feet from
falling.
PSALM CXVi. 8.
178

JUNE XI.
Source of Grue Strength.
O this man will I look, even to him that
is poor and of a contrite spirit, and
trembleth at My word.-Isaiah lxvi. 2.
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;
give Thy strength unto Thy servant, and save
the son of Thine handmaid.-Psalmi lxxxvi. 16.
Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth the people
which Thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided
them in Thy strength unto Thy holy habitation.
-Exodus xv. 13.
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One
of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be
saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be
your strength.-Isaiah xxx. 15.
Thy God hath commanded thy strength :
strengthen, O God, that which Thou hast
wrought for us.-Psalm lxviii. 28.
The joy of the Lord is your strength.-
Nehemiah viii. 10.
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in
the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength.-Habakkuk
iii. 19.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of His might.
EPHESIANS vi. 10.
179
JUNE XII.
The Path of Safety.
OR
AKE heed to yourselves, that your heart
be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and
serve other gods, and worship them.-
Deuteronomy xi. 16.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the
Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by Me.—John xiv. 6.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth
to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat :
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the
way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be
that find it.-Matthew vii. 13, 14.
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, I am the Door of the
sheep.
I am the Door: by Me if any man enter in,
he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and
find pasture.-John x. 7, 9.

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely,
and thy foot shall not stumble.
PROVERBS iii. 23.
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180
JUNE XIII.
Salvation by Haith.
F thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised Him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.-Romans x. 9, 10.
Be it known unto you therefore, men and
brethren, that through this man is preached
unto you the forgiveness of sins:
And by Him all that believe are justified
from all things, from which ye could not be
justified by the law of Moses.-Acts xiii. 38, 39.
To Him give all the prophets witness, that
through His name whosoever believeth in Him
shall receive remission of sins.—Acts x. 43.
Who His own self bare our sins in His
own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed.-1 Peter ii. 24.
Recetbe with meekness the engrafted word,
which is able to save your souls.
JAMES i. 21.
181

JUNE XIV.
Em
1
Redeeming Gracę,
EREIN is love, not that we loved God,
but that He loved us, and sent His Son
to be the propitiation for our sins.-
I John iv. 10.
W
For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who
knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him.-2 Cor. v. 21.
In Whom we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of His grace.-Ephesians i. 7.
Him hath God exalted with His right hand
to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give
repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.-
Acts v. 31.
But those things, which God before had
showed by the mouth of all His prophets, that
Christ should suffer, He hath so fulfilled.-
Acts iii. 18.
Who gave Himself for us, that IIe might
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good
works.-Titus ii. 14.
With the precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without spot.
1 PETER i. 19.
182
JUNE XV.
•
Diligence.
HE soul of the sluggard desireth, and
hath nothing but the soul of the diligent
shall be made fat.-Proverbs xiii. 4.
:

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule : but
the slothful shall be under tribute.
The substance of a diligent man is precious.
-Proverbs xii. 24, 27.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack
hand but the hand of the diligent maketh
rich.-Proverbs x. 4.
:
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of
the lips tendeth only to penury.—Prov. xiv. 23.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to
plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty
only to want.-Proverbs xxi. 5.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he
shall stand before kings; he shall not stand
before mean men.-Proverbs xxii. 29.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of
bread: but he that followeth after vain persons
shall have poverty enough.-Prov. xxviii. 19.
He that gathereth by labour shall increase.
PROVERBS xiii. 11.
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183
JUNE XVI.
Obedience.
ND he (Moses) took the book of the
covenant, and read in the audience of
the people and they said, All that the
Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it
on the people, and said, Behold the blood of
the covenant, which the Lord hath made with
you concerning all these words.—Ex. xxiv. 7, 8.
Now, therefore, if ye will obey My voice
indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall
be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people :
for all the earth is Mine.-Exodus xix. 5.
Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge
of God, and bringing into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ.—2 Corin-
thians x. 5.
Though He were a Son, yet learned He
obedience by the things which He suffered :
And being made perfect, He became the
Author of eternal salvation unto all them that
obey Him.-Hebrews v. 8, 9.
ho gave Himself for us, that He might
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good
works.
TITUS ii. 14.


184
JUNE XVII.
Hope.
HE Lord will be the hope of His people.
-Joel iii. 16.
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob
for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his
God.---Psalm cxlvi. 5.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord,
and whose hope the Lord is.-Jer. xvii. 7.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness:
but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
-Proverbs x. 28.

The wicked is driven away in his wicked-
ness but the righteous hath hope in his death.
-Proverbs xiii. 32.
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as
ye are called in one hope of your calling.
Ephesians iv. 4.
For the hope which is laid up for you in
heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word
of the truth of the gospel.-Colossians i. 5.
Which hope we have as an anchor of the
soul, both sure and stedfast, and which en-
tereth into that within the veil.-Heb. vi. 19.
Let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting
on the breastplate of faith and love; and for
an helmet, the hope of salvation.-1 Thess. v. 8.
Christ in you the Hope of Glory.
COLOSSIANS i. 27.
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JUNE XVIII.
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Diving Solace.
AND I will give her her vineyards from
thence, and the valley of Achor for a
door of hope and she shall sing there,
as in the days of her youth, and as in the day
when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
-Hosea ii. 15.
If ye continue in the faith grounded and
settled, and be not moved away from the hope
of the gospel.-Colossians i. 23.
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your
consolation and salvation, which is effectual in
the enduring of the same sufferings which we
also suffer or whether we be comforted, it is
for your consolation and salvation.
And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing,
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so
shall ye be also of the consolation.-2 Corin-
thians i. 6, 7.
By two immutable things, in which
it was impossible for God to lie, we might have
a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge
to lay hold upon the hope set before us.-
Hebrews vi. 18.
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For as the sufferings of Christ abound
in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by
Christ.
2 CORINTHIANS i. 5.
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JUNE XIX.
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Temptation.
ET no man say when he is tempted, I
am tempted of God: for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth He


any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn
away of his own lust, and enticed.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth
forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth
forth death.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.-James
i. 13-16.
There hath no temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who
will not suffer you to be tempted above that
ye are able: but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to
bear it.-1 Corinthians x. 13.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak. Matthew xxvi. 41.
Because thou hast kept the word of My
patience, I also will keep thee from the hour
of temptation, which shall come upon all the
world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
-Revelation iii. 10.
Lead us not into temptation.
MATTHEW vi. 13.
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JUNE XX.
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Vigilance Enjoined.
Y son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou
not.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay
wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the in-
nocent without cause:
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;
and whole, as those that go down into the pit :
We shall find all precious substance, we
shall fill our houses with spoil :
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one
purse :
My son, walk not thou in the way with them :
refrain thy foot from their path:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to
shed blood.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight
of any bird.-Proverbs i. 10-17.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adver-
sary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour :
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that
the same afflictions are accomplished in your
brethren that are in the world.—1 Peter v. 8, 9.
Take ye heed, watch and pray.
Mark xiii. 33.
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JUNE XXI.
Repentance, "Now.”
WAKE thou that sleepest, and arise from
the dead, and Christ shall give thee
light.-Ephesians v. 14.
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the
Lord your God.- -1 Chronicles xxii. 19.
For He is our God; and we are the people
of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.
To day if ye will hear His voice,
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation,
and as in the day of temptation in the wil-
derness.-Psalm xcv. 7, 8.
Before the decree bring forth, before the day
pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of
the Lord come upon you, before the day of the
Lord's anger come upon you.—Zeph. ii. 2.
Seek ye the Lord while He may be found,
call ye upon Him while He is near:
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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the un-
righteous man his thoughts: and let him return
unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for He will abundantly
pardon.-Isaiah lv. 6, 7.
Behold, Now is the accepted time; behold,
Now is the day of salvation.
2 CORINTHIANS vi. 2.
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JUNE XXII.
Forgiveness.
HERE is forgiveness with Thee, that
Thou mayest be feared.-Psalm cxxx. 4.
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To the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against
Him.-Daniel ix. 9.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but
Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from
the pit of corruption: for Thou hast cast all
my sins behind my back.-Isaiah xxxviii. 17.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people,
Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Thou hast taken away all Thy wrath: Thou
hast turned Thyself from the fierceness of Thine
anger.-Psalm lxxxv. 2, 3.
And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I
will praise Thee: though Thou wast angry with
me, Thine anger is turned away, and Thou
comfortest me.-Isaiah xii. 1.
Him hath God exalted with His right hand
to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give re-
pentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.-
Acts v. 31.
God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you.
EPHESIANS iv. 32.
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190

JUNE XXIII,
Earnestness in Supplication.
ND He spake a parable unto them to
this end, that men ought always to pray,
and not to faint.-Luke xviii. 1.
Ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye
shall search for Me with all your heart.
And I will be found of you, saith the Lord.—
Jeremiah xxix. 13, 14.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we
are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not
rain and it rained not on the earth by the space
of three years and six months.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave
rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.-
James v. 16-18.
As for me, I will call upon God; and the
Lord shall save me.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I
pray, and cry aloud and He shall hear my
voice.-Psalm lv. 16, 17.
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Continue in prayer, and watch in the same
with thanksgiving.
Colossians iv. 2.
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JUNE XXIV.
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God's Grage All-Sufficient.

OT that we are sufficient of ourselves to
think anything as of ourselves; but our
sufficiency is of God.-- -2 Cor. iii. 5.
And God is able to make all grace abound
toward you; that ye, always having all suffi-
ciency in all things, may abound to every good
work. -2 Corinthians xi. 8.
For God, Who commanded the light to shine
out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,
that the excellency of the power may be of
God, and not of us.
We are troubled on every side, yet not dis-
tressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but
not destroyed;
Always bearing about in the body the dying
of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus
might be made manifest in our body.-2 Corin-
thians iv. 6-10.
My grace is sufficient for thee: for My
strength is made perfect in weakness.
2 CORINTHIANS Xii. 9.
192

JUNE XXV.
Quickening Gracq.
LORD, revive Thy work in the midst
of the years, in the midst of the years
make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Habakkuk iii. 2.
Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord;
give me understanding according to Thy word.
-Psalm cxix. 169.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek
Thy servant; for I do not forget Thy command-
ments.-Psalm cxix. 176.
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken Thou
me according to Thy word.-Psalm cxix. 25.
Cast me not away from Thy presence; and
take not Thy holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation;
and uphold me with Thy free Spirit.-Psalm
li. 11, 12.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try
me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.-Psalm
cxxxix. 23, 24.
Wilt Thon not revive us again: that Thy
people may rejoice in Thee.
PSALM 1Xxxv. 6.
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JUNE XXVI.
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The Renewed Heart.
HOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God: and every one
that loveth Him that begat loveth Him
also that is begotten of Him.
By this we know that we love the children
of God, when we love God, and keep His
commandments. -I John v. I, 2.
Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and
He in us, because He hath given us of His
Spirit.-1 John iv. 13.
And He that keepeth His commandments
dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby
we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit
which He hath given us.-1 John iii. 24.
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead
because of sin; but the Spirit is life because
of righteousness.-Romans viii. 10.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son
of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
-1 John iv. 15.
If ye know that He is righteous, ye know
that every one that doeth righteousness is born
of Him.-1 John ii. 29.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creature.
2 CORINTHIANS V. 17.
194

JUNE XXVII.
Encouragement to Repentance.
LESSED are they that mourn, for they
shall be comforted.-Matthew v. 4.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to
salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow
of the world worketh death.
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye
sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness
it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of your-
selves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear,
yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea,
what revenge !-2 Corinthians vii. 10, 11.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a
broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt
not despise.—Psalm li. 17.
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The Lord. is longsuffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance.-2 Peter iii. 9.
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have
sinned, and perverted that which was right,
and it profited me not;
He will deliver his soul from going into the
pit, and his life shall see the light.—Job xxxiii.
27, 28.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
MATTHEW v. 6.
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JUNE XXVIII.
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The Loving
Loving Care of
Gaye of God.
said unto His disciples, Therefore 1
say unto you, Take no thought for your
life, what ye shall eat; neither for the
body, what ye shall put on.
The life is more than meat, and the body is
more than raiment.
Consider the ravens for they neither sow
nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor
barn; and God feedeth them: how much more
are ye better than the fowls?
And which of you with taking thought can
add to his stature one cubit?
If ye then be not able to do that thing which
is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil
not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you,
that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to
day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the
oven; how much more will He clothe you, O
ye of little faith ?—Luke xii. 22-28.
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow
not, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth
them. Are ye not much better than they?
MATTHEW vi. 26.
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JUNE XXIX.
Gruth and Gandour.
HAT man is he that desireth life, and
loveth many days, that he may see good?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
lips from speaking guile.- Fsalm xxxiv. 12, 13.
For he that will love life, and see good days,
let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his
lips that they speak no guile.-1 Peter iii. 10.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever;
but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine
evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
There shall no evil happen to the just
the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but
they that deal truly are His delight.-Proverbs
xii. 19-22.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall
be judged and with what measure ye mete, it
shall be measured to you again.-Matt. vii. I, 2.
Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and
do justice for My salvation is near to come, and
My righteousness to be revealed.-Isaiah lvi. I.
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Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the
son of man that layeth hold on it.
ISAIAH lvi. 2.
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JUNE XXX.
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Justice and Honesty.
HAT which is altogether just shalt thou
follow.-Deuteronomy xvi. 20.
But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight,
a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that
thy days may be lengthened in the land which
the Lord thy God giveth thee.-Deut. xxv. 15.
A false balance is abomination to the Lord :
but a just weight is His delight.-Proverbs xi. I.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings:
but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be
innocent.-Proverbs xxviii. 20.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own
house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.-
Proverbs xv. 27.
To do justice and judgment is more accept-
able to the Lord than sacrifice.-Prov. xxi. 3.
Better is a little with righteousness than
great revenues without right.-Proverbs xvi. 8.
Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
-Romans xii. 17.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day.
ROMANS xiii. 13.
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Jnder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
JULY.
i.-The Good Seed.
ii.-Successful Sowing.
iii.-Divine Encouragement.
iv.-Sanctified Affliction.
-The Christian Soldier.
vi.-The Believer's Warfare.
vii.-The Victories of Faith.
viii.-The Purifying Effect of Trial.
ix.-Encouragements to Fortitude.
x.—Divine All-Sufficiency.
xi.-The Accepted Time.
xii.-Christian Love Defined.
xiii.-Christ's Care for the Little Ones.
xiv.-Words of Comfort.
xv.-Gracious Promises.
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DAY.
xvi.-The Reward of the Faithful.
xvii.-Christian Forbearance.
xviii.-Brotherly Kindness.
xix.-Divine Enlightenment.
xx.-Assurance.
xxi.-God-the Strength of His People.
xxii.-The Preciousness of God's Word.
xxiii.-The Joy of the Wise.
xxiv.-Life in Christ.
xxv.-Warning.
xxvi.-Temptation.
xxvii.—Hearing and Reading the Word,
xxviii.-The Blessedness of God's People.
xxix.-The Divine Intercessor.
xxx.-Sanctifying Grace.
xxxi.-God's Care for the Poor.

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JULY I.
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The Good Seed.
ND He said, So is the kingdom of God,
as if a man should cast seed into the
ground;
And should sleep, and rise night and day,
and the seed should spring and grow up, he
knoweth not how.-Mark iv. 26, 27.
That on the good ground are they, which in
an honest and good heart, having heard the
word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with
patience.-Luke viii. 15.
He answered and said unto them, He that
soweth the good seed is the Son of Man ;
The field is the world; the good seed are the
children of the kingdom; but the tares are the
children of the wicked one.-Matt. xiii. 37, 38.
But he that received seed into the good
ground is he that heareth the word, and under-
standeth it; which also beareth fruit, and
bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some
sixty, some thirty.
Another parable put He forth unto them,
saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto
a man which sowed good seed in his field.-
Matthew xiii. 23, 24.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the
Word of God.
LUKE viii. 11.
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201
JULY II.
Successful Sowing.
HEY that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
with him.—Psalm cxxvi. 5, 6.
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower
both minister bread for your food, and multiply
your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your
righteousness.-2 Corinthians ix. 10.
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly
shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth
bountifully shall reap also bountifully.-2
Corinthians ix. 6.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love
of the brethren, see that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently:
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but
of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever.-1 'Peter i. 22, 23.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the
Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.—
Galatians vi. 8.
To him that soweth righteousness shall be
a sure reward.
PROVERBS xi. 18.
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202
JULY III.
Divine Encouragement.
EAR thou not; for I am with thee: be
not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;
yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of
My righteousness.—Isaiah xli. 10.
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not,
nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God,
He it is that doth go with thee; He will not
fail thee, nor forsake thee.-Deut. xxxi. 6.
And the Lord, He it is that doth go before
thee; He will be with thee; He will not fail
thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be
dismayed.-Deuteronomy xxxi. 8.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call
upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear
Him He also will hear their cry, and will
save them.-Psalm cxlv. 18, 19.
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God hath power to help.-2 Chron. xxv. 8.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is
my helper, and E will not fear what man
shall do unto me.
HEBREWS xiii. 6.
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JULY IV.
Sanctified Affliction.
LESSED is the man whom Thou chas-
tenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of
Thy law.-Psalm xciv. 12.
Behold, happy is the man whom God cor-
recteth: therefore despise not thou the chasten-
ing of the Almighty :
For He maketh sore, and bindeth up: He
woundeth, and His hands make whole.-Job
V. 17, 18.
Then He showeth them their work, and their
transgressions that they have exceeded.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and
comman deth that they return from iniquity.—
Fob xxxvi. 9, 10.
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that,
as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy
God chasteneth thee.-Deuteronomy viii. 5.
For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth;
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
-Proverbs iii. 12.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
that I might learn Thy statutes.-Psalm cxix. 71.
Before E was afflicted E went astray: but
now have E kept Thy word.
Psalm cxix. 67.
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JULY V
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The Christian Soldier.
PROTEST by your rejoicing which I
have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
-I Corinthians xv. 31.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.—Eph. vi. 12.
By the word of truth, by the power of God,
by the armour of righteousness on the right
hand, and on the left.-2 Corinthians vi. 7.
But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love;
and for an helmet the hope of salvation.—
I Thessalonians v. 8.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, shall give me at that day and not to
me only, but unto all them also that love His
appearing.—2 Timothy iv. 7, 8.
Thou therefore endure hardness as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 TIMOTHY ii. 3.
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JULY VI.
The Believer's Warfare.
OR I delight in the law of God after the
inward man:
But I see another law in my members,
warring against the law of my mind, and
bringing me into captivity to the law of sin
which is in my members.
O wretched man that I am; who shall deliver
me from the body of this death?
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then with the mind I myself serve the law
of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.-
Romans vii. 22-25.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not
war after the flesh :
(For the weapons of our warfare are not
carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling
down of strongholds ;)
Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge
of God, and bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ.-2 Cor. x. 3-5.
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.
-2 Thessalonians iii. 13.
Mar a good warfare; holding faith, and a
good conscience.
I TIMOTHY i. 19.
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JULY VII.
The Victories of Haith.
HO through faith subdued kingdoms,
wrought righteousness, obtained pro-
mises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the
edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight
the armies of the aliens.

