DEVOTIONAL COLUMN

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6900, 4 May 1929, Page 14

DEVOTIONAL COLUMN

PRECEPT Behold theh Lamb of God. John 1, 29. PROMISE Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. Rom. 10, 11. PRAYER Save us, O God 6f our Salvation. 1 Chron. 16, 33. WE SEE JESUS (1) Jesus . . . crowned with glory and honour.—Hcb. 2:9. (2) Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith.—Heb. 12:2. (3) Jesus made a surety.—Heb. 7:22. (4) Jesus made a High Priest forever.—Hcb. 6:20. (a) A High Priest holy, harmless, undefiled. —Heb. 7:26. (b) A merciful High Priest. —Hcb. 2:17. (c) A-great High Priest.—Hcb. 4:14. (d) A High Priest set on the right hand of the majesty in thu Heavens. . . . —Heb. S:l.

“WE WILL REMEMBER THY LOVE” (S. of S. i. 4). It is unchanging.—Mai. iii. 6. It is enduring.—Psa. cvi. 1. It is everlasting.—Jc-r. xxxi. 3. It is filling.—Psa. evii. 9. It is satisfying.—Psa. evii. 9. “Crosses and changes are our lot, Long as we sojourn here; But sinco our Saviour changes not What'have His saints to fear.” JUSTICE IN THE GATE By ( Amos R, Wells. The ancient city gate was thronged, the judge was there in state; the poor, the rich, the base, the wronged were holding fierce debate. Sudden the farmer prophet came and gazed upon the scene: majestic was his sturdy frame, his raiment rough ancl mean. Then shouted Amos with a frown above the wrangling tribe: “0 ye the poor that trample down, O ye that.take a bride, I know how crijcl is your guilt, how selfish is your sin;-the splendid houses ye have built, ye shall, not dwell therein. Your solemn, pompous feasts I hate, your splendor I despise: establish justice in the gate and put away your lies 1 I’ll have no more your temple

songs, your viols’ praiseful din, untii you end your your heartless wrongs and put away your sin. I’ll have no more burnt offerings whole, no tributes that blaspheme, till justice as the waters roll, ancl as a mighty stream!”. So Amos shouted, mid the cry, in country or in town, wherever rascals cheat and lie, rings through the ages down. And so we hear the warnings still, amid our mean debate: “Seek good,” cries Amos, “and not ill. Do justice in the gate! ” OUR UNSEEN COMPANION

A certain blind man walked down the street tho other day. He walked through the crowded traffic, straight across the street with its rushing automobiles. On and on ho went at a good rate of speed, and not one object did ho toWh, not ono person did he bump. How did this totally blind man do all this? There was a man who walked by his side, a friend whom he could not sec, who led him on his way—and thanks to this invisible helper, he did that which of himself he would never have been able to do so. IVc who are the followers of Christ go forth into the trouble and tumult of the world very much like a blind man who walks forth upon the streets of one of our larget cities. Our path i? often dark before us. "We cannot see and know what perils are in the way. But we will not be afraid, neither will we walk timidly, as do those who fear sudden and unexpected calamity. We will go forth boldy end with confidence. We will do This and no harm shall come to us, because there is an Unseen Companion Who walks with us and Who guides us on our way —that Companion, our Saviour, Jesus Christ! SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL POWER

One of the comparatively recent inventions for lightening the labours ot' the busy housewife is the electric fiat iron. By means of an insulated wire it may be connected with the electric wire of the house. The iron is thus heated by electricity and kept at uniform heat while in operation. It is a vaulable improvement over tho oldfashioned iron, which must be constantly repeated over a flame as fast as it becomes too cold for use. Christians are sometimes like the oldfashioned iron, continually. becoming luke-warm or cold and needing a new contact with a divine fire. Much better would it be if they were like the electric Iron, always connected with the source of power and thus kept constantly at a working heat.