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Evening, March 21 Scripture: “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?”(Job 38:31) If inclined to boast of our abilities, the grandeur of nature may soon show us how puny we are. We cannot move the least of all the twinkling stars, or quench so much as one […] Evening, March 20 Scripture: “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.”(Ephesians 5:25) What a golden example Christ gives to his disciples! Few masters could venture to say, “If you would practise my teaching, imitate my life;” but as the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of perfect virtue, he can […] Evening, March 19 Scripture: “And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.”(Ruth 2:14) Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full and sweet repast. When Jesus is the host no guest goes empty from the table. Our head is satisfied with the […] Evening, March 18 Scripture: “As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you.”(John 15:9) As the Father loves the Son, in the same manner Jesus loves his people. What is that divine method? He loved him without beginning, and thus Jesus loves his members. “I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” You […] Evening, March 17 Scripture: “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”(Matthew 5:9) This is the seventh of the beatitudes: and seven was the number of perfection among the Hebrews. It may be that the Saviour placed the peacemaker the seventh upon the list because he most nearly approaches the […] |
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