Women received their dead raised to life
again and others were tortured, not accepting
deliverance; that they might obtain a better
resurrection :
And others had trial of cruel mockings and
scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and im-
prisonment :
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder,
were tempted, were slain with the sword: they
wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins ;
being destituted, afflicted, tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy.)-
Hebrews xi. 33-38.
The life which I now live in the flesh I live
by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me,
and gave Himself for me.- Galatians ii. 20.
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Rept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation.
I PETER i. 5.
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JULY VIII.
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The Purifying Effect of Grial.
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HE Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord's
throne is in heaven: His eyes behold,
His eyelids try the children of men.
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked
and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.-
Psalm xi. 4, 5.
And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of
silver and He shall purify the sons of Levi,
and purge them as gold and silver, that they
may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteous-
ness.-Malachi iii. 3.
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously,
and godly, in this present world;
Looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God, and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Who gave Himself for us, that He might
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good
works.-Titus ii. 12-14.
That we might be partakers of His
holiness.-Hebrews xii. 10.
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He knoweth the way that E take: when He
hath tried me, E shall come forth as gold.
JOB Xxiii. 10.
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JULY IX.
Encouragements to Kortitude.
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HE steps of a good man are ordered by
the Lord and He delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly
cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with
His hand.-Psalm xxxvii. 23, 24.
Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to
be made like unto His brethren, that He might
be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things
pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the
sins of the people.
For in that He Himself hath suffered being
tempted, He is able to succour them that are
tempted.-Hebrews ii. 17, 18.
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these
things before, beware lest ye also, being led
away with the error of the wicked, fall from
your own stedfastness.
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be
glory both now and for ever.-2 Peter iii. 17, 18.
Zet us therefore come boldly unto the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.
HEBREWS iv. 16.
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JULY X.
Divine All-Sufficiency.
ND the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold,
Satan hath desired to have you, that he
may sift you as wheat:
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith
fail not: and when thou art converted strengthen
thy brethren.-Luke xxii. 31, 32.
Because thou hast kept the word of My
patience, I also will keep thee from the hour
of temptation, which shall come upon all the
world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Revelation iii. 10.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly
out of temptations.-2 Peter ii. 9.
And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient
for thee for My strength is made perfect in
weakness.-2 Corinthians xii. 9.
And God is able to make all grace abound
toward you that ye, always having all-suffi-
ciency in all things, may abound to every good
work.-2 Corinthians ix. 8.
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to
think anything as of ourselves; but our
sufficiency is of God.
2 CORINTHIANS iii. 5.
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JULY XI.
The Accepted Gimę.
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HUS saith the Lord, In an acceptable
time have I heard thee, and in a day of
salvation have I helped thee: and I will
preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of
the people, to establish the earth, to cause to
inherit the desolate heritages:
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go
forth; to them that are in darkness, Show
yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and
their pastures shall be in all high places.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither
shall the heat nor sun smite them: for He that
hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by
the springs of water shall He guide them.-
Isaiah xlix. 8-10.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me;
because the Lord hath anointed Me to preach
good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me
to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim
liberty to the captives, and the opening of the
prison to them that are bound:
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
-Isaiah lxi. 1, 2.
Behold, Now is the accepted time; behold,
How is the day of salvation.
2 CORINTHIANS Vi. 2.
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JULY XII.
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Christian Loug Defined.
HARITY suffereth long, and is kind;
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not
her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the
truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth
all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be
tongues, they shall cease; whether there be know-
ledge, it shall vanish away.—1 Cor. xiii. 4-8.
We know that we have passed from death
unto life, because we love the brethren. He
that loveth not his brother abideth in death.-
1 John iii. 14.
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Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour : there-
fore love is the fulfilling of the law.-Romans
xiii. 9, 10.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three: but the greatest of these is charity.
I CORINTHIANS Xiii. 13.
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JULY XIII.
Christ's Garq foq the Little Ones.
T the same time came the disciples unto
Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven?
And Jesus called a little child unto Him,
and set him in the midst of them,
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye
be converted, and become as little children, ye
shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as
this little child, the same is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven.
And whoso shall receive one such little child
in My name receiveth Me.
But whoso shall offend one of these little
ones which believe in Me, it were better for
him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth
of the sea. -Matthew xviii. 1-6.
Then were there brought unto Him little
children, that He should put His hands on them,
and pray and the disciples rebuked them.
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and for-
bid them not, to come unto Me: for of such
is the kingdom of heaven.-Matt. xix. 13, 14.
And He took them up in His arms, put His
hands upon them, and blessed them.
MARK X. 16.
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JULY XIV.
Words of Comfort.
HUS saith the Lord: Refrain thy voice
from weeping, and thine eyes from tears:
for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the
Lord; and they shall come again from the land
of the enemy.-Jeremiah xxxi. 16.
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall
return, and come with singing unto Zion; and
everlasting joy shall be upon their head they
shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and
mourning shall flee away.-Isaiah li. II.
:
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height
of Zion, and shall flow together to the good-
ness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and
for oil, and for the young of the flock and of
the herd and their soul shall be as a watered
garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at '
all.-Jeremiah xxxi. 12.
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Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
both young men and old together: for I will
turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort
them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
-Jeremiah xxxi. 13.
As one whom his mother comforteth, so
will E comfort you.
ISAIAH lxvi. 13.
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JULY XV.
Gracious Promises.
WILL pray the Father, and He shall
give you another Comforter, that He
may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth; Whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither
knoweth Him; but ye know Him; for He
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come
to you.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no
more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall
live also.
At that day ye shall know that I am in My
Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.
He that hath My commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that
loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I
will love Him, and will manifest Myself to him.
Judas saith unto Him (not Iscariot), Lord,
how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto
us, and not unto the world?-John xiv. 16-22.
Jesus answered and said unto him: Ef a
man love Me, he will keep My words: and
My Father will love him, and we will come
unto him, and make our abode with him.
JOHN xiv. 23.
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JULY XVI.
The Reward of the Faithful.
INCE the beginning of the world men
have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside
Thee, what He hath prepared for him that
waiteth for Him.-Isaiah lxiv. 4.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart
of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love Him.-1 Corinthians ii. 9.
Oh, how great is Thy goodness, which Thou
hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which
Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee
before the sons of men.-Psalm xxxi. 19.
For the Son of man shall come in the glory
of His Father with His angels; and then He
shall reward every man according to His works.
-Matthew xvi. 27.
Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from
weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy
work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord.-Fere-
miah xxxi. 16.
So that a man shall say, Derily there is a
reward for the righteous: berily He is a God
that judgeth in the earth.
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JULY XVII.
Christian Korbearance.
RETHREN, if a man be overtaken in
a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore
such an one in the spirit of meekness;
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
-Galatians vi. I.

Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass
against thee, go and tell him his fault between
thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou
hast gained thy brother.-Matthew xviii. 15.
Then came Peter to Him, and said, Lord,
how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I
forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee,
Until seven times: but, Until seventy times
-Matthew xviii. 21.
:seven.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one
another, if any man have a quarrel against
any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Colossians iii. 12, 13.
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so
fulfil the law of Christ.
GALATIANS vi. 2.
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JULY XVIII.
1
Brotherly Kindness.
ET love be without dissimulation. Abhor
that which is evil; cleave to that which
is good.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with
brotherly love; in honouring preferring one
another.-Romans xii. 9, 10.
Beloved, let us love one another for love is
of God; and every one that loveth is born of
God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for
God is love.

In this was manifested the love of God
toward us, because that God sent His only
begotten Son into the world, that we might
live through Him.
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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but
that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also
to love one another.-I John iv. 7-11.
Let nothing be done through strife or vain-
glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem
other better than themselves.-Phil. ii. 3.

By this shall all men know that ye are My
disciples, if ye have love one to another.
JOHN xiii. 35.
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JULY XIX.
Divine Enlightenment.
OR
HE law of the Lord is perfect, con-
verting the soul: the testimony of the
Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing
the heart the commandment of the Lord is
pure, enlightening the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for
ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea,
than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey
and the honeycomb.
Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psalm xix. 7-11.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:
The eyes of your understanding being en-
lightened; that ye may know what is the hope
of His calling, and what the riches of the
glory of His inheritance in the saints.
And what is the exceeding greatness of His
power to us-ward who believe, according to the
working of His mighty power.—Eph. i. 17-19.
The Lord my God will enlighten my
darkness. Psalm xviii. 28.
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JULY XX.
F
Assurance.
EING confident of this very thing, that
He which hath begun a good work in
you will perform it unto the day of Jesus
Christ.-Philippians i. 6.
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that
ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord
Jesus Christ.-1 Corinthians i. 8.
The Lord is faithful, Who shall stablish you,
and keep you from evil. 2 Thess. iii. 3.
Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through Him that loved us.
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Jesus Christ our Lord.-
Romans viii. 37-39.
And now I am no more in the world, but
these are in the world, and I come to Thee.
Holy Father, keep through Thine own name
those whom Thou hast given Me, that they
may be one, as we are.—John xvii. II.
My Father which gave them Me, is greater
than all; and no man is able to pluck them
out of My Father's hand.
JOHN X. 29.
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JULY XXI.
God, the Strength of His People.
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AST thou not known? hast thou not
heard, that the everlasting God, the
Lord, the Creator of the ends of the
earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is
no searching of His understanding.
He giveth power to the faint: and to them
that have no might He increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall :
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with wings
as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.—Isaiah xl.
28-31.
For Thou art the glory of their strength : and
in Thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One
of Israel is our King.-Psalm lxxxix. 17, 18.
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and
maketh my way perfect.-Psalm xviii. 32.
I will go in the strength of the Lord God:
I will make mention of Thy righteousness,
even of Thine only.-Psalm lxxi. 16.
My flesh and my heart faileth; but God
is the strength of my heart and my portion
for ever.
PSALM lxxiii. 26.
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JULY XXII.
The Preciousness of
Word.
HEREFORE do ye spend money for
that which is not bread!
and your
labour for that which satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that
which is good, and let your soul delight itself
in fatness.-Isaiah lv. 2.
of God's
For as the rain cometh down and the snow from
heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth
the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread
to the eater:
So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of
My mouth; it shall not return unto Me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please, and
it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
-Isaiah lv. 10, II.
And many people shall go and say, Come ye,
and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob; and He
will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in
His paths for out of Zion shall go forth the
law, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
-Isaiah ii. 3.
Encline your car, and come unto me : hear,
and your soul shall live.
ISAIAH lv. 3.
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JULY XXIII.
The Joy of the Wisq.
HO is as the wise man ? and who knoweth
the interpretation of a thing? a man's
wisdom maketh his face to shine, and
the boldness of his face shall be changed.—
Ecclesiastes viii. I.

Who is wise, and he shall understand these
things? prudent, and he shall know them? for
the ways of the Lord are right, and the just
shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall
fall therein.-Hosea xiv. 9.
And He changeth the times and the seasons:
He removeth kings, and setteth up kings: He
giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge
to them that know understanding.—Dan. ii. 21.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and
tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and
none of the wicked shall understand; but the
wise shall understand.-Daniel xii. 10.
And they that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament; and they that
turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever
and ever.-Daniel xii. 3.
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the
Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
PROVERBS ii. 5.
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JULY XXIV.
1
Life in Christ.
OU hath He quickened who were dead
in trespasses and sins.-Ephesians ii. 1.
Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace
ye are saved ;)
And hath raised us up together, and made us
sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
-Ephesians ii. 5, 6.
For though He was crucified through weak-
ness, yet He liveth by the power of God. For
we also are weak in Him, but we shall live
with Him by the power of God toward you.-
2 Corinthians xiii. 4.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and
gave Himself for me. Galatians ii. 20.
As the living Father hath sent Me, and I
live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even
he shall live by Me.—John vi. 57.
For as the Father raiseth up the dead
and quickeneth them; eben so the Son
quickeneth whom He will.
JOHN V. 21.
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JULY XXV.
Warning.
ON of man, I have made thee a watch-
man unto the house of Israel: therefore
hear the word at My mouth, and give
them warning from Me.-Ezekiel iii. 17.

To whom shall I speak, and give warning,
that they may hear? behold their ear is uncir-
cumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold,
the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach?
they have no delight in it.-Jeremiah vi. 10.

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt
surely die; and Thou givest him not warning,
nor speakest to warn the wicked from his
wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked
man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood
will I require at thine hand.-Ezekiel iii. 18.
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man,
that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin,
he shall surely live, because he is warned; also
thou hast delivered thy soul.-Ezekiel iii. 21.
Christ in you, the hope of glory.-Col. i. 27.
Whom we preach, warning every man,
and teaching every man in all wisdom; that
we may present every man perfect in Christ
Jesus.
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JULY XXVI.
Temptation.
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LESSED is the man that endureth tempta-
tion; for when he is tried he shall receive
the crown of life, which the Lord hath
promised to them that love Him.—James i. 12.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some
strange thing happened unto you :
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall
be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding
joy.-1 Peter iv. 12, 13.
There hath no temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who
will not suffer you to be tempted above that
ye are able: but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to
bear it.-1 Corinthians x. 13.
Wherefore let them that suffer according to
the will of God commit the keeping of their
souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful
Creator.-1 Peter iv. 19.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil.
MATTHEW vi. 13.
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JULY XXVII.
Duty of Hearing and Reading
the Woyd.
SEARCH the scriptures; for in them ye
think ye have eternal life: and they are
they which testify of Me.-John v. 39.
And He said unto them, Take heed what
ye hear with what measure ye mete, it shall
be measured to you: and unto you that hear
shall more be given.—Mark iv. 24.
:
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and super-
fluity of naughtiness, and receive with meek-
ness the engrafted word, which is able to save
your souls.-James i. 21.
For after that in the wisdom of God the
world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased
God by the foolishness of preaching to save
them that believe.-1 Corinthians i. 21.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God.-Romans x. 17.
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ :
for it is the power of God unto salvation to
every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek.-Romans i. 16.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear.
REVELATION i. 3.
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JULY XXVIII.
The Blessedness of God's People.
LESSED is the people that know the
joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord,
in the light of Thy countenance.
In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day :
and in Thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
-Fsalm 1xxxix. 15, 16.
The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and
shall trust in Him; 'and all the upright in
heart shall glory.—Psalm lxiv. IO.
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the
Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Job xxii. 26.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and
fatness; and my mouth shall praise Thee with
joyful lips.-Psalm lxiv. 5.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more
than in the time that their corn and their wine
increased.-Psalm iv. 7.
Let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice
before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
—Psalm lxviii. 3.
Light is sown for the righteous, and glad-
ness for the upright in heart.
PSALM XCVii, 11.
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JULY XXIX.
The Divine Intercessor.
HO is he that condemneth? It is Christ
that died, yea rather, that is risen again,
Who is even at the right hand of God,
Who also maketh intercession for us.-Romans
viii. 3, 4
Wherefore He is able also to save them to
the uttermost that come unto God by Him,
seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for
them.-Hebrews vii. 25.
For Christ is not entered into the holy places
made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in
the presence of God for us.-Hebrews ix. 24.
Seeing then that we have a great High
Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus
the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
For we have not an High Priest which can-
not be touched with the feeling of our infirmi-
ties; but was in all points tempted like as we
are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne
of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find
grace to help in time of need.-Heb. iv. 14, 16.
He bare the sin of many, and made inter-
cession for the transgressors.
ISAIAH liii. 21.
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JULY XXX.
Sanqtifying Grace.
ANCTIFY them through Thy truth : Thy
word is truth.
And for their sakes I sanctify Myself,
that they also might be sanctified through the
truth.-John xvii. 17, 19.
We are bound to give thanks alway to
God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from the beginning chosen
you to salvation through sanctification of the
Spirit and belief of the truth.—2 Thess. ii. 13.
For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them.
—Ephesians ii. 10.
Wherefore, my beloved.
own salvation with fear and trembling.
For it is God which worketh in you both to
will and to do of His good pleasure.-Philip-
pians ii. 12, 13.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the
Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing
will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
-Psalm 1xxxiv. II.
work out your
E can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.
PHILIPPIANS iv. 13.
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JULY XXXI.
God's Gare for the Poor.
F ye then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children, how much
more shall your Father which is in
heaven give good things to them that ask Him?
Matthew vii. II.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the
Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
For He knoweth our frame; He remem-
bereth that we are dust.-Psalm ciii. 13, 14.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and
openeth their ears in oppression.—Job xxxvi. 15.
For He shall deliver the needy when he
crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no
helper.
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall
save the souls of the needy.-Ps. lxxii. 12, 13.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute,
and not despise their prayer.--Psalm cii. 17.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time:
and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
-Psalm xxxvii. 19.
The Lord will not suffer the soul of the
righteous to famish.-Proverbs x. 3.
Bread shall be given him; his waters shall
be sure.
Isaiah xxxiii. 16.
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Juder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
AUGUST.
i.-The Saviour's Loving Entreaties.
ii.-Fellowship and Communion.
iii.-Divine Guidance.
iv.-Godliness.
v.-Divine Pardon.
vi.—Encouragement for the Seeking Soul.
vii.-Divine Sympathy.
viii.-The Contrite Spirit acceptable to God.
ix.-Consoling Truths.
x.-Blessedness of Trust in God.
xi.-God's Perfect Justice.
xii.—The Way of Life and the Way of Death.
xiii.-Confidence in God.
xiv.-Victory through the Risen Saviour.
xv.-The Blessedness of Patience.
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DAY.
xvi.-Friendship.
xvii.-Humility.
xviii.-Sympathy.
xix.-Divine Presence.
xx.—The Steadfast Believer.
xxi.—Importunate Prayer.
xxii.-Constraining Love.
xxiii.-The New Heaven.
xxiv.-Faith, Hope, Charity.
XXV.-Covetousness Forbidden.
xxvi.-Uncertainty of the Morrow.
xxvii.-Exhortation to Humility.
xxviii.-Patience and Resignation.
xxix.-Importance of Prayer.
xxx.-Acceptable Prayer.
xxxi.—Triumphant Faith.

