DEVOTIONAL COLUMN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 247, 17 September 1932, Page 4

DEVOTIONAL COLUMN

A “THANK YOU” PRAYER

Ac t Inin Is then, Cod, for everything— I'or lovely Dower* mid birds that .'dug I'or i: oil, whilst clouds mid skies of blue, Lor showers ol lain mid drops of dew, I'or twinkling stars mid lireilies’ glow, 'l int moon that shines on us helow, I l or tutu and shells mid line white sand, And boats that nail away from land, And shady trees and new green grass, And daisies nodding as we pass, I'or bumhlehees and butterflies,

I'or night Hunt wli <*ll U<i <ll <Hi<i Oil /' OyO.S l o sleep iint.il a bright, now day Shall wnlioii iij> 1.0 <rnnio mill play, Drni Cod, who fiiv<;n iis everything, Diir tliiinliii t.o Tlicc wo gladly bring.

WHERE COD IS CHEST

'I'L (‘t*\ in jt I iff hi liniim I know

Has atmosphere where souls may grow; A little place where hearts cun rest, And learn tho things that life holds I lest.

It’s just a simple, ipiict place, icl lull el kind mid winsome grace, I'or sympathy mid love .are there, And iindcrsl,milling true and rare.

Sometimes it. id a place of prayer Wliolioo souls ko mil, to do and daro; Where weary ones slug tears away, And walk with (hid tilling the way.

() lilt.hi liouni of our heart’s rest I () littlo homo wlioro (hid is guest I

“If Salmi emiiiol. beat you in prayer ho rmiiiol. lioaf you anywhere.’ Wo must, huirn at all ousts to “shut tho door," and talk lo our Kntlior in soorot.

V«i ii do not. liuvo lo <1 it* in ordor to ho oloalist'd ; nlliorwiso death is sujx'rior to tho hlooil of Christ. “What wilt thou have mo to do?” is a challenge to lit' in (load oarnost. It. is to such a ono that Cod's blessing ooiues.

Tho way to liocomo fully equipped as Clirist's disfiplos is to ]i r aotioo tho art, not. only of Itildo reading, hut also of prayor. Thou wo can go out ami move nion to Cod.

lIICH TIME TO KOI SK YOUR SELVES."

I.istt'n to what I’aul says to tho Christian fonunuiiity in Romo 1900 yours uno. lit' is saying, “Vou know tho critical period at which wo nro living, amt that it is now high timo lo rouso yourselves from sleep ” mouth’s version of Horn, til: lib Dr. Weymouth adds the comment : "House yourselves, briskly and sharply, not after the fashion of the sluggard.” If ever there was a time when Christiau people weiv challenged to he all that they might he. then these days are indeed the critical period for us. We are to endure patiently, to give even more generously than in the days of our prosperity, to be "All in for Cod” and "All out for God." Nothing less than that will serve. It is time to be up and about, busy to our finger tips, buying up our opportunities as men who a tv eager to gx't as much done before sunset as they can. Brethren, it is full gettiug-up time. And the night following the Lord stood by him. and said. Be of good cheer: ter as then hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear w itness also at Koine. —Acts -e: U. Thus llt'd leads his children step by step until the journey is finished, the work completed, and the divine pur(vses fulfilled. No power on earth er

in hell can thwart the divine plan, or still the voice of faithful witnesses. Reading—Acts 23: 1-10.

THE HELPER.

Cast thy burden on the Lord and He shall sustain thee. —Psalm 55: 22. Cast ihv harden on the Lord. Lear not; cast it all. If you try to carry part You shall surely iall. i Trust Him, for He knows the weight Hotter for than you. ! Do not linger or dehate. Trust Him; He is true. Jesus knows your every want, Lor He, too, lived here; Knew what earthly trials meant, So you need not fear. lie has said. “I know thy frame, All the weakest parts.” He will pity, never hlame, Weary doubling hearts, Rut. will heal autl strengthen them, If they ask His aid; So take liearl, the Saviour knows Who said, “Re not afraid.” —M.S.C.

E.M RLE.MS OK CHRIST.

Cast thine eyes which way thou wilt, and thou shall hardly look on any thing hut Christ Jesus hath taken the name of that very thing upon Himself. Is it day? and dost thou be-

hold the sun? He is called the Sun of righteousness. Or is it night ? and dost thou behold the stars? He » called a star: “There shall come a Star out of Jacob.” Or is it morning? and dost thou behold the morning-star. He is called “the bright Mormng-btar ts it noon? and dost thog clear light all the world over? He is that light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” Come a little nearer, if thou lookest lon the earth, and takes a view of the creatures about thee, seest thou I sheep? “As a sheep before her shearer jis dumb, so He opened not His mouth.” Or seest thou a lamb- He hold the Lamb of God tyhich taketh away the sin of the world. Seest, tho i a shepherd watching over his fl “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known o . • Or seest thou a fountain, , • waters? He is caHed a fountain . j that day there shall be a Fount am opened to the house of Havid. seest thou a tree good fo -.mpd ‘‘the pleasant to the eye. He is * Tree of Life.” Seest thou a rose,^ !vthe a, “R f o a se of° Sharon. and. the' Lily of the Valley.” Art thou and takest a view of what «St™ table? He is the Bread of God- tr « f Bread from Heaven; the Bread

ISAAC AMBROSE.