Rays of Light
"In Thy light we shall see light." (Psalm 36:9)
Though trials and afflictions May cast their shadow o'er us,
Thy love doth throw a heavenly glow Of light on all before us.
That love has smiled from heaven, To cheer our path of sadness;
And lead the way through earth's dark day, To realms of joy and sadness.
--- H.W.
(pp. 161-164, Footprints for Pilgrims)
The next step we should take is the one Satan sets himself to hinder.
--- J.B.S.
Hold on to the highest rung of the ladder -- Satan or friends may give you a knock across the knuckles, but hold on.
--- J.B.S.
All that we pass through is that we may get a fresh view of Christ, or a deepening of a former one; but often we are so occupied with the circumstances, or ourselves in the circumstances, that we fail to learn the lesson God would teach us.
--- C.T.
David's inordinate tenderness only paved the way for Absalom's open rebellion. Terrible warning ! Deal tenderly with evil, and it will assuredly rise to a head, and crush you in the end. On the other hand, meet evil with a face of flint, and your victory is sure. Sport not with the serpent, but at once crush it beneath your foot. Plain, unflinching decision is, after all, the safest and happiest path. It may be trying at first, but the end is peaceful.
--- C.H.M.
He has not suffered you to walk smoothly down the streams of life, but by large and rough billows has dashed you on the promises.
--- V.P.
"My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work." His will and His work. There are not many considerations for the servant of Christ; there is only the will of the Father, and the work of the Father.
--- E.P.C.
You say, "You make a great deal of a meeting." I say, "I cannot make enough of being in the presence of the Son of God."
--- E.P.C.
A young man in my office, going abroad, said, "I am going in for money," etc. I believe Christians ought to have something they are going in for. I am going in "to be filled with all the fulness of God." Nothing less. It is all in the heart of God that we should have this.
--- E.P.C.
I have often thought that the ideal way of speaking would be to so conscious of the Lord's presence as to have no eyes for the saints who are present. Indeed, this should always be the case, and then one would only seek to commend oneself to the Lord. Alas! how seldom this is the case. And yet, even in preaching the apostle says, "As from God, and as before God, we speak in Christ." This would be the perfection of speaking.
--- E.D.
Simeon "blessed God." (Luke 2:28) "And Simeon blessed them." (ver. 34) When you bless God you will be able to bless other people, for all service must be carried on in the spirit of worship. No service is effective that is not the overflowing of the heart.
--- E.D.
We are flattered into good thoughts of people, and slighted into hard ones.
--- J.G.B.