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AUGUST I.
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The Saviour's Koving Entreaties.
OME ye near unto Me, hear ye this; I
have not spoken in secret from the be-
ginning; from the time that it was, there
am I and now the Lord God, and His Spirit,
hath sent Me.
Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God
which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth
thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
O that thou hadst hearkened to my com-
mandments! then had thy peace been as a
river, and thy righteousness as the waves of
the sea.-Isaiah xlviii. 16-18.
Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
-Matthew xi. 28-30.
Behold, E stand at the door, and knock : if
any man hear My voice, and open the door,
E will come in to him, and will sup with
him, and he with Me.
REVELATION iii. 20.
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AUGUST II.
Hellowship and Communion.
HAT which we have seen and heard
declare we unto you, that ye also may
have fellowship with us and truly our
fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son
Jesus Christ.
If we say that we have fellowship with Him
and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the
truth.- —1 John i. 3, 6.
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For both He that sanctifieth and they who are
sanctified are all of one: for which cause He
is not ashamed to call them brethren.
Saying, I will declare Thy name unto My
brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing
praise unto Thee.
And again, I will put My trust in Him.
And again, Behold I and the children which
God hath given Me.-Hebrews ii. 11-13.
For as the body is one, and hath many mem-
bers, and all the members of that one body,
being many, are one body: so also is Christ.—
I Corinthians xii. 12.
So we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.-
Romans xii. 5.
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Now ye are the body of Christ, and
members in particular.
I CORINTHIANS xii. 27.
J.
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AUGUST III.
Divine Guidance.
ILT thou not from this time cry unto
me, My father, Thou art the guide of my
youth?-Jeremiah iii. 4.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way
which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with
Mine eye.-Psalm xxxii. 8.

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The meek will He guide in judgment: and
the meek will He teach His way.
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and
truth unto such as keep His covenant and His
testimonies.—Psalm xxv. 9, 10.
To give light to them that sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet
into the way of peace.-Luke i. 79.
And the Lord shall guide thee continually,
and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat
thy bones and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose
waters fail not.-Isaiah lviii. 11.
:

:
A man's heart deviseth his way but the
Lord directeth his steps.-Proverbs xvi. 9.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct thy paths.-Proverbs iii. 6.

For this God is our God for ever and ever:
He will be our Guide even unto death.
Psalm xlviii. 14.
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AUGUST IV.
Godliness.
NOW that the Lord hath set apart him
that is godly for Himself: the Lord will
hear when I call unto Him.-Psalm iv. 3.
For the grace of God that bringeth salva-
tion hath appeared to all men.
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously,
and godly, in this present world;
Looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ.-Titus ii. 11-13.
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you
through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus
our Lord.
According as His divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto life and
godliness, through the knowledge of Him that
hath called us to glory and virtue.—2 Peter i. 2, 3.
Bodily exercise profiteth little : but godliness
is profitable unto all things, having promise of
the life that now is, and of that which is to
come.-I Timothy iv. 8.
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
I TIMOTHY vi. 6.
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AUGUST V.
Divine Pardon.
HUS saith the Lord the King of Israel,
and His redeemer the Lord of hosts.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud,
thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins:
return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isaiah xliv. 6, 22.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them
freely for Mine anger is turned away.-Hosea
xiv. 4.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul
diligently, lest thou forget the things which
thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from
thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach
them thy sons and thy sons' sons.-Deut. iv. 9.
Stand ye in the ways, and see, and
ask for the old paths, where is the good way,
and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for
your souls.-Jeremiah vi. 16.
If My people, which are called by My name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
My face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin.-2 Chronicles vii. 14.
E will forgive their iniquity, and E will
remember their sin no more.
JEREMIAH Xxxi. 34.
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AUGUST VI.
Encouragement
for the Seeking Soul.
HE Lord is good unto them that wait for
Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.-
Lamentations iii. 25.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon
Him, to all that call upon Him in truth.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear
Him: He also will hear their cry, and will
save them.-Psalm cxlv. 18, 19.
Glory ye in His Holy name: let the heart of
them rejoice that seek the Lord.—1 Chronicles
xvi. 10.
For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth
the hungry soul with goodness.—Psalm cxi. 9.
He will be very gracious unto thee at the
voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He
will answer thee.-Isaiah xxx. 19.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you :
For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh
it shall be opened.—Matthew vii. 7, 8.
Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen
your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
PSALM XXXi. 24.
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AUGUST VII.
Divine Sympathy.

ALTHOUGH affliction cometh not forth
of the dust, neither doth trouble spring
out of the ground;
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks
fly upward.-Job v. 6, 7.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the
Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth
that we are dust.—Psalm ciii. 13, 14.
For He maketh sore, and bindeth up: He
woundeth, and His hands make whole.-Job
v. 18.
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed
of languishing: Thou wilt make all his bed in
his sickness.-Psalm xli. 3.
He heareth the cry of the afflicted.-Fob
xxxiv. 28.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
But though He cause grief, yet will He have
compassion according to the multitude of His
mercies.-Lamentations iii. 31, 32.
For He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve
the children of men.
LAMENTATIONS iii. 33.
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AUGUST VIII.
Q
The Contrite Spirit acceptable
to God.
OR thus saith the high and lofty One that
inhabiteth eternity, Whose name is Holy;
I dwell in the high and holy place, with
him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive
the heart of the contrite ones.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will
I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail
before Me, and the souls which I have made.
—Isaiah lvii. 15, 16.
For all those things hath Mine hand made,
and all those things have been, saith the Lord :
but to this man will I look, even to him that is
poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at
My word.-Isaiah lxvi. 2.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a
broken heart; and saveth such as be of a
contrite spirit.-Psalm xxxiv. 18.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord
will not hear me.-Psalm lxvi. 18.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit :
a`broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thon
wilt not despise.
PSALM li. 17.
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AUGUST IX.
1
Consoling Gruths.
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RECIOUS in the sight of the Lord is
the death of His saints.-Fsalm cxvi. 15.

I heard a voice from heaven saying unto
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in
the Lord from henceforth yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labours; and their
works do follow them.-Revelation xiv. 13.
He will swallow up death in victory; and
the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all
faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He
take away from off all the earth for the Lord
hath spoken it.—Isaiah xxv. 8.
:
And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes and there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain for the former things are passed
away.-Revelation xxi. 4.
Since the beginning of the world men have
not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither
hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what
He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him.
-Isaiah Ixiv. 4.
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father.
MATTHEW xiii. 43.
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AUGUST X.
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Blessedness of Grust in God.

LESSED is that man that maketh the
Lord his trust, and respecteth not the
proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.-
Psalm xl. 4.
B
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the
Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing
will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Psalm lxxxiv. II.
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence :
and His children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs xiv. 26.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the
righteous runneth into it and is safe.-Proverbs
xviii. 10.
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect,
precious and he that believeth on Him shall
not be confounded.-1 Peter ii. 6.
:
And this is the confidence that we have in
Him, that, if we ask anything according to His
will, He heareth us:
And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever
we ask, we know that we have the petitions
that we desired of Him.-1 John v. 14, 15.

The fear of man bringeth a snare : but whoso
putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
PROVERBS xxix. 25.
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AUGUST XI.
God's Perfect Justice.
OR the Lord your God is God of gods,
and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty,
and a terrible, which regardeth not per-
sons, nor taketh reward.-Deuteronomy x. 17.

He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all
His ways are judgment: a God of truth and
without iniquity, just and right is He.-Deu-
teronomy xxxii. 4.
Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be
upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no
iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of
persons, nor taking of gifts.---2 Chron. xix. 7.
Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright
are Thy judgments.-Psalm cxix. 137.
And if ye call on the Father, Who without
respect of persons judgeth according to every
man's work, pass the time of your sojourning
here in fear.-1 Peter i. 17.
Thou art just in all that is brought upon us;
for Thou hast done right, but we have done
wickedly.-Nehemiah ix. 33.
Jour Master also is in heaven; neither is
there respect of persons with Him.
EPHESIANS vi. 9.
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245

AUGUST XII.
The Way of Life and the Way
of Death.
HUS saith the Lord; Behold I set before
you the way of life, and the way of death.
-Feremiah xxi. 8.
B
See, I have set before thee this day life and
good, and death and evil;
In that I command thee this day to love the
Lord thy God, to walk in His ways, and to
keep His commandments and His statutes and
His judgments, that thou mayest live.-Deu-
teronomy xxx. 15, 16.
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt
not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship
other gods, and serve them;
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall
surely perish.-Deuteronomy xxx. 17, 18.
The Lord searcheth all hearts, and under-
standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts:
if thou seek Him He will be found of thee;
but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off
for ever. Chronicles xxviii. 9.
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I have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
that both thou and thy seed may live.-Deu-
teronomy xxx. 19.
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Seek the Lord, and ye shall live.
Amos v. 6.
246

AUGUST XIII.
Confidence in God.
HOU wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on Thee: because
he trusted in Thee.
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the
Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.—
Isaiah xxvi. 3, 4.
The Lord will give strength unto His people;
the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Psalm xxix. II.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put
confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put
confidence in princes.-Psalm cxviii. 8, 9.
Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour
out your heart before Him. God is a refuge
for us.-Psalm lxii. 8.
Being confident of this very thing, that He
which hath begun a good work in you will per-
form it until the day of Jesus Christ.-Phil. i. 6.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we
hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast
unto the end.-Hebrews iii. 14.
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which
hath great recompence of reward.—Heb. x. 35.
What shall we then say to these things?
if God be for us, who can be against us?
ROMANS viii. 31.
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247
AUGUST XIV.
F
Victory through the Risen
Saviour.
O
OR whether we live, we live unto the
Lord; and whether we die, we die unto
the Lord whether we live therefore, or
die, we are the Lord's.
:
For to this end Christ both died, and rose,
and revived, that He might be Lord both of
the dead and living.-Romans xiv. 8, 9.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven
for you,
Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time. Peter i. 3-6.
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For since by man came death, by man came
also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.-1 Cor. xv. 21, 22.

Who shall change our vile body, that it
may be fashioned like unto His glorious
body, according to the working whereby He is
avle even to subdue all things unto Himself.
PHILIPPIANS iii. 21.

248
AUGUST XV.
The Blessedness of Patiencę.
AKE, my brethren, the prophets, who
have spoken in the name of the Lord,
for an example of suffering affliction,
and of patience.

Behold, we count them happy which endure.
Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have
seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very
pitiful and of tender mercy.-James v. 10, II.
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith
worketh patience.
But let patience have her perfect work, that
ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
James i. 3, 4.
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations
also knowing that tribulation worketh pa-
tience;⚫
And patience, experience; and experience,
hope :
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the
love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the
Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Rom. v. 3-5.
unto the
Be patient therefore, brethren,
coming of the Lord.-James v. 7.
To them who by patient continuance in
well doing seck for glory and honour and
immortality, eternal life.
ROMANS ii. 7.
b.
249

AUGUST XVI.
Friendship.
WO are better than one; because they
have a good reward for their labour.
For, if they fall, the one will lift up
his fellow but woe to him that is alone when
he falleth; for he hath not another to help him
up.-Ecclesiastes iv. 9, 10.
To him that is afflicted pity should be showed
from his friend.-Job vi. 14.
A man that hath friends must show himself
friendly and there is a friend that sticketh
closer than a brother.-Proverbs xviii. 24.
:
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the
kisses of an enemy are deceitful.-Prov. xxvii. 6.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a
man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I
command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but
I have called you friends; for all things that I
have heard of My Father I have made known
unto you.-John xv. 13-15.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend
forsake not.
PROVERBS Xxvii. 10.
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AUGUST XVII.
Humility.
ECAUSE thine heart was tender, and
thou didst humble thyself before God,
when thou heardest his words against
this place, and against the inhabitants thereof,
and humblest thyself before me, and didst rend
thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even
heard thee also, saith the Lord.-Chronicles
xxxiv. 27.

For I say, through the grace given unto me,
to every man that is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think; but
to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to
every man the measure of faith.-Rom. xii. 3.
The fear of the Lord is the instruction of
wisdom and before honour is humility.-Pro-
verbs xv. 33.
:
By humility and the fear of the Lord are
riches, and honour, and life.—Proverbs xxii. 4.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty
hand of God, that He may exalt you in due
time.-1 Peter v. 6.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and He shall lift you up.-James iv. 10.

Let nothing be done through strife or
vainglory : but in lowliness of mind let each
esteem other better than themselves.
PHILIPPIANS ii. 3.
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AUGUST XVIII.
B
Sympathy.
E kindly affectioned one to another with
brotherly love; in honour preferring one
another.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep
with them that weep.
Be of the same mind one toward another.
Mind not high things, but condescend to men
of low estate. Be not wise in your own con-
ceits.-Romans xii. 10, 15, 16.
Let brotherly love continue.
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound
with them; and them which suffer adversity, as
being yourselves also in the body.—Hebrews xiii.
I, 3.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.—
Colossians iii. 12.
But as touching brotherly love ye need not
that I write unto you for ye yourselves are
taught of God to love one another.-1 Thessa-
lonians iv. 9.
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble?
was not my soul grieved for the poor?-Job
xxx. 25.
Add to godliness brotherly kindness; and
to brotherly kindness charity.
2 PETER i. 7.
252
AUGUST XIX.
Divine Presencę.
ND there shall be no more curse: but the
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be
in it; and His servants shall serve Him:
And they shall see His face; and His name
shall be in their foreheads.
And there shall be no night there; and they
need no candle, neither light of the sun; for
the Lord God giveth them light and they shall
reign for ever and ever.-Revelation xxii. 3-5.
Therefore are they before the throne of God,
and serve Him day and night in His temple:
and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell
among them.
They shall hunger no more, neither thrist any
more, neither shall the sun light on them, nor
any heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto
living fountains of waters and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes.-Rev. vii. 15-17.
As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteous-
ness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with
Thy likeness.-Psalm xv. 15.
Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall
see God.
MATTHEW v. 8.
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AUGUST XX.
4
The Steadfast Believer.
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HE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not
FR
want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
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He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for His name's sake.—
Psalm xxiii. I 3.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my
expectation is from Him.
He only is my rock and my salvation: He
is my defence; I shall not be moved.
In God is my salvation and my glory: the
rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
—Psalm lxii. 5-7.
:
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust,
and not be afraid for the Lord JEHOVAH
is my strength and my song; He also is become
my salvation.-Isaiah xii. 2.
For the Lord God will help me; therefore
shall I not be confounded; therefore have I
set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall
not be ashamed.-Isaiah 1. 7.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that
trusteth in Thee.
PSALM 1xxxiv. 12.
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AUGUST XXI.
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IT
Importunate Prayeq.
E spake a parable unto them to this end;
that men ought always to pray, and not
to faint.-Luke xviii. 1.

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same
with thanksgiving.-Colossians iv. 2.
As for me, I will call upon God; and the
Lord shall save me.
Evening and morning, and at noon, will I
pray, and cry aloud and He shall hear my
voice.-Psalm lv. 16, 17.
Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go
and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye
shall search for Me with all your heart.-Fere-
miah xxix. 12, 13.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as
we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might
not rain and it rained not on the earth by the
space of three years and six months.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave
rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.-
James v. 17, 18.
P
The effectual fervent prayer of a rightcons
man availeth much.
JAMES V. 16.
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AUGUST XXII.
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Constraining Love.
OR the love of Christ constraineth us :
because we thus judge, that if one died
for all, then were all dead:

And that He died for all, that they which
live should not henceforth live unto themselves,
but unto Him which died for them, and rose
again.—2 Corinthians v. 14, 15,
By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of
praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of
our lips giving thanks to His name.
But to do good and to communicate forget
not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
—Hebrews xiii. 15, 16.
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to tem-
perance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity.
For if these things be in you, and abound,
they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.-2 Peter i. 5-8.
Be not weary in well doing.
2 THESSALONIANS iii. 13.
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AUGUST XXIII.
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:
The New Heaven.
O
SAW a new heaven and a new earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth were
passed away; and there was no more sea.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, pre-
pared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven say-
ing, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men,
and He will dwell with them, and they shall
be His people, and God Himself shall be with
them, and be their God.-Revelation xxi. 1-3.
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by
day for there shall be no night there.
And they shall bring the glory and honour of
the nations into it.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which
are written in the Lamb's book of life.- Reve-
lation xxi. 25-27.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new
earth and the former shall not be remem-
bered, nor come into mind.—Isaiah lxv. 17.
We, according to His promise, look for
new heavens and a new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness.
2 PETER iii. 13.
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AUGUST XXIV.
Faith, Hope, Charity.
HAT shall we do, that we might work
the works of God?
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is
the work of God that ye believe on Him Whom
He hath sent.-John vi. 28, 29.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, that ye may abound in
hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.—
Romans xv. 13.
The Lord will be the Hope of His people.
—Joel iii. 16.
And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as He is pure. -I John
iii. 3.
The eyes of your understanding being en-
lightened; that ye may know what is the hope
of His calling, and what the riches of the glory
of His inheritance in the saints.—Eph. i. 18.
Now the end of the commandment is charity
out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience,
and of faith unfeigned.—1 Timothy i. 5.
And now abideth Faith, Hope, Charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is Charity.
I CORINTHIANS xiii. 13.
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258
AUGUST XXV.
Covetousness Forbidden.
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ND He said unto them, Take heed, and
beware of covetousness: for a man's
life consisteth not in the abundance of
the things which he possesseth.—Luke xii. 15.

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's
wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's
house, his field, or his manservant, or his maid-
servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is
thy neighbour's.-Deuteronomy v. 21.
They that will be rich fall into temptation
and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful
lusts, which drown men in destruction and per-
dition.
For the love of money is the root of all evil :
which while some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves
through with many sorrows.-1 Tim. vi. 9, 10.
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetous-
ness to his house, that he may set his nest on
high, that he may be delivered from the power
of evil.-Habakkuk ii. 9.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own
house.
PROVERBS XV. 27.
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AUGUST XXVI.
1
•
Uncertainty of the Corrow.
OAST not thyself of to-morrow; for thou
knowest not what a day may bring forth.
-Proverbs xxvii. I.
Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow
we will go into such a city, and continue there
a year, and buy and sell, and get gain;
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the
morrow. For what is your life? It is even a
vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and
then vanisheth away.
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will,
we shall live, and do this, or that.-James iv.
13-15.
Wise men die, likewise the fool and the
brutish person perish, and leave their wealth
to others.
Their inward thought is, that their houses
shall continue for ever, and their dwelling-
places to all generations; they call their lands
after their own names.
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth
not: he is like the beasts that perish.—Psalm
xlix. 10-12.
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God.
LUKE XVI. 21.
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AUGUST XXVII.
Exhortation to Humility.
EAR ye, and give ear; be not proud :
for the Lord hath spoken.
Give glory to the Lord your God,
before He cause darkness, and before your feet
stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while
ye look for light, He turn it into the shadow of
death, and make it gross darkness.--Jeremiah
xiii. 15, 16.
Verily I say unto you, Except ye be con-
verted, and become as little children, ye shall
not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself
as this little child, the same is greatest in the
kingdom of heaven.-Matthew xviii. 3, 4.
Be of the same mind one toward another.
Mind not high things, but condescend to men
of low estate. Be not wise in your own con-
ceits.-Romans xii. 16.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves
unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one
to another, and be clothed with humility: for
God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to
the humble.-1 Peter v. 5.
Humble yourselves therefore under the
mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you
in due time.
I PETER V. 6.
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AUGUST XXVIII.
Patience and Resignation.
Y son, despise not the chastening of the
Lord; neither be weary of His correc-
tion;
For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth ;
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Proverbs iii. II, 12.
The God of all grace, Who hath called us
unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle you.-1 Peter v. IC,
For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory;
While we look not at the things which are
seen, but at the things which are not seen; for
the things which are seen are temporal; but the
things which are not seen are eternal. -2 Corin-
thians iv. 17, 18.

For we know that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building
of God, a house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens.-2 Corinthians v. I.
E reckon that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the
glory which shall be revealed in us.
ROMANS viii. 18.

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AUGUST XXIX.
Importance of Prayer.
ND the Lord said unto Moses, I will do
this thing also that thou hast spoken:
for thou hast found grace in My sight,
and I know thee by name.-Exodus xxxiii. 17.
For I was afraid of the anger and hot dis-
pleasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth
against you to destroy you. But the Lord
hearkened unto me at that time also.-Deu-
teronomy ix. 19.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should
sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you:
but I will teach you the good and the right
way.-1 Samuel xii. 23.
Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this
be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it
for them.-Ezekiel xxxvi. 37.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and
lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct thy paths.-Proverbs v. 5, 6.
The Lord is good unto them that wait for
Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.-Lamen-
tations iii. 25.
E will cry unto God most high; unto God
that performeth all things for me.
Psalm lvii. 2.
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AUGUST XXX.
Acceptable Prayer.
we ask any thing according to His
will, He heareth us :
And if we know that He hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions that we desired of Him.- -1 John
v. 14, 15.
The prayer of the upright is His delight.-
Proverbs xv. 8.
The Lord is far from the wicked: but He
heareth the prayer of the righteous.-Proverbs
xv. 29.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing
the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
-Proverbs xxviii. 9.
But unto Thee have I cried, O Lord; and in
the morning shall my prayer prevent Thee.-
Psalm lxxxviii. 13.
Verily God hath heard me; He hath attended
to the voice of my prayer.-Psalm lxvi. 19.
And when he had taken the book, the four
beasts and four and twenty elders fell down
before the Lamb, having every one of them
harps, and golden vials full of odours, which
are the prayers of saints.-Revelation v. 8.
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away
my prayer, nor His mercy from me.
Psalm lxvi. 20.
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AUGUST XXXI.
Griumphant Taith.
KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and
that He shall stand at the latter day
upon the earth :
And though after my skin worms destroy
this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.-
Job xix. 25, 26.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain.
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of
my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a
desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which
is far better.—Philippians i. 21-23.
For I am now ready to be offered, and the
time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith :
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous
Judge, shall give me at that day and not to
me only, but unto all them also that love His
appearing.-2 Timothy 6-8.
:
God will redeem my soul from the power of
the grave: for He shall receive me.
Psalm xlix. 15.
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Juder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
SEPTEMBER.
i.—Reconciliation.
ii.-Justification.
iii.—Sanctification.
iv.-Newness of Life.
v.—Redemption by Christ.
vi.-Christ: the Word.
vii.-The Light of the World.
viii.-The True Light.
ix.-The Good Shepherd.
x.—The Great Physician.
xi.-The True and Living Way.
xii.—All-Sufficiency of Christ.
xiii.—All Grace from Christ.
xiv.-The Source of True Strength.
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Endex.
DAY.
xv.-Victory over the World.
xvi.-Sanctified Trial.
xvii.-Present Pain-Future Glory.
xviii.-Believer's Rest.
xix.-Redeeming Mercy.
xx.-The Divine Substitute.
xxi.—Confidence in God.
xxii.-Devout Prayer.
xxiii.-God's Free Pardon.
xxiv.-Support under Trial.
xxv.--Gracious Promises.
xxvi.-Christian Forbearance.
xxvii.—Exhortation to Christian Forgiveness.
xxviii.-Intercession.
xxix.-Public Worship.
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SEPTEMBER I.
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Reconciliation.
ET him take hold of My strength, that
he may make peace with Me; and he
shall make peace with Me.-Isaiah
xxvii. 5.
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes
were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ.
For He is our peace, who hath made both
one, and hath broken down the middle wall of
partition between us ;
Having abolished in His flesh the enmity,
even the law of commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain
one new man, so making peace;
And that He might reconcile both unto God
in one body by the cross, having slain the
enmity thereby :
And came and preached peace to you which
were afar off, and to them that were nigh.—
Ephesians ii. 13-17.
Being now justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through
Him.-Romans v. 9.
For through Him we both have access by
one Spirit unto the Father.
EPHESIANS ii. 18.
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SEPTEMBER II.
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Justification.
Y His knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many; for He shall bear
their iniquities.-Isaiah liii. 11.
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you,
and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness,
and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.-
Ezekiel xxxvi. 25.
For He hath made Him to be sin for us,
who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him.-2 Cor. v. 21.
And by Him all that believe are justified
from all things, from which ye could not be
justified by the law of Moses.-Acts xiii. 39.
That being justified by His grace, we should
be made heirs according to the hope of eternal
life.-Titus iii. 7.
There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.-Rom. viii. I.
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of
God's Elect? It is God that justifieth.
Romans viii. 33.
Being justified freely by His grace through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
ROMANS iii. 24.
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SEPTEMBER III.
Sanctification.
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fountain
N day there shall
opened to the house of David and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for
uncleanness.-Zechariah xiii. 1.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ.-1 Thessalonians v. 9.
By the which will we are sanctified through
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once
for all.-Hebrews x. 10.
Who gave Himself for us, that He might
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good
works.-Titus ii. 14.
And one of the elders answered, saying unto
me, What are these which are arrayed in white
robes? and whence came they?
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest.
And he said to me, These are they which came
out of great tribulation, and have washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb.-Revelation vii. 13, 14.

Both He that sanctifíeth and they who are
sanctified are all of one: for which cause
He is not ashamed to call them brethren.
HEBREWS ii. 11.
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SEPTEMBER IV.
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Newness of Life.
UT ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
make not provision for the flesh, to ful-
fil the lusts thereof.-Romans xiii. 14.
And be not conformed to this world: but be
ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.-Romans
xii. 2.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision
availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a
new creature. Galatians vi. 15.
If so be that ye have heard Him, and have
been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus :
That ye put off concerning the former con-
versation the old man, which is corrupt accord-
ing to the deceitful lusts;
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
And that ye put on the new man, which
after God is created in righteousness and true
holiness.-Ephesians iv. 21-24.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.
2 CORINTHIANS V. 17,
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SEPTEMBER V.
Redemption by Christ.
HEN the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth His Son, made of a
woman, made under the law,
To redeem them that were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption of sons.—
Galatians iv. 4, 5.
The Son of man came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to give His life a
ransom for many.—Mark x. 45.
In Whom we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of His grace.-Ephesians i. 7.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not
redeemed with corruptible things as silver and
gold
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But with the precious blood of Christ, as of
a lamb without blemish and without spot.
1 Peter i. 18, 19.
Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us,
and hath given Himself for us an offering and a
sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.-
Ephesians v. 2.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of
the law, being made a curse for us.—Gal. iii. 13.
Thon wast slain, and hast redeemed as to
God by Thy blood.
Revelation v. 9.
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SEPTEMBER VI.
Christ: the Word.
N the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was
God.

The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by Him; and without
Him was not any thing made that was made.
-John i. 1-3.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.-John i. 14.
The Lord possessed Me in the beginning of
His way, before His works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, from the
beginning, or ever the earth was.—Proverbs viii.
22, 23.
He is before all things, and by Him all
things consist.-Colossians i. 17.
There are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost :
and these three are one.-1 John v. 7.
He was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood and His name is called The Word
of God.
REVELATION xix. 13.
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SEPTEMBER VII.
The Light of the World.
HERE was a man sent from God, whose
name was John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness
of the Light, that all men through him might
believe.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear
witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, which lighteth
every man that cometh into the world.-John
i. 6-9.
I am come a Light into the world, that who-
soever believeth on Me should not abide in
darkness. John xii. 46.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,
I am the Light of the world: he that followeth
Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have
the Light of Life.—John viii. 12.
The people which sat in darkness saw great
Light; and to them which sat in the region and
shadow of death Light is sprung up.-Matthew
iv. 16.
I will also give thee for a Light to the Gen-
tiles, that Thou mayest be My salvation unto
the end of the earth.-Isaiah xlix. 6.
Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from
the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
EPHESIANS V. 14.
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SEPTEMBER VIII.
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The Gruq Light.
THE Lord have called Thee in righteous-
ness, and will hold Thine hand, and will
keep Thee, and give Thee for a covenant
of the people, for a light of the Gentiles :
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house.-Isaiah
xlii. 6, 7.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world.
He was in the world, and the world was
made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
He came unto His own, and His own re-
ceived Him not.
But as many as received Him, to them gave
He power to become the sons of God, even to
them that believe on His name.-John i. 9-12.
In Him was life; and the life was the light
of men.-John i. 4.
This is the condemnation, that light is come
into the world, and men loved darkness rather
than light, because their deeds were evil.―John
iii. 19.
But unto you that fear My name shall
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing
in His wings.
Malachi iv. 2.
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SEPTEMBER IX.
The Good Shepherd.
HE Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not
want.-Psalm xxiii. 1.
I am the good Shepherd, and know
My sheep, and am known of Mine.
As the Father knoweth Me even so know I
the Father: and I lay down My life for the
sheep.
:
And other sheep I have, which are not of
this fold them also I must bring, and they
shall hear My voice; and there shall be one
fold, and one Shepherd.-John x. 14-16.
I will set up one Shepherd over them, and
He shall feed them
-Ezek. xxxiv. 23.
He shall stand and feed in the strength of
the Lord.-Micah v. 4.
Now the God of peace, that brought again
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shep-
herd of the sheep, through the blood of the
everlasting covenant,
Make you perfect in every good work to do
His will, working in you that which is well
pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to
Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.--
Hebrews xiii. 20, 21.
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When the Chief Shepherd shall appear,
ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth
not away.
I PETER V. 4.
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SEPTEMBER X.
The Great Physiqian.
AM the Lord that healeth thee.-Exodus
xv. 26.
I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure
them, and will reveal unto them the abundance
of peace and truth.-Jeremiah xxxiii. 6.
Behold, I cast out devils, and I do
cures to-day, and to-morrow, and the third day
I shall be perfected.-Luke xiii. 32.
And the people
followed Him: and
He received them, and spake unto them of the
kingdom of God, and healed them that had
need of healing.-Luke ix. II.
•
•
Great multitudes followed Him, and
He healed them all.-Matthew xii. 15.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is
within me, bless His holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not
all His benefits:
•
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who heal-
eth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction, Who
crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender
mercies.-Psalm ciii. 1-4.
With His stripes we are healed.
ISAIAH liii. 5.
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SEPTEMBER XI.
The Gyuq and Living Way.
N highway shall be there, and a way, and
it shall be called The way of holiness
-Isaiah xxxv. 8.
A new and living way, which He hath con-
secrated for us, through the vail, that is to say,
His flesh.-Hebrews x. 20.
Whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we know not
whither Thou goest; and how can we know the
way?
Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, and the
Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by Me.-John xiv. 4-6.
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before
you the way of life, and the way of death.—
Feremiah xxi. 8.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish
from the way, when His wrath is kindled but
a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in Him.—Psalm ii. 12.
These men are the servants of
the most high God, which shew unto us the
Way of Salvation.-Acts xvi. 17.
Lead me in the way everlasting.
PSALM CXxxix. 24.
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SEPTEMBER XII.
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All-Sufficiency of Christ.
ET this mind be in you, which was also
in Christ Jesus :
Who, being in the form of God, thought
it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made Himself of no reputation, and took
upon Him the form of a servant, and was made
in the likeness of men :
And being found in fashion as a man, He
humbled Himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted
Him, and given Him a name which is above
every name :
That at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth,
and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.-Philippians ii. 5-11.
And having made peace through the blood
of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things
unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be
things in earth, or things in heaven.-Colossians
i. 20.

And being made perfect, He became the
Author of eternal salvation unto all them
that obey Him.
HEBREWS V. 9.

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SEPTEMBER XIII.
All Gracę from Christ.
HE law was given by Moses, but grace
and truth came by Jesus Christ.-John
i. 17.

Him hath God exalted with His right hand
to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give
repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
-Acts v. 31.
And hath put all things under His feet, and
gave Him to be the head over all things to the
church,
Which is His body, the fulness of Him that
filleth all in all.—Ephesians i. 22, 23.
But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who of
God is made unto us wisdom, and righteous-
ness, and sanctification, and redemption :
That, according as it is written, He that
glorieth, let Him glory in the Lord.- -I Corin-
thians i. 30, 31.
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I
righteousness and strength: even to Him shall
men come; and all that are incensed against
Him shall be ashamed.—Isaiah xlv. 24.
Of His fulness have all we received, and
grace for grace.
JOHN i. 16.
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SEPTEMBER XIV.
The Source of Grue Strength.
EHOLD, God is my salvation; I will
trust, and not be afraid for the Lord
JEHOVAH is my strength and my
song; He also is become my salvation.—
Isaiah xii. 2.

He giveth power to the faint; and to them
that have no might He increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall:
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with wings
as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.-Isaiah xl.
29-31.
He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for
thee for My strength is made perfect in weak-
Most gladly therefore will I rather
glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ
may rest upon me.—2 Corinthians xii. 9.
ness.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind.- -2 Timothy i. 7.
Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen
your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Psalm xxxi. 24.
282
SEPTEMBER XV,
Victory over the World.
OD forbid that I should glory, save in
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by
Whom the world is crucified unto me,
and I unto the world -Galatians vi. 14.
Who gave Himself for our sins, that He
might deliver us from this present evil world,
according to the will of God and our Father.
-Galatians i. 4.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh
the world and this is the victory that over-
cometh the world, even our faith.-1 John
v. 4.
Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is He that is
in you, than he that is in the world.-1 John
iv. 4.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but
he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
-2 John v. 5.
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out
of the world, but that thou shouldest keep
them from the evil.-John xvii. 15.
Be of good cheer ; E habe overcome the world.
JOHN xvi. 33.
283
SEPTEMBER XVI.
E
Sanqtified Trial.
ANY shall be purified, and made white,
and tried; but the wicked shall do
wickedly; and none of the wicked shall
understand; but the wise shall understand. -
Daniel xii. 1O.

That the trial of your faith, being much more
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it
be tried with fire, might be found unto praise
and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus
Christ.-1 Peter i. 7.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation;
for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown
of life, which the Lord hath promised to them
that love Him.-James i. 12.
I will bring the third part through the fire,
and will refine them as silver is refined, and will
try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My
name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is
My people and they shall say, The Lord is my
God.-Zechariah xiii. 9.
:
I have refined thee, but not with silver; I
have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.-
Isaiah xlviii. 10.
As many as E love, E rebuke and chasten.
REVELATION iii. 19.
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SEPTEMBER XVII.
Present Pain-Future Glory.
OW no chastening for the present
seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them
which are exercised thereby.-Hebrews xii. II.
For which cause we faint not; but though
our outward man perish, yet the inward man
is renewed day by day.
For your light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory.—2 Cor. iv. 16, 17.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared
with the glory which shall be revealed in us.-
Romans viii. 18.
The God of all grace, Who hath called us
unto His eternal glory, by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle you.-1 Peter v. 10.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,
and persecute you, and shall say all manner of
evil against you falsely, for My sake.-Matthew
V. II.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad : for great is
your reward in heaven.
MATTHEW V. 12.
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SEPTEMBER XVIII.
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A
Believer's Rest.
HUS saith the Lord, Stand ye in the
ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
where is the good way, and walk therein,
and ye shall find rest for your souls.-Jeremiah
vi. 16.

Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
Matthew xi. 29, 30.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people
of God.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also
hath ceased from his own works, as God did
from His.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that
rest, lest any man fall after the same example
of unbelief.-Hebrews iv. 9-11.
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the
Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.-Psalm
cxvi. 7.
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell;
for I have desired it.-Psalm cxxxii. 14.
For we which have believed do enter into rest.
HEBREWS iv. 3.
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SEPTEMBER XIX.
Redeeming Dercy.
DELIVERED unto you first of all that
which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scrip-
tures.-1 Corinthians xv. 3.
For Christ also hath once suffered for us,
the just for the unjust, that He might bring us
to God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit.-1 Peter iii. 18.
Who His own self bare our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins,
should live unto righteousness: by Whose
stripes ye were healed.-1 Peter ii. 24.
Now once in the end of the
world hath He appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of Himself.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment:
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins
of many; and unto them that look for Him
shall He appear the second time without sin
unto salvation.-Hebrews ix. 26-28.
For when we were yet without strength, in
due time Christ died for the ungodly.-Romans
v. 6.
God commendeth His love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us.
Romans v. 8.
287
SEPTEMBER XX.
The Divine Substitutę.
URELY He hath borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem
Him stricken, smitten of God, and

afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and
with His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and the
Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.—
Isaiah liii. 4-6.
For when we were without strength, in due
time Christ died for the ungodly.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die :
yet peradventure for a good man some would
even dare to die.
But God commendeth His love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us.-Romans v. 6-8.
For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who
knew no sin; that we might be made the right-
eousness of God in Him.-2 Corinthians v. 21.
to
The Son of man came
give His life a ransom for many.
MARK X. 45.
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SEPTEMBER XXI.
Confidence in God.
HOU wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on Thee: because
he trusteth in Thee.

Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the
Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.-
Isaiah xxvi. 3, 4.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put
confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put
confidence in princes.-Psalm cxviii. 8, 9.
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the
help of man.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for He
it is that shall tread down our enemies.-Psalm
lx. 11, 12.
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In God is my salvation and my glory: the
rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour
out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for
us.-Psalm lxii. 7, 8.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we
hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast
unto the end.-Hebrews iii. 14.
Cast not away therefore your confidence,
which hath great recompense of reward.
HEBREWS X. 35.
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SEPTEMBER XXII.
Devout Prayer.
BESEECH Thee, O Lord, God of
heaven, the great and terrible God, that
keepeth covenant and mercy for them
that love Him, and observe His commandments:
Let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine
eyes open, that Thou mayest hear the prayer of
Thy servant, which I pray before Thee now,
day and night.-Nehemiah i. 5, 6.
My prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an ac-
ceptable time: O God, in the multitude of Thy
mercy hear me, in the truth of Thy salvation.
-Psalm lxix. 13.
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord,
make haste to help me.-Psalm xl. 13.
This is the confidence that we have in Him,
that, if we ask anything according to His will,
He heareth us:
And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever
we ask, we know that we have the petitions
that we desired of Him.-1 John v. 14, 15.
Call unto Me, and I will answer thee.-
Jeremiah xxxiii. 3.

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My
name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your
joy may be full.
JOHN xvi. 24.
F.
290
SEPTEMBER XXIII.
God's Free Paydon.
COME now, and let us reason together,
saith the Lord: though your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool.-Isaiah i. 18.
I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy
transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not
remember thy sins.-Isaiah xliii. 25.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy
people, Thou hast covered all their sin.
Thou hast taken away all Thy wrath: Thou
hast turned Thyself from the fierceness of Thine
anger.-Psalm lxxxv. 2, 3.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so
great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far
hath He removed our transgressions from us.—
Psalm ciii. II, 12.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness : but
Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from
the pit of corruption: for Thou hast cast all
my sins behind Thy back.-Isaiah xxxviii. 17.
Thou wilt castall their sins into the depths
of the sea.
MICAH Vii. 19.
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SEPTEMBER XXIV.
Support under Gyial.
O
HE Lord is good, a stronghold in the
day of trouble; and He knoweth them
that trust in Him.-Nahum i. 7.
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My flesh and My heart faileth but God is
the strength of my heart, and my portion for
ever.-Psalm lxxiii. 26.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou
wilt revive me.
Psalm cxxxviii. 7.
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and
my refuge in the day of affliction.-Jeremiah
xvi. 19.
Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a
strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge
from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when
the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm
against a wall.—Isaiah xxv. 4.
We are troubled on every side, yet not dis-
tressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down,
but not destroyed.—2 Corinthians iv. 8, 9.
For He hath not despised nor abhorred the
affliction of the afflicted; neither hath He hid
His face from him; but when he cried unto
Him, He heard.-Psalm xxii. 24.
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Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and E will give you rest.
MATTHEW xi. 28.
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SEPTEMBER XXV.
Gracious Promises.
AY ye to the righteous, that it shall be
well with him for they shall eat the
fruit of their doings.—Isaiah iii. 10.
For Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous;
with favour wilt Thou compass him as with a
shield.-Psalm v. 12.
The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord
will give grace and glory: no good thing will
He withhold from them that walk uprightly.—
Psalm lxxxiv. II.
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times,
and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know
that it shall be well with them that fear God,
which fear before Him.-Ecclesiastes viii. 12.
O fear the Lord, ye His saints: for there is
no want to them that fear Him.-Ps. xxxiv. 9.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His
righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.—Matthew vi. 33.
The desire of the righteous shall be granted.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness.-
Proverbs x. 24, 28.
My God shall supply all your need
according to His riches in glory by Christ
Jesus.
PHILIPPIANS iv. 19.
293
SEPTEMBER XXVI.
Christian Korbearance.
HAT glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted
for your faults, ye shall take it patiently?
but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it,
ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
For even hereunto were ye called because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an ex-
ample that ye should follow His steps:
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in
His mouth :
Who, when He was reviled, reviled not
again; when He suffered, He threatened not;
but committed Himself to Him that judgeth
righteously. Peter ii. 20-23.
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Wherefore let them that suffer according to
the will of God commit the keeping of their
souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful
Creator.- Peter iv. 19.
If any man suffer as a Christian, let him not
be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this
behalf.-1 Peter iv. 16.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution.-2 Tim. iii. 12.
For it is better, if the will of God be so,
that pe suffer for well doing, than for evil
doing.
I PETER iii. 17.
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SEPTEMBER XXVII.
Exhortation to Christian
Torgiveness.
0.
E have heard that it hath been said,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate
thine enemy.
I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you,
and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to
rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if ye love them which love you, what
reward have ye? do not even the publicans the
same?
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do
ye more than others? do not even the publicans
so?
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect. Matthewv. 43-48.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him;
if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing
thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.-
Romans xii. 20.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil
with good.
ROMANS xii. 21.
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SEPTEMBER XXVIII.
Intercession.
OW therefore arise, O Lord God, into
Thy resting place, Thou, and the ark of
Thy strength; let Thy priests, O Lord
God, be clothed with salvation, and let Thy
saints rejoice in goodness.-2 Chronicles vi. 41.

O continue Thy lovingkindness unto them
that know Thee; and Thy righteousness to the
upright in heart.-Psalm xxxvi. 10.
Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be
glad in Thee: and let such as love Thy salva-
tion say continually, Let God be magnified.-
Psalm 1xx. 4.
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that
our God would count you worthy of this calling
and fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness,
and the work of faith with power:
That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may
be glorified in you, and ye in Him, according
to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus
Christ.-2 Thessalonians i. II, 12.
Bo good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and
to them that are upright in their hearts.
PSALM CXXV. 4.
296
SEPTEMBER XXIX.
Public Worship.
EEP thy foot when thou goest to the
house of God, and be more ready to
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools:
for they consider not that they do evil.-Ecclesi-
astes v. I.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and
into His courts with praise: be thankful unto
Him, and bless His name.-Psalm c. 4.
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I
will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
This gate of the Lord, into which the
righteous shall enter.-Psalm cxviii. 19, 20.
This is the day which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.-Psalm
cxviii. 24.
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is.-Hebrews
x. 25.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: SO
will I compass thine altar, O Lord :
That I may publish with the voice of thanks-
giving, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.-
Psalm xxvi. 6, 7.
We will go into His tabernacles: we will
worship at His footstool.
PSALM CXxxii.
7.
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SEPTEMBER XXX.
I
Divine Guidance.
ND thine ears shall hear a word behind
thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye
in it, when ye turn to the right hand,
and when ye turn to the left.-—Isaiah xxx. 21.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way
which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with
Mine eye.-Psalm xxxii. 8.
And I will put My spirit within you, and
cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall
keep My judgments, and do them.-Ezekiel
xxxvi. 27.
If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under
the law.-Galatians v. 18.
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy
mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.-
Exodus iv. 12.
When they deliver you up, take no thought
how or what ye shall speak for it shall be
given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of
your Father which speaketh in you.-Matthew
X. 19, 20.
There is a Spirit in man: and the in-
spiration of the Almighty giveth them
understanding.
JOB XXXii. 8.
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Juder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
OCTOBER.
i.-The Name above every Name.
ii.-Holy Joy.
iii.-The Believer's Hope.
iv.-Infinite Mercy.
v.-Divine Benefactions.
vi.-The Eternal Inheritance.
vii.-The Christian's Adorning.
viii.—Fruit Bearing.
ix.-The Christian's Conflict.
x.-The New Birth.
xi.-Precious Promises.
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xii.-The Walk of the Believer.
xiii.-Sowing and Reaping.
xiv.—Faith.
xv.-Christ our Pattern.
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Endex.
DAY.
xvi.-The Hope set before us.
xvii.-Fulness of God's Grace.
xviii.-Pardon and Peace.
xix.-Heavenly Aspirations.
xx.-Holy Rewards.
xxi.-Pardon and Reconciliation.
xxii.-Words of Comfort.
xxiii.-Confidence in God.
xxiv.-Gracious Encouragements.
xxv.-Holiness.
xxvi.-The Future Life.
xxvii.-Christian Service.
xxviii.-The Word of God.
xxix.-The Believer's Happiness.
xxx.-Gracious Promises.
xxxi.-Prosperity of the Righteous.
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OCTOBER I.
The Name above every Hamę.
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HOU shalt call His name JESUS: for
He shall save His people from their sins.
Matthew i. 21.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him,
and given Him a Name which is above every
name:
That at the Name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth,
and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.-Philippians ii. 9-11.
To Him give all the prophets witness, that
through His Name whosoever believeth in Him
shall receive remission of sins.—Acts x. 43.
His Name shall endure for ever: His Name
shall be continued as long as the sun and men
shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call
Him blessed.-Psalm lxxii. 17.
And in His Name shall the Gentiles trust.
Matthew xii. 21.
They shall see His face; and His Name shall
be in their foreheads.-Revelation xxii. 4.

And He hath on His vesture and on His
thigh a Hame written, King of kings, and
Lord of lords.
Revelation xix. 16.
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OCTOBER II.
Holy Joy.
WILL bless the Lord at all times: His
praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord:
the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us
exalt His name together.-Psalm xxxiv. 1-3.
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the
Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O
most High :
So show forth Thy lovingkindness in the
morning, and Thy faithfulness every night.-
Psalm xcii. I, 2.
He hath put a new song in my mouth, even
praise unto our God: many shall see it, and
fear, and shall trust in the Lord.-Psalm xl. 3.
The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and
come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting
joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain
gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning
shall flee away.-Isaiah li. 11.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: again E say,
Rejoice.
PHILIPPIANS iv. 4.
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OCTOBER III.
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The Believer's Hope.
F we suffer, we shall also reign with Him:
if we deny Him, He also will deny us.
2 Timothy ii. 12.

For Thou art my hope, O Lord God: Thou
art my trust from my youth.-Psalm lxxi. 5.
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; there-
fore will I hope in Him.--Lam. iii. 24.
The Lord will be the hope of His people.—
Joel iii. 16.
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• Thou wilt show me the path of life in Thy
presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand
there are pleasures for evermore.-Ps. xvi. II.
So shall we ever be with the Lord.-1 Thes-
salonians iv. 17.
By Whom also we have access by faith into
this
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope
of the glory of God.-Romans v. 2.
Let us not be weary in well doing : for in due
season we shall reap, if we faint not.— Gal. vi. 9.

Thine eyes shall see the King in His
beauty: they shall behold the land that is
very far off.
ISAIAH Xxxiii. 17.

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OCTOBER IV.
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Infinite Mercy.
EVEN I, am He that blotteth out Thy
transgressions for Mine own sake, and
will not remember thy sins.-Isaiah
xliii. 25.
And I will cleanse them from all their in-
iquity whereby they have sinned against Me;
and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby
they have sinned, and whereby they have trans-
gressed against Me.-Jeremiah xxxiii. 8.
This is the covenant that I will make with
them after those days, saith the Lord, I will
put My laws into their hearts, and in their
minds will I write them;
And their sins and iniquities will I remember
no more.-Hebrews x. 16, 17.
Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the
remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His
anger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy.
-Micah vii. 18.
Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths
of the sea.
MICAH vii. 19.
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304
OCTOBER V.
Divine Benefactions.
LESS the Lord, O my soul, and all that
is within me, bless His holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget
not all His benefits:
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Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who
healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;
Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and
tender mercies;
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ;
so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalm ciii. 1-5.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to
anger, and plenteous in mercy.
He will not always chide: neither will He
keep His anger for ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor
rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For as the heaven is high above the earth,
so great is His mercy toward them that fear
Him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath
He removed our trangressions from us.-Psalm
ciii. 8-12.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the
Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
PSALM Ciii. 13.
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OCTOBER VI.
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The Eternal Jnheritance.
HEREFORE the redeemed of the Lord
shall return, and come with singing unto
Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon
their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy;
and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.-
Isaiah li. 11.

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Their inheritance shall be for ever.-Psalm
xxxvii. 18.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead,
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven
for you.-
-1 Peter i. 3, 4.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
judge shall give me at that day: and not to me
only, but unto all them also that love His ap-
pearing.—2 Timothy iv. 8.

E give unto them eternal life; and they
shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of My hand.
JOHN X. 28.
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OCTOBER VII.
The Christian's Adorning.
HY renown went forth among the heathen
for thy beauty: for it was perfect through
My comeliness, which I had put upon
thee, saith the Lord God.-Ezekiel xvi. 14.
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​Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make
not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts
thereof.-Romans xiii. 14.
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be
upon us.
-Psalm xc. 17.
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The hidden man of the heart, in that
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of
a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of
God of great price.-1 Peter iii. 4.
That they may adorn the doctrine of
God our Saviour in all things.-Titus ii. 10.
He hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation; He hath covered me with the robe
of righteousness.—Isaiah lxi. 10.
For the Lordtaketh pleasure in His people:
He will beautify the meek with salvation.
PSALM CXlix. 4.
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OCTOBER VIII.
Fruit Bearing.
E have not chosen Me, but I have chosen
you, and ordained you, that ye should
go and bring forth fruit, and that your
fruit should remain.-John xv. 16.
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in
the vine? no more can ye, except ye abide in
Me.-John xv. 4.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good
fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
-Matthew vii. 16-20.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is
no law.-Galatians v. 22, 23.
Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit: so shall ye be My disciples.
JOHN XV. 8.
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OCTOBER IX.
The Christian's Conflict.
E strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed : for the
Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever
thou goest.-Joshua i. 9.
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help
thee.-Isaiah xli. 13.
Behold, God Himself is with us for our
Captain.-2 Chronicles xiii. 12.
What shall we then say to these things? If
God be for us who can be against us ?—Romans
viii. 31.
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ. -2 Timothy ii. 3.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on
eternal life, whereunto thou art also called.
I Timothy vi. 12.
Come, take up the cross, and follow Me.-
Mark x. 21.
Earnestly contend for the faith
which was once delivered unto the saints.--
Fude 3.
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Lord's battles.
1 SAMUEL Xviii. 17.
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OCTOBER X.
The New Birth.
ARVEL not that I said unto thee, Ye
must be born again.-John iii. 7.
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Of His own will begat He us with the word
of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits
of His creatures.-James i. 18.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.-2 Corin-
thians v. 17.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth for ever.-1 Peter
i. 23.
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and
quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth
whom He will.-John v. 21.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and
gave Himself for me.-Galatians ii. 20.

Don hath He quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins.
EPHESIANS ii. I.
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OCTOBER XI.
Precious Promises.

SK, and it shall be given you; seek, and
ye shall find: knock, and it shall be
opened unto you.-Luke xi. 9.
The Lord will give strength unto His people;
the Lord will bless His people with peace.-
Psalm xxix. II.
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.—
Hebrews xiii. 5.
Because I live, ye shall live also.-John
xiv. 19.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow
as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty
shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as
Lebanon.-Hosea xiv. 5, 6.
And there shall be no more curse: but the
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it;
and His servants shall serve Him :
And they shall see His face; and His name
shall be in their foreheads.
And there shall be no night there; and they
need no candle, neither light of the sun; for
the Lord God giveth them light and they
shall reign for ever and ever.
-Rev. xxii. 3-5.
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All the promises of God in Him are yea,
and in Him, Amen.
2 CORINTHIANS i. 20.
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OCTOBER XII.
The Walk of the Believer.
O
AM the Almighty God; walk before
Me, and be thou perfect.-Gen. xvii. 1.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear
children.-Ephesians v. I.
Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the
lust of the flesh.-Galatians v. 16.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are
without, redeeming the time.-Colossians iv. 5.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct thy paths.-Proverbs iii. 6.
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto
all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work,
and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Strengthened with all might, according to
His glorious power, unto all patience and long-
suffering with joyfulness;
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath
made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance
of the saints in light.-Colossians i. 10-12.
Walk in newness of life.
Romans vi. 4.
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OCTOBER XIII.
Sowing and Reaping.
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creaseth; and there is that withholdeth
more than is meet, but it tendeth to
poverty.—Proverbs xi. 24.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to
the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for
in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.-
Galatians vi. 7-9.
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They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.—
Psalm cxxvi. 5, 6.
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;
for they are white already to harvest.
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and
gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he
that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice
together.-John iv. 35, 36.
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters.
ISAIAH XXXii. 20.
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OCTOBER XIV.
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Faith.
OW faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen.-Hebrews xi. 1.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on Me hath everlasting life.-John
vi. 47.
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to
Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth
on Me shall never thirst.-John vi. 35.
Unto you therefore which believe He is
precious but unto them which be disobedient,
the stone which the builders disallowed, the
same is made the head of the corner.-
I Peter ii. 7.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with Goul through our Lord Jesus Christ.
-Romans v. I.
For by grace are ye saved through faith ; and
that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.—
Ephesians ii. 8.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus.-Galatians iii. 26.
The just shall live by his faith.
HABAKKUK ii. 4.
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OCTOBER XV.
Christ our Pattern.
198.
VEN Christ pleased not Himself.
Romans xv. 3.
It is enough for the disciple that he be as
his Master, and the servant as his Lord.-
Matthew x. 25.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
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-Matthew xi. 29, 30.
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For even hereunto were ye called: because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
example, that ye should follow His steps:
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in
His mouth.
Who, when He was reviled, reviled not
again; when He suffered, He threatened not:
but committed Himself to Him that judgeth
righteously.-1 Peter ii. 21-23.
Follow thon Me.
Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge
of God, and bringing into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ.-2 Cor. x. 5.
JOHN XXI. 22.
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OCTOBER XVI.
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The Hope set before us.
HOU wilt show me the path of life: in
Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy
right hand there are pleasures for ever-
Psalm xvi. II.

more.-
In My Father's house are many mansions :
if it were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you.-John xiv. 2.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the
people of God.-Hebrews iv. 9.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst
any more neither shall the sun light on them,
nor any heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them
unto living fountain of waters and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.—Revelation
vii. 16, 17.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be but
we know that when He shall appear, we shall
be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.-
I John iii. 2.
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father.-Matthew
xiii. 43.
The Lord will be the Hope of His people.
JOEL iii. 16.
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OCTOBER XVII.
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Tulness of God's Gracq.
OD is able to make all grace abound
toward you; that ye, always having all
sufficiency in all things, may abound to
every good work.-2 Corinthians ix. 8.
Being justified freely by His grace through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus :
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation
through faith in His blood, to declare His
righteousness for the remission of sins that are
past, through the forbearance of God.-Romans
iii. 24, 25.
Wherefore He is able also to save them to the
uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing
He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
-Hebrews vii. 25.
Moreover whom He did predestinate, them
He also called : and whom He called, them He
also justified: and whom He justified, them He
also glorified.—Romans viii. 30.
For of Him, and through Him, and to Him,
are all things to Him be glory for ever.
Amen.-Romans xi. 36.
Whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but habe eternal life.
JOHN iii. 15.
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OCTOBER XVIII.
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Pardon and Peacq.
HOU hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy
people, Thou hast covered all their sin.
Psalm lxxxv. 2.
Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kind-
ness, and forsookest them not.-Neh. ix. 17.
I will hear what God the Lord will speak :
for He will speak peace unto His people, and
to His saints: but let them not turn again to
folly.-Psalm lxxxv. 8.
And having made peace through the blood of
His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto
Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things
in earth, or things in heaven.-Col. i. 20.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give
unto you not as the world giveth, give I unto
you. Let not your heart he troubled, neither
let it be afraid.—John xiv. 27.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteous-
ness and peace have kissed each other.-Psalm
lxxxv. 10.
The work of Righteousness shall be Peace.
ISAIAH xxxii. 17.
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OCTOBER XIX.
Heavenly Aspirations.
GOD, Thou art my God; early will I
seek Thee my soul thirsteth for Thee,
my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and
thirsty land, where no water is.-Psalm lxiii. 1.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the
courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh
crieth out for the living God.-Psalm lxxxiv. 2.
Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the
morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to
know the way wherein I should walk; for I
lift up my soul unto Thee.-Psalm cxliii. 8.
My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O
Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer
unto Thee, and will look up.—Psalm v. 3.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto
Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead
me to the Rock that is higher than I.-Psalm
Ixi. 2.
Hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my
footsteps slip not.-Psalm xvii. 5.
Thom have E in heaven but Thee? and
there is none upon earth that E desire be-
side Thee.
Psalm lxxiii. 25.
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OCTOBER XX.
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Holy Rewards.
ERILY, verily, I say unto you, If a man
keep My saying, he shall never see death.
-John viii. 51.

If any man serve Me, let Him follow Me;
and where I am, there shall also My servant
be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father
honour. John xii. 26.
—
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit
with Me in My Throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with My Father in
His throne.-- Revelation iii. 21.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to
me only, but unto all them also that love His
appearing.—2 Timothy iv. 8.
So that a man shall say, Verily, there is a
reward for the righteous: verily, He is a God
that judgeth in the earth.-Psalm lviii. 11.
He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and E will be his God, and he shall
be My son.
REVELATION xxi 7.
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OCTOBER XXI.
Pardon and Reconciliation.
T pleased the Father that in Him should
all fulness dwell;
And, having made peace through the
blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all
things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether
they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
And you, that were sometime alienated and
enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet
now hath He reconciled.
In the body of His flesh through death, to
present you holy and unblameable and unre-
proveable in His sight:
If ye continue in the faith grounded and
settled, and be not moved away from the hope
of the gospel.----Colossians i. 19-23.
being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ :
By Whom also we have access by faith unto
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in
hope of the glory of God.-Romans v. 1, 2.
For I will be merciful to their unrighteous-
ness, and their sins and their iniquities will I
remember no more.-Hebrews viii. 12.
De who sometimes were far off are made
nigh by the blood of Christ.
EPHESIANS ii. 13.
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Words of Comfort.
Y God shall supply all your need ac-
cording to His riches in glory by Christ
Jesus. -Philippians iv. 19.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil :
He shall preserve thy soul.-Psalm cxxi. 7.
He will keep the feet of His saints.--I
Samuel ii. 9.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear
Him: He also will hear their cry, and will
save them.-Psalm cxlv. 19.
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with wings
as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.-Isaiah
xl. 31.
God is able to make all grace abound toward
you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in
all things, may abound to every good work.-
2 Corinthians ix. 8.

The Lord will give strength unto His
people: the Lord will bless His people
with peace.
PSALM XXIX. 11.
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OCTOBER XXIII.
Confidence in God.
HE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not
want.-Psalm xxiii. I.

The Lord is the portion of mine
inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest
my lot.-Psalm xvi. 5.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and
my deliverer; my God, my strength, in Whom
I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.
I will call upon the Lord, Who is worthy to
be praised so shall I be saved from mine
enemies.-Ps. xviii. 2, 3.
What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee.
—Psalm lvi. 3.
Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.
-Fob xiii. 15.
For I know whom I have believed, and am
persuaded that He is able to keep that which I
have committed unto Him against that day.-
2 Timothy i. 12.
Wherefore also it is contained in the scrip-
ture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone,
elect, precious: and he that believeth on Him
shall not be confounded.-1 Peter ii. 6.
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the
Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.
ISAIAH xxvi. 4.
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OCTOBER XXIV.
Gracious Encouragements.
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EEK ye the Lord while He may be
found, call ye upon Him while He is
near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him
return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for He will abun-
dantly pardon.-Isaiah lv. 6, 7.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the
evil of your doings from before Mine eyes ;
cease to do evil;
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the
oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the
widow.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith
the Lord though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat
the good of the land.
-Isaiah i. 16-19.
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Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at
peace thereby good shall come unto thee.—
Fob xxii.
Thou art a God ready to pardon.
NEHEMIAH ix. 17.
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OCTOBER XXV.
Holiness.
ye know that He is righteous, ye know
that everyone that doeth righteousness is
born of Him.-1 John ii. 29.
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness,
which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and
praise of God.-Philippians i. II.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace ;
and the effect of righteousness quietness and
assurance for ever.-Isaiah xxxii. 17.
And if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy
are ye and be not afraid of their terror, neither
be troubled.-1 Peter iii. 14.
Such were some of you: but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of
our God.—1 Corinthians vi. 11.
This is the heritage of the servants of the
Lord, and their righteousness is of Me, saith
the Lord.-Isaiah liv. 17.
En the way of righteousness is life: and in
the pathway thereof there is no death.
PROVERBS Xii. 28.
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The Future Life.
ye then be risen with Christ, seek
those things which are above, where
Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on
things on the earth.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God.
When Christ, Who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.-—
Colossians iii. 1-4.
God, Who is rich in mercy, for His great
love wherewith He loved us,
Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace
ye are saved ;)
And hath raised us up together, and made
us sit together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus.-Ephesians ii. 4-6.
Wherefore He saith, Awake thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ
shall give thee light.—Ephesians v. 14.
Christ in you, the hope of glory.-Col. i. 27.
Whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall
never die. Believest thon this?
JOHN Xi. 26.
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OCTOBER XXVII.
Christian Servicą.
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S for me and my house, we will serve
the Lord.--Joshua xxiv. 15.
With good will doing service, as to the Lord,
and not to men.-Ephesians vi. 7.
If any man serve Me, let him follow Me;
and where I am, there shall also My servant
be: if any man serve Me, him will My father
honour.--John xii. 26.
And when He had called the people unto
Him with His disciples also, He said unto
them, Whosoever will come after Me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow
Me.-Mark viii. 34.
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive
the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the
Lord Christ.-Colossians iii. 24.

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do
good unto all men, especially unto them who
are of the household of faith.-Gal. vi. 10.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit;
serving the Lord.-Romans xii. II.
He that winneth souls is wise.
PROVERBS XI. 30.
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OCTOBER XXVIII.
The Word of God.
LL Scripture is given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness.- -2 Timothy iii. 16.
For the Word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing
even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow, and is a dis-
cerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
-Hebrews iv. 12.
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting
the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple.-Psalm xix. 7.
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore
doth my soul keep them.
The entrance of Thy words giveth light; it
giveth understanding unto the simple.-Psalm
cxix. 129, 130.
The word of the Lord endureth for ever.
And this is the word which by the gospel is
preached unto you.-1 Peter i. 25.
The Word of God is not bound.
2 TIMOTHY ii.
9.
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OCTOBER XXIX.
The Believer's Happiness.
OW the God of hope fill you with all
joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, through the power of
the Holy Ghost.—Romans xv. 13. .

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the
spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice,
because your names are written in heaven.
Luke x. 20.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them;
and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing
of mine heart: for I am called by Thy name,
O Lord God of hosts.—Jeremiah xv. 16.
Draw me, we will run after Thee the King
hath brought me into His chambers: we will
be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember
Thy love more than wine: the upright love
Thee.-Canticles i. 4.
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord.—
Psalm xxxiv. 2.
Glory ye in His Holy Name : let the heart
of them rejoice that seek the Lord.-1 Chronicles
xvi. 10,
He that glorieth, let Him glory in the Lord.
1 CORINTHIANS i. 31.
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329
OCTOBER XXX.
Gracions Promises.
AM the Lord thy God, which brought
thee out of the land of Egypt: open
thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.-
Psalm lxxxi. 10.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of
life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.
John vi. 35.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.-
Fames i. 5.
Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and
show thee great and mighty things, which thou
knowest not.-Jeremiah xxxiii. 3.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you.—Matthew vii. 7.
All that the Father giveth Me shall come to
Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no
wise cast out.-John vi. 37.
Braw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh
to you.
JAMES iv. 8.
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Prosperity of the Righteous.
HE righteous shall flourish like the palm
tree: he shall grow like a cedar in
Lebanon.-Psalm xcii. 12.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in
his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.-Psalm i. 3.
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any
more with idols? I have heard him and ob-
served him: I am like a green fir tree. From
Me is thy fruit found.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these
things? prudent, and he shall know them? for
the ways of the Lord are right, and the just
shall walk in them.-Hosea xiv. 8, 9.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
and he that winneth souls is wise.—Prov. xi. 30.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
they shall be fat and flourishing.—Psalm
xcii. 14.
Being fruitful in every good work. Col. i. 10.
Their soul shall be as a watered garden.
JEREMIAH XXXi. 12.
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DAY.
NOVEMBER.
i.-The Way of Life.
ii.-The Divine Messenger.
iii.-The Water of Life.
iv.--Saving Knowledge.
v.-The True and Living Way.
vi.-The Indwelling Spirit.
vii.-Christ: the Truth.
viii.-Life in Christ.
ix.-Christ: the Resurrection.
x.-Alpha and Omega.
xi.-The Light of the World.
xii.-Our Master.
xiii.-The Lamb of God.
xiv.-Waiting and Watching.
xv.-The Redeemer.
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xvi.-Mercy and Truth.
xvii.-Christ: the Head of the Church.
xviii.-New Covenant Blessings.
xix.-The Chief Corner Stone.
XX. -The Life of the Believer.
xxi.-The Power of the Spirit.
xxii.-The Great Deliverer.
xxiii.-Hope of Immortal Glory.
xxiv.-Words of Comfort.
xxv.-Our Elder Brother.
xxvi.-The Great Teacher.
xxvii.-Mercy and Love.
xxviii. Happy State of the Godly.
xxix.--The Divine Counsellor.
xxx.-The Great Physician.
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NOVEMBER I.
The Way of Life.
HITHER I go ye know, and the way
ye know.
Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we
know not whither thou goest; and how can
we know the way?

Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth,
and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by Me.-John xiv. 4-6.
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter
the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
By a new and living way, which He hath
consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to
say, His flesh.-Hebrews x. 19, 20.
They shall ask the way to Zion with their
faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us
join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual cove-
nant that shall not be forgotten.-Jeremiah 1. 5.

These men are the servants of the most high
God, which show unto us the way of salvation.
-Acts xvi. 17.
The way of holiness.- Isaiah xxxv. 8.
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Thus saith the Lord; Behold, E set before
yon the Way of Life.
JEREMIAH XXi. 8.
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NOVEMBER II.
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The Divine Messenger.
O, I come: in the volume of the book it
is written of Me,
I delight to do Thy will, O My God :
yea, Thy law is within My heart.—Ps. xl. 7, 8.
Jesus said unto them, though I hear record
of Myself, yet My record is true: for I know
whence I came, and whither I go; but ye can-
not tell whence I come, and whither I go.
John viii. 14.
Jesus said unto them, If God were your
Father, ye would love Me: for I proceeded
forth and came from God; neither came I of
Myself, but He sent Me.-John viii. 42.
Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye
are of this world; I am not of this world.-
John viii. 23.
He that cometh from above, is above all: he
that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of
the earth: He that cometh from heaven is above
all.-John iii. 31.
The Son of Man is come to seck and to
save that which was lost.
LUKE xix. 10.
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NOVEMBER III.
The Water of Life.
BO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to
the waters, and he that hath no money:
come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy
wine and milk, without money and without
price.-Isaiah lv. 1.

In the last day, that great day of the feast,
Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst,
let him come unto Me, and drink.
He that believeth on Me, as the scripture
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of
living water.
(But this spake He of the Spirit, which they
that believe on Him should receive).—John
vii. 37-39.
Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall
give him shall never thirst; but the water that
I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into Everlasting Life.-John
iv. 14.
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I am the Bread of life: he that
cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on Me shall never thirst.—John vi. 35.
Let him that is athirst come. And who-
soever will, let him take the Water of Life
freely.
Revelation xxii. 17.
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NOVEMBER IV.
Saving Knowledge.
HEY shall teach no more every man his
F neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for they shall
all know Me, from the least of them unto the
greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will
forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more.-Jeremiah xxxi. 34.


They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My
holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of
the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover
the sea.-Isaiah xi. 9.
Hereby we do know that we know Him, if
we keep His commandments.
He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not
His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is
not in him.-1 John ii. 3, 4.
I know whom I have believed, and am per-
suaded that He is able to keep that which I
have committed unto Him against that day.—
2 Timothy i. 12.

This is life eternal, that they might know
Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ
Whom Thon hast sent.
JOHN xvii. 3.
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NOVEMBER V.
The Grue and Living Way.
HIGHWAY shall be there, and a Way,
and it shall be called the Way of
Holiness; the unclean shall not pass
over it; but it shall be for those : the wayfaring
men, though fools, shall not err therein.-- Isaiah
xxxv. 8.
They shall ask the Way to Zion with their
faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us
join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual cove-
nant that shall not be forgotten.—Jeremiah 1. 5.

Jesus saith . . I am the Way, the Truth,
and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by Me.-John xiv. 6.
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Righteousness shall go before Him; and
shall set us in the way of His steps.-Psalm
lxxxv. 13.
Unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith
the Lord; Behold I set before you the way of
life, and the way of death.-Jeremia i xxi. 8.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he
may depart from hell beneath.-Proverbs xv. 24.
Lead me in the way everlasting.
PSALM CXXXix. 13.
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NOVEMBER VI.
The Indwelling Spiqit.
NOW ye not that ye are the temple of
God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth
in you?-1 Corinthians iii. 16.

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It is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love Him.
But God hath revealed them unto us by His
Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea,
the deep things of God.-1 Cor. ii. 9, 10.
Ye also trusted, after that ye heard the Word
of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: in
whom also, after that ye believed, ye were
sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.-
Ephesians i. 13.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance.-Galatians v. 22, 23.

Ef we live in the Spirit, let us also walk
in the Spirit.
GALATIANS v. 25.
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NOVEMBER VII.
Christ: the Gruth..
ILATE said unto Him, Art Thou a King,
then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that
I am a King. To this end was I born,
and for this cause came I into the world, that
I should bear witness unto the Truth. Every
one that is of the Truth heareth My voice.
Pilate saith unto Him, What is Truth ?—
John xviii. 37, 38.
Jesus saith.. . . I am the Way, the Truth,
and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by Me.-John xiv. 6.
Which of you convinceth Me of sin? And
if I say the truth, why do ye not believe Me?
-John viii. 46.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed
on Him, If ye continue in My word, then are
ye My disciples indeed;
And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth
shall make you free.-John viii. 31, 32.
The law of Truth was in His mouth, and
iniquity was not found in His lips: He walked
with Me in peace and equity, and did turn
many away from iniquity.-Malachi ii. 6.

The law was given by Moses, but Grace and
Truth came by Jesus Christ.
JOHN i. 17.
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NOVEMBER VIII.
Life in Christ.
O
HIS is the record, that God hath given
to us Eternal Life, and this Life is in
His Son.
He that hath the Son hath Life; and he
that hath not the Son of God hath not life.-
John v. II, 12.
For as the Father hath Life in Himself;
so hath He given to the Son to have Life in
Himself. John v. 26.
For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ
Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin
and death.-Romans viii. 2.
In Him was Life; and the Life was the light
of men.-John i. 4.
For the Life was manifested, and we have
seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you
that Eternal Life, which was with the Father,
and was manifested unto us.—1 John i. 2.
When Christ, Who is our Life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.—
Colossians iii. 4.
And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me
shall never die. Believest thou this?-John
xi. 26.
Because E live, ye shall live also.
JOHN xiv. 19.
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NOVEMBER IX.
Christ: the Resurrection.
ESUS said unto her, I am the Resurrec-
tion and the Life: he that believeth in Me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me
shall never die. Believeth thou this?--John
xi. 25, 26.

Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ
in God.
When Christ, Who is our Life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.—
Colossians iii. 3, 4.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is
coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear
the voice of the Son of God: and they that
hear shall live.-John v. 25.
And this is the will of Him that sent Me,
that every one which seeth the Son, and be-
lieveth on Him, may have Everlasting Life ;
and I will raise him up at the last day.—John
vi. 40.
For as the Father hath Life in Himself; so
hath He given to the Son to have Life in Him-
self.-John v. 26.
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and
quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth
whom He will.
JOHN V. 21.
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NOVEMBER X.
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Alpha and Omega.
HUS saith the Lord the King of Israel,
and His Redeemer the Lord of hosts : I
am the First, and I am the Last; and
beside Me there is no God.-Isaiah xliv. 6.
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And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as
dead. And He laid His right hand upon me,
saying unto me, Fear not; I am the First and
the Last:
I am He that liveth, and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death.-Revelation
i. 17, 18.
And he said unto me, It is done. I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the foun-
tain of the water of life freely.-Rev. xxi. 6.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which
was, and which is to come, the Almighty.—
Revelation i. 8.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, the First and the Last.-Rev. xxii. 13.
I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the
Last.-Revelation i. II.

E am He; E am the First, E also am
the East.
ISAIAH xlviii. 12.
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NOVEMBER XI.
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The Light of the World.
AM come a Light into the world, that
whosoever believeth on Me should not
abide in darkness.-John xii. 46.
The sun shall be no more thy light by day;
neither for brightness shall the moon give light
unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an
everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall
thy moon withdraw itself: but the Lord shall
be thine Everlasting Light, and the days of thy
mourning shall be ended.-Isaiah lx. 19, 20.
The people which sat in darkness saw great
light; and to them which sat in the region and
shadow of death light is sprung up.-Matthew
iv. 16.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I
am the Light of the World: he that followeth
Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have
the Light of Life.-John viii. 12.
To give Light to them that sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet
into the way of peace.
LUKE i. 79.
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NOVEMBER XII.·
Our Caster.
NE is your Master, even Christ.-Matthew
xxiii. 10.
Ye call Me Master and Lord and ye say
well; for so I am.
If I then, your Lord and Master, have
washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one
another's feet.-John xiii. 13, 14.
And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not
the things which I say?-Luke vi. 46.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his
master: If then I be a father, where is Mine
honour? and if I be a Master, where is My
fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O
priests, that despise My Name. And ye say,
Wherein have we despised Thy Name?-
Malachi i. 6.
My
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield your-
selves servants to obey, his servants ye are to
whom ye obey: whether of sin unto death, or
of obedience unto righteousness.—Rom. vi. 16.
Be not ye called Rabbi: for One is your
Master, even Christ; and all ye are
brethren.
MATTHEW xxiii. 8.

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NOVEMBER XIII.
The Lamb of God.
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EHOLD the Lamb of God which taketh
away the sin of the world.-John i. 29.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength,
and honour, and glory, and blessing.—Revela-
tion v. 12.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not
redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and
gold, from your vain conversation received
by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of
a Lamb without blemish and without spot.-
1 Peter i. 18, 19.
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and
like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened
He not His mouth. -Acts viii. 32.
I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne
and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the
elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain.-
Revelation v. 6.
Behold the Lamb of God!
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NOVEMBER XIV.
Waiting and Watching.
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ATCH thou in all things, endure af-
flictions, do the work of an evangelist,
make full proof of thy ministry.—
2 Timothy iv. 5.
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting
for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.-
I Corinthians i. 7.
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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope
of righteousness by faith.-Galatians v. 5.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that
ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of man.-
-Luke xxi. 36.
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and
He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,
on the Lord.-Psalm xxvii. 14.
The end of all things is at hand: be ye there-
fore sober, and watch unto prayer.-1 Pet. iv. 7.
My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning,
O Lord; in the morning will I direct my
prayer unto Thee, and will look up.-Ps. v. 3.
Be instant in season, out of season.
2 TIMOTHY iv. 2.
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NOVEMBER XV.
The Redeemer.
HE Redeemer shall come to Zion, and
unto them that turn from transgression
in Jacob, saith the Lord.-Isaiah lix. 20.
For their Redeemer is mighty; He shall
plead their cause with thee.-Prov. xxiii. 11.
Of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who of God
is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness,
and sanctification, and redemption.-1 Corin-
thians i. 30.
By His own blood He entered in once into
the holy place, having obtained Eternal Re-
demption for us.-Hebrews ix. 12.
All flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy
Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of
Jacob.-Isaiah xlix. 26.
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art
worthy to take the book, and to open the seals
thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed
us to God by Thy blood out of every kindred,
and tongue, and people, and nation.-Rev. v. 9.
E know that my Redeemer liveth.
JOB XIX. 25.
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NOVEMBER XVI.
Mercy and Gruth.
ERCY and truth are met together; right-
eousness and peace have kissed each
other.
W
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and
righteousness shall look down from heaven.-
Psalm lxxxvi. 10, 11.
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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but
that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.-1 John iv. 10.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not
consumed, because His compassions fail not.-
Lamentations iii. 22.
He had not dealt with us after our sins;
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.-
Psalm ciii. 10.
Where sin abounded, grace did much more
abound:
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so
might grace reign, through righteousness, unto
eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.-Romans
v. 20, 21.


By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:
and by the fear of the Lord men depart
from evil.
PROVERBS xvi. 6.
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NOVEMBER XVII.
Christ: the Head of the Church.
51
E is the head of the body, the Church :
Who is the beginning, the firstborn from
the dead; that in all things He might
have the pre-eminence.- Colossians i. 18.

And hath put all things under His feet, and
gave Him to be the Head over all things to
the Church,
Which is His body, the fulness of Him that
filleth all in all.—Ephesians i. 22, 23.

That in the dispensation of the fulness of
times He might gather together in one all things
in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which
are on earth; even in Him.-Ephesians i. 10.
Christ is the Head of the Church:
and He is the Saviour of the body.-Eph. v. 23.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members
in particular.-1 Corinthians xii. 27.
The Head, even Christ.
EPHESIANS iv. 15.
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NOVEMBER XVIII.
New Covenant Blessings.
WILL
WILL be merciful to their unrighteous-
ness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more.-.
- Heb. viii. 12.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but
we know that, when He shall appear, we shall
be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
-1 John iii. 2.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a
son; and if a son, then an heir of God through
Christ.-Galatians iv. 7.
In the Lord have I righteousness and strength:
even to Him shall men come; and all that are
incensed against Him shall be ashamed.
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be
justified, and shall glory.—Isaiah xlv. 24, 25.
Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth: for I am God, and there is none
else.-Isaiah xlv. 22.
He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
HEBREWS Vii. 25.
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NOVEMBER XIX.
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The Chief Corner Stone.
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HUS saith the Lord God, Behold I lay
in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a
tried Stone, a Precious Corner Stone,
a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not
make haste.—Isaiah xxviii. 16.
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in
the Scriptures, the Stone which the builders
rejected, the same is become the head of the
corner.-Matthew xxi. 42.
To whom coming, as unto a Living Stone,
disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God,
and precious.-1 Peter ii. 4.
:
Unto you therefore which believe He is pre-
cious but unto them which be disobedient, the
Stone which the builders disallowed, the same is
made the Head of the Corner.-1 Peter ii. 7.
Other foundation can no man lay than that
is laid, which is Jesus Christ.-1 Cor. iii. 11.
Jesus Christ Himself being the Chief
Corner Stone.
EPHESIANS ii. 20.
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NOVEMBER XX.
The Life of the Believer.
AM crucified with Christ; nevertheless
I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in
ine; and the life which I now live in the
flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who
loved me and gave Himself for me.-Gal. ii. 20.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that be-
lieveth on Me hath everlasting life.—John vi. 47.
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying,
and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not
killed;
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor,
yet making many rich; as having nothing, and
yet possessing all things.-2 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain.—Philippians i. 21.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord;
and whether we die, we die unto the Lord :
whether we live therefore, or die, we are the
Lord's.-Romans xiv. 8.
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 CORINTHIANS V. 7.
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NOVEMBER XXI.
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The Power of the Spirit.
HE Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
Whom the Father will send in My name,
He shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever
I have said unto you.—John xiv. 26.
When He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He
will guide you into all truth: for He shall not
speak of Himself but whatsoever He shall
hear, that shall He speak: and He will show
you things to come.—John xvi. 13.
For by one Spirit are we all baptised into
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free; and have been
all made to drink into one Spirit.-1 Corin-
thians xii. 13.
Who also hath made us able ministers of the
new testament; not of the letter, but of the
Spirit for the letter killeth, but the Spirit
giveth life.—2 Corinthians iii. 6.
Sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
EPHESIANS i. 13.
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NOVEMBER XXII.
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The Great Deliverer.
HERE shall come out of Sion the De-
liverer, and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob.-Romans xi. 26.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because
He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to
the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the broken-
hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty them that are bruised.-Luke iv. 18.
For the Son of Man is not come to destroy
men's lives, but to save them.-Luke ix. 56.
Who gave Himself for our sins, that He
might deliver us from this present evil world,
according to the will of God and our Father.
Galatians i. 4.
Thou our God hast punished us less than our
iniquities deserve, and hast given us such De-
liverance as this.-Ezra ix. 13.
The Lord saved them by a great Deliverance.
I CHRONICLES xi. 14.
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NOVEMBER XXIII.
Hope of Immortal Glory.
E know that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
building of God, a house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.
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​For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to
be clothed upon with our house which is from
heaven.-2 Corinthians v. I, 2.
We that are in this tabernacle do groan,
being burdened; not that we would be un-
clothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might
be swallowed up of life.
Now He that hath wrought us for the self-
same thing is God, Who also hath given unto
us the earnest of the Spirit.-2 Cor. v. 4, 5.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to
be absent from the body, and to be present
with the Lord.—2 Corinthians' v. 8.
For He hath made Him to be sin for us,
Who knew no sin; that we might be made the
Righteousness of God in Him.
2 CORINTHIANS V. 21.
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NOVEMBER XXIV.
Words of Comfort.
BRUISED reed shall He not break,
and the smoking flax shall He not
quench: He shall bring forth judgment
unto truth.-Isaiah xlii. 3.
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help
thee.-Isaiah xli. 13.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and
my deliverer; my God, my strength, in Whom
I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.-Psalm xviii. 2.
I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye
sons of Jacob are not consumed.—Mal. iii. 6.
Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy
salvation and Thy right hand hath holden me
up, and Thy gentleness hath made me great.-
Psalm xviii. 35.
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One
of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be
saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be
your strength.-Isaiah xxx. 15.
He healeth the broken in heart.
PSALM cxlvii. 3.
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NOVEMBER XXV.
Our Elder Brother.
HO is My mother? and who are My
brethren ?
And He stretched forth His hand to-
ward His disciples, and said, Behold, My
mother and My brethren!
For whosoever shall do the will of My Father
which is in heaven, the same is My brother,
and sister, and mother.-Matthew xii. 48-50.
For both He that sanctifieth and they who
are sanctified are all of one : for which cause
He is not ashamed to call them brethren.-
Hebrews ii. II.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.-Romans viii. 14.
For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.-Galatians iii. 26.
For verily He took not on Him the nature
of angels; but He took on Him the seed of
Abraham.-Hebrews ii. 16.
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers
of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise
took part of the same.-Hebrews ii. 14.
Ef ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's
seed, and heirs according to the promise.
GALATIANS iii. 29.
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NOVEMBER XXVI.
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The Great Geacher.
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HUS saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy
God which teacheth thee to profit,
which leadeth thee by the
by the way that thou
shouldest go.-Isaiah xlviii. 17.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the
glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the
earth, and gross darkness the people: but the
Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall
be seen upon thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to Thy light,
and kings to the brightness of Thy rising.-
Isaiah lx. 1-3.
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I sat daily with you teaching in the temple.
-Matthew xxvi. 55.
And He was teaching in one of the syna-
gogues on the Sabbath.-Luke xiii. 10.
Master, we know that Thou art true, and
teachest the way of God in truth.-Matthew
xxii. 16.
Behold, God exalteth by His power: who
teacheth like Him?
JOB XXXVI. 22.
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NOVEMBER XXVII.
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Mercy and Lovę,
hath made His wonderful works to be
remembered: the Lord is gracious and
full of compassion.-Psalm cxi. 4.

Thus saith the Lord that created thee, O
Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel,
Fear not for I have redeemed thee, I have
called thee by thy name; thou art Mine.—
Psalm xliii. 1.
He sent redemption unto His people: He
hath commanded His covenant for ever: holy
and reverend is His name.-Fsalm cxi. 9.
I will pour water upon Him that is thirsty.
and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour
My spirit upon thy seed and My blessing upon
thine offspring.-Isaiah xliv. 3.
The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.—2 Peter iii. 9.
He shall feed His flock like a Shepherd.
ISAIAH xl. II.
361
NOVEMBER XXVIII.
Happy State of the Godly.
EN the multitude of my thoughts within
me Thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalm xciv. 19.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the
most High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and
my fortress; my God, in Him will I trust.
Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare
of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with His feathers, and
under His wings shalt thou trust: His truth
shall be thy Shield and Buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by
night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in dark-
ness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at
noonday.-Psalm xci. 1-6.
Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in
all generations. —Psalm xc. 1.
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness be-
cometh Thine house, O Lord, for ever.-Psalm
xciii. 5.
He knoweth them that trust in Him.
NAHUM i. 7.
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NOVEMBER XXIX.
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The Divine Counsellor.
3IS Name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The ever-
lasting Father, The Prince of Peace.-
Isaiah ix. 6.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased
with goods, and have need of nothing; and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miser-
able, and poor, and blind, and naked :
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white
raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that
the shame of thy nakedness do not appear;
and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou
mayest see.
As many as I love I rebuke and chasten: be
zealous therefore, and repent.-Rev. iii. 17-19.
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever,
the thoughts of His heart to all generations.-
Psalm xxxiii. II.
There are many devices in a man's heart;
nevertheless the Counsel of the Lord, that
shall stand.
PROVERBS xix. 21.
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NOVEMBER XXX.
The Great Physician.
AM the Lord that healeth thee.-Exodus
xv. 26.
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who
healeth all thy diseases.-Psalm ciii. 3.
He was wounded for our transgressions, He
was bruised for our iniquities: the chastise-
ment of our peace was upon Him; and with
His stripes we are healed.-Isaiah liii. 5.
Great multitudes followed Him, and He
healed them all. —Matthew xii. 15.
followed Him
The people
and He
received them, and spake unto them of the
kingdom of God, and healed them that had
need of healing.-Luke ix. II.
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Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be for-
given thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?-
Matthew ix. 5.
E will bring it health and cure, and E will
care them, and will reveal unto them the
abundance of peace and truth.
JEREMIAH XXxiii. 6.
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Inder to Daily Readings.
DAY.
DECEMBER.
i.-Praise-Giving.
ii.-The Christian's Path.
iii.-Blessing and Happiness.
iv.-Coming Glory.
v.—Resurrection Life.
vi.-The Saviour Christ.
vii.-Atonement.
viii.-The Blessing of the Lord.
ix.-Encouragement for Believers.
x.-Found in Christ.
xi.—The Pearl of Great Price.
xii.-Christ the True Vine.
xiii.-The Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
xiv.-Christ: The Righteous Judge.
xv.-The Heart-Searcher.
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xvi.-Christ our Advocate.
xvii.-Christ the Great Prophet.
xviii.-Our Great High-Priest.
xix.-Christ our King.
xx.-Deliverance through Christ.
xxi.-Rejoicing and Praising.
xxii.-The Hope of the Church.
xxiii.—The Believer's Comfort.
xxiv.-The Bright and Morning Star.
xxv.-The Holy Child.
xxvi.-The Ever-Present Saviour.
xxvii.—Sonship and Access to God.
xxviii.-Strength for Service.
xxix.-Brethren in Christ.
xxx.-Holy Memories.
xxxi.-Holy Resolves.

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DECEMBER I,
Praise-Giving.
HOSO offereth praise glorifieth Me: and
to him that ordereth his conversation
aright will I show the salvation of God.
—Psalm 1. 23.
Glory ye in His Holy Name: let the heart
of them rejoice that seek the Lord.- -I Chron-
icles xvi. 10.
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the
Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy Name, O
most high.-Psalm xcii. 1.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise Him; all ye
the seed of Jacob, glorify Him; and fear Him,
all ye the seed of Israel.-Psalm xxii. 23.
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His
Name: bring an offering, and come before
Him: worship the Lord in the beauty of
holiness. I Chronicles xvi. 29.
The Lord is my strength and song, and He
is become my salvation: He is my God, and I
will prepare Him an habitation; my father's
God, and I will exalt Him.-Exodus xv. 2.
Sing alond unto God our Strength.
PSALM LXXXi, 1.
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DECEMBER II.
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The Christian's Path.
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E that will love life, and see good days,
let him refrain his tongue from evil, and
his lips that they speak no guile :
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him
seek peace, and ensue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the right-
eous, and His ears are open unto their prayers:
but the face of the Lord is against them that
do evil.
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be
followers of that which is good?
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake,
happy are ye and be not afraid of their terror,
neither be troubled;
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts;
and be ready always to give an answer to every
man that asketh you a reason of the hope that
is in you with meekness and fear :
Having a good conscience; that, whereas
they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they
may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good
conversation in Christ.-1 Peter iii. 10-16.

En the way of righteousness is life; and in
the pathway thereof there is no death.
PROVERBS xii. 28.
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DECEMBER III.
Blessing and Happiness.
OW therefore hearken unto Me, O ye
children for blessed are they that keep
My ways.-Proverbs viii. 32.
:
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but
violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.—
Proverbs x. 6.
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord
his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor
such as turn aside to lies.—Psalm xl. 4.
I will both lay me down in peace, and
sleep; for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell
in safety.-Psalm iv. 8.

Grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God
hath blessed thee for ever.-Fsalm xlv. 2.
Blessed are those whom the Lord...
shall find watching.-Luke xii. 37.
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The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich,
and He addeth no sorrow with it.-Proverbs
x. 22.
Everlasting Joy shall be unto them.
ISAIAH lxi. 7.
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DECEMBER IV.
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Coming Glory.
OR yet a little while, and He that shall
come, will come, and will not tarry.—
Hebrews x. 37.
Our conversation [citizenship] is in heaven;
from whence also we look for the Saviour, the
Lord Jesus Christ :
Who shall change our vile body, that it may
be fashioned like unto His glorious body, ac-
cording to the working whereby He is able
even to subdue all things unto Himself.-Philip-
pians iii. 20, 21.
He shall come to be glorified in His saints,
and to be admired in all them that believe
(because our testimony among you was believed)
in that day.—2 Thessalonians i. 10.
Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty:
they shall behold the land that is very far off.-
Isaiah xxxiii. 17.
For the Lord Himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God.-
I Thessalonians iv. 16.
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We rejoice in Hope of the Glory of God.
ROMANS V. 2.
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370
DECEMBER V.
J
Resurrection Life.
E are buried with Him by baptism into
death that like as Christ was raised
up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness
of life.-Romans vi. 4.
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and
quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth
whom He will.—Philippians i. 21.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Rom. vi. 11.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me
no more: but ye see Me: because I live, ye
shall live also.-John xiv. 19.
And you hath He quickened who were dead
in trespasses and sins.-Ephesians ii. 1.
As the living Father hath sent Me, and I
live by the Father; so he that eateth Me, even
he shall live by Me.-John vi. 57.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God.
COLOSSIANS iii. 3.
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DECEMBER VI.
A
The Saviour Christ.
NTO you is born this day in the city of
David a SAVIOUR, which is Christ the
Lord.-Luke ii. II.
Him hath God exalted with His right hand
to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give re-
pentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
-Acts v. 31.
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me
there is no Saviour.-Isaiah xliii. II.
I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer,
the mighty One of Jacob.-Isaiah xlix. 26.
Many more believed because of His own
word;
And said unto the woman, Now we believe,
not because of thy saying: for we have heard
Him ourselves, and know that this is indeed
the Christ, the Saviour of the world.-John iv.
41, 42.
We have seen and do testify that the Father
sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.-
I John iv. 14.
There is no Saviour beside Me.
HOSEA xiii.
4.
372
DECEMBER VII.
1.
Atonement.
UT God commendeth His love towards
us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.-Romans v. 8.

In whom we have redemption through His
blood, even the forgiveness of sins.-Col. i. 14.
He was wounded for our transgressions, He
was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement
of our peace was upon Him; and with His
stripes we are healed.—Isaiah liii. 5.
Almost all things are by the law purged with
blood; and without shedding of blood is no
remission.-Hebrews ix. 22.
Ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from
your vain conversation received by tradition
from your fathers ;
But with the Precious Blood of Christ, as of
a Lamb without blemish and without spot.—
1 Peter i. 18, 19.
He is the propitiation for our sins.
I JOHN ii. 2.
373
DECEMBER VIII.
4
The Blessing of the Lord.
SEL
WILL command My blessing upon
you.-Leviticus xxv. 21.
Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with
favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
—Psalm v. 12.
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered.-Romans iv. 7.
The Lord will give strength unto His people;
the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Psalm xxix. II.
He blesseth the habitation of the just.-
Proverbs iii. 33.
I will rejoice over them to do them good,
and I will plant them in this land assuredly
with My whole heart and with My whole soul.
—Jeremiah xxxii. 41.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit
the earth.-Matthew v. 5.
God, even our own God, shall bless us.
PSALM lxvii. 6.
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DECEMBER IX.
Encouragement for Believers.
OR both He that sanctifieth, and they
who are sanctified are all of one: for
which cause He is not ashamed to call
them brethren.-Hebrews ii. II.

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now
are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of
light.-Ephesians v. 8.
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Henceforth I call you not servants: for the
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth but
I have called you friends; for all things that
I have heard of My Father, I have made known
unto you.-John xv. 15.
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord
thy God the Lord thy God hath chosen thee
to be a special people unto Himself, above all
people that are upon the face of the earth.-
Deuteronomy vii. 6.
For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.-Galatians iii. 26.
Be are the light of the world.
MATTHEW V. 14
375
F
DECEMBER X.
F
Hound in Christ.
OUND in Him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but
that which is through the faith of Christ,
the righteousness which is of God by faith:

DAUM
That I may know Him and the power of
His resurrection, and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being made comformable unto His
death;
If by any means I might attain unto the
resurrection of the dead.
Not as though I had already attained, either
were already perfect: but I follow after, if that
I may apprehend that for which also I am ap-
prehended of Christ Jesus.
Brethren, I count not myself to have appre-
hended but this one thing I do, forgetting
those things which are behind, and reaching
forth unto those things which are before.
1 press toward the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus.- Phil.
iii. 9-14.
From Me is thy fruit found.
HOSEA xiv. 8.
376
DECEMBER XI.
T
The Pearl of Great Price.
HE Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a
merchant man, seeking goodly pearls :
Who, when he had found one pearl
of great price. went and sold all that he had,
and bought it.—Matthew xiii. 45, 46.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and
knowledge rather than choice gold.—Proverbs
viii. 10.
Riches and honour are with me: yea, durable
riches and righteousness.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine
gold; and my revenue than choice silver.-
Proverbs viii. 18, 19.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the
midst of the paths of judgment:
That I may cause those that love me to in-
herit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
-Proverbs viii. 20, 21.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be rich.—Rev. iii. 18.
I love them that love Me; and those that
seek Me early shall find Me.-Prov. viii. 17.
They shall be Mine, saith the Lord of
hosts, in that day when E make up My
jewels.
MALACHI iii. 17.
377
DECEMBER XII.
:
Christ the True Vine.
AM the true vine, and My Father is the
husbandman.
Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit
He taketh away: and every branch that beareth
fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth
more fruit.
Now ye are clean through the word which I
have spoken unto you.
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in
the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in
Me.
I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that
abideth in Me, and I in Him, the same bringeth
forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do
nothing.
If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as
a branch, and is withered; and men gather
them, and cast them into the fire, and they are
burned.
If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be
done unto you.-John xv. 1-7.
Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.
JOHN XV. 8.
378
DECEMBER XIII.
Į
The Lion of the Tribe of Juda.
HE sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall
the gathering of the people be.-Gen. xlix. 10.
Thou Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be
little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of
thee shall He come forth unto Me, that is to be
Ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting.-Micah v. 2.
Behold the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the
Root of David, hath prevailed to open the
book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.-
Revelation v. 5.
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall
praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine
enemies; thy father's children shall bow down
before thee.-Genesis xlix. 8.
It is evident that our Lord sprang out of
Juda.-Hebrews vii. 14.

The Ring's wrath is as the roaring of a
lion; but His favour is as dew upon the
grass.
PSALM XIX. 12.
379.
DECEMBER XIV.
Christ: the Righteous Judge.
ITH righteousness shall he judge the
poor, and reprove with equity for the
meek of the earth and He shall smite
the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with
the breath of His lips shall he slay the wicked.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of His
loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His reins.
-Isaiah xi. 4.
He cometh to judge the earth: with righteous-
ness shall He judge the world, and the people
with equity.-Psalm xcviii. 9.
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath
committed all judgment unto the Son.-John
V. 22.
And hath given Him authority to execute
judgment also, because He is the Son of man.
-John v. 27.
He commanded us to preach unto the people,
and to testify that it is He which was ordained
of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.-
Acts x. 42.
Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.
JAMES V. 9.
380
DECEMBER XV.
t
The Heart-Searcher.
THE Lord search the heart, I try the
reins, even to give every man according
to his ways, and according to the fruit
of his doings.—Jeremiah xvii. 10.
The Lord searcheth all hearts, and under-
standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts:
if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee;
but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off
for ever.-1 Chronicles xxviii. 19.
Thou, even Thou only, knowest the hearts
of all the children of men.-1 Kings viii. 39.
Jesus knew their thoughts.-Matthew xii. 25.
Now are we sure that Thou knowest all
things, and needest not that any man should
ask Thee: by this we believe that Thou camest
forth from God.-John xvi. 30.
I am He which searcheth the reins and
hearts.-Revelations ii. 23.
God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus
Christ.-Romans ii. 16.

The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for
man looketh on the outward appearance, but
the Lord looketh on the heart.
I SAMUEL XVi. 7.
381
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DECEMBER XVI.
Christ our Advocatę.
0
HUS saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy
God that pleadeth the cause of His
people, Behold, I have taken out of
thine hand the cup of trembling.—Isaiah li. 22.
If any man sin, we have an advocate with
the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
And He is the propitiation for our sins: and
not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world.-1 John ii. 1, 2.
He bare the sin of many, and made inter-
cession for the transgressors.-Isaiah liii. 12.
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ
that died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who
is even at the right hand of God, who also
maketh intercession for us.-Romans viii. 34.
Wherefore He is able also to save them to
the uttermost that come unto God by Him,
seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for
them.-Hebrews vii. 25.
O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of
my soul; Thou hast redeemed my Life.
LAMENTATIONS iii. 58.
382
DECEMBER XVII.
Christ the Great Prophet.
EHOLD, the former things are come to
pass, and new things do I declare: be-
fore they spring forth I tell you of them.
Isaiah xlii. 9.

I will raise them up a Prophet from among
their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my
words in His mouth; and He shall speak unto
them all that I shall command Him.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
will not hearken unto My words which He
shall speak in My Name, I will require it of
him.-Deuteronomy xviii. 18, 19.
This is of a truth that Prophet that should
come into the world.-John vi. 14.
And they glorified God, saying, That a great
Prophet is risen up among us; and, That God
hath visited His people.-Luke vii. 16.
He revealeth the deep and secret things: He
knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light
dwelleth with Him.-Daniel ii. 22.
Great is our Lord, and of great power: His
understanding is infinite.
PSALM cxlvii. 5.
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DECEMBER XVIII.
Our Great High-Priest.
EEING then that we have a great High-
Priest, that is passed into the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast
our profession.-Hebrews iv. 14.

For Christ is not entered into the holy places
made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in
the presence of God for us.
Christ was once offered to bear the
sins of many; and unto them that look for
Him shall He appear the second time without
sin unto salvation.-Hebrews ix. 24, 28.
•
For such an High-Priest became us, who is
holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners,
and made higher than the heavens.- Hebrews
vii. 26.
•
We have such an High-Priest, who
is set on the right hand of the throne of the
Majesty in the heavens ;
A minister of the sanctuary; and of the
true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and
not man.--Hebrews viii. 1, 2.
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a
better testament.
HEBREWS vii, 22.
384
DECEMBER XIX.
Christ auq King.
ND the Lord shall be King over all the
earth in that day there shall be one
Lord, and His Name one.-Zech. xiv. 9.
:

Blessed be the King that cometh in the Name
of the Lord peace in heaven, and glory in the
highest.-Luke xix. 38.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout,
O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King
cometh unto thee: He is just, and having sal-
vation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and
upon a colt the foal of an ass.-Zechariah ix. 9.
In Thy majesty ride prosperously because
of truth and meekness and righteousness; and
Thy right hand shap teach Thee terrible things.
4.
He hath on His vesture and on His thigh
a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS.-Revelation xix. 16.

Thine eyes´ shall see the Ring in His
beauty.
ISAIAH XXXiii. 17.
385
25
DECEMBER XX.
Deliverance through Christ.
HO His own self bare our sins in His
own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteous-
ness: by whose stripes ye were healed.-1 Peter
ii. 24.

If thou canst believe, all things are possible
to him that believeth.-Mark ix. 23.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and
He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
-Daniel iii. 17.
What shall we then say to these things? If
God be for us, who can be against us?-Romans
viii. 31.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye sted-
fast, unmoveable, always abounding in the
work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.—
Corinthians xv. 58.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt
about with Truth.
EPHESIANS vi, 14.
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386
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DECEMBER XXI.
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Rejoicing and Praising.
RAISE the Lord of Hosts: for the Lord
is good; for His mercy endureth for
ever.—Jeremiah xxxiii. 11.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say,
Rejoice. Philippians iv. 4.
Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Sion :
and unto Thee shall the vow be performed.—
Psalm lxv. I.
Thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.-1 Cor.
xv. 57.
I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the
God of my salvation.-Habakkuk iii. 18.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and
into His courts with praise: be thankful unto
Him, and bless His name.-Psalm c. 4.
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord.
—Psalm xxxiv. 2.
St Lord,
E will sing of Mercy and Judgment; unto
Thee, O Lord, will E sing.
PSALM CỈ. I.

387
DECEMBER XXII.
The Hope of the Church.
ET a little while, and He that shall come
will come, and will not tarry.---Hebrews
x. 37.
And that, knowing the time, that now it
is high time to awake out of sleep for now
is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand:
let us therefore cast off the works of darkness,
and let us put on the armour of light.—Romans
xiii. II, 12.
Let not your heart be troubled.
In My Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto Myself:
that where I am, there ye may be also.-
John xiv. 1-3.
He shall come to be glorified in His saints,
and to be admired in all them that believe.
in that day.-2 Thessalonians i. 10.
He will swallow up death in victory.-
Isaiah xxv. 8.
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Ag

We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus
Christ.
PHILIPPIANS iii. 20.
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DECEMBER XXIII.
2
The Believer's Comfort.
3
EHOLD, what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should
be called the sons of God: therefore
the world knoweth us not, because it knew
Him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but
we know that, when He shall appear, we shall
be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as He is pure.-1 John
iii. 1-3.
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we
suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified
together.-Romans viii. 17.
Made us unto our God Kings and Priests.-
Revelation v. IO.
For He is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with Him are called, and
chosen, and faithful.-Revelation xvii. 14.
Sanctified in Christ Jesus, called Saints.
I CORINTHIANS i. 2.
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DECEMBER XXIV.
The Bright and Corning Staq.
JESUS have sent Mine angel to testify
unto you these things in the churches.
I am the Root and the Offspring of
David, and the Bright and Morning Star.-
Revelation xxii. 16.
I shall see Him, but not now: I shall behold
Him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out
of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel.
-Numbers xxiv. 17.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as
unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until
the day dawn, and the Day Star arise in your
hearts. I Peter i. 19.
For God, who commanded the light to shine
out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Jesus Christ.—2 Cor. iv. 6.

There be many that say, Who will shew
us any good? Lord, lift Thou up the light
of Thy countenance upon us.
PSALM iv. 6.
390
DECEMBER XXV.
I
Į
The Holy Child.
EHOLD, the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will perform that good thing
which I have promised unto the house
of Israel and to the house of Judah.-Jeremiak
xxxiii. 14.
And I will shake all nations, and the Desire
of all nations shall come: and I will fill this
house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.—
Haggai ii. 7.
:
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son
is given and the government shall be upon
His shoulder: and His Name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the
everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.--
Isaiah ix. 6.
Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary
his mother, Behold, this Child is set for the
fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for
a sign which shall be spoken against.-Luke
ii. 34.
The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together: for the
month of the Lord hath spoken it.
ISAIAH xl. 5.

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DECEMBER XXVI.
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The Luer-Present Saviour.
O
O, I am with you alway, even unto the
end of the world.-Matthew xxviii. 20.
Where two or three are gathered together
in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
-Matthew viii. 20.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come
to you.-John xiv. 18.
Can any hide himself in secret places that I
shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I
fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.-Fer.
xxiii. 24.
In Him we live, and move, and have our
being.-Acts xvii. 28.
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast
led captivity captive: Thou hast received gifts
for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the
Lord God might dwell among them.-Psalm
1xviii. 18.
Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and
He in us, because He hath given us of His
Spirit.-1 John iv. 13.
He hath said, E will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee.
HEBREWS xiii. 5.
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DECEMBER XXVII.
I
Sonship and Access to God.
UT now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some-
times were far off, are made nigh by the
blood of Christ.—Ephesians ii. 13.
For ye have not received the spirit of bond-
age again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father.-Romans viii. 15.
Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God,
even our Father, which hath loved us, hath
given us everlasting consolation and good hope
through grace.-2 Thessalonians ii. 16.
As many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.—Romans viii. 14.
If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and
joint-heirs of Christ; if so be that we suffer
with Him, that we may be also glorified
together.-Romans viii. 17.
Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh
to you.—James iv. 8.
Beloved, now are we the Sons of God.
I JOHN iii. 2.
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DECEMBER XXVIII.
"
Strength for Service.
HEREFORE take unto you the whole
armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and, having
done all, to stand.-Ephesians vi. 13.

By faith. he endured, as seeing Him
who is invisible.-Hebrews xi. 27.
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And he said, My presence shall go with
thee, and I will give thee rest.—Ex. xxxiii. 14.
And the Lord looked upon him, and said,
Go in this thy might.
have not I
sent thee?-Judges vi. 14.
•
He giveth power to the faint; and to them
that have no might He increaseth strength.—
Isaiah xl. 29.
For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them.
-Ephesians ii. 10.
And, behold, E am with thee, and will keep
thee in all places whither thon goest.
GENESIS XXviii. 15.
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DECEMBER XXIX.
Brethren in Christ.
AM the vine, ye are the branches: he
that abideth in Me, and I in him, the
same bringeth forth much fruit; for
without Me ye can do nothing.—John xv. 5.
If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be
done unto you.-John xv. 7.
As the Father hath loved Me, so have I
loved you continue ye in My love.-John
xv. 9.
:
Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I
command you.-John xv. 14.
We are members of His body, of His flesh,
and of His bones.-Ephesians v. 30.
Ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith
the Lord Almighty.-2 Corinthians vi. 18.
Saints and faithful brethren in Christ.
COLOSSIANS i. 2.
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DECEMBER XXX.
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Holy Demories.
REMEMBER the days of old; I medi-
tate on all Thy works; I muse on the
work of Thy hands.-Psalm cxliii. 5.
I remembered Thy judgment of old, O Lord;
and have comforted myself.-Psalm cxix. 52.
When I remember these things, I pour out
my soul in me: for I had gone with the
multitude, I went with them to the house of
God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a
multitude that kept holyday.-Psalm xlii. 4.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and
fatness; and my mouth shall praise Thee with
joyful lips :
When I remember Thee upon my bed, and
meditate upon Thee in the night watches.-
Psalm lxiii. 5, 6.
I have remembered Thy name, O Lord, in
the night, and have kept Thy law.-Psalm
cxix. 55.
I will never forget Thy precepts; for with
them Thou hast quickened me.-Ps. cxix. 93.
They remembered that God was their Rock,
and the High God their Redeemer.
Psalm lxxxviii. 35.
396
DECEMBER XXXI.
Holy Resolves.
WILL wash mine hands in innocency :
so will I compass Thine Altar, O Lord.
Psalm xxvi. 6.
I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanks-
giving, and will call upon the name of the
Lord.
I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in
the presence of all His people.—Psalm cxvi.
17, 18.
I will praise Thee with uprightness of heart,
when I shall have learned Thy righteous
judgments.
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not
utterly.-Psalm cxix. 7, 8.
I will mention the lovingkindness of the
Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according
to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and
the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
which He hath bestowed on them according to
His mercies, and according to the multitude
of His lovingkindnesses.-Isaiah lxiii. 7.
I will neither turn unto the right hand nor
to the left.-Deuteronomy ii. 27.
E will walk before the Lord in the land
of the living.
PSALM CXVi. 9.
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