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built to be His temple. and put It to uses
which 1t We're blasphemous to associate
with God! Let rather find our JOY in
realizing the Ideal set before US by Paul
pies and in clarifying Him in our body and
in our spirit
Maltbie D. Babcock says:
The will of God. To do my share of tt
where l live, with my tools, with my oppor-
tunlties, with my enlargement or limita-
uons-that is what l am for. 1t is life
of self-surrender. as l look up-of constant
trust in my Fathers love. of the growing
intimacy of a devoted child. of the longing
to know Him better and please Him more
perfectly. 1t Is life of self-mastery, as
! look in-of steady determination to keep
my senses under the rule of my spirit, to
bring every thought even into captivity to
the obedience of Jesus Christ; and a life
of self-development IN the training OF every
power. 1t Is the enlarging and enriching
of every faculty; the enlightening and en-
nobling of tastes and sympathies. 1t is a
life of self-devotion, of putting my best
self at the point of need striving in all
sacred and sacrificial uses of life to bless
the world. to uplft and redeem. and fill
up In my body that which is lacking in
the Affections of Christ. To do the
will of God-that Is the chief end and glory
Of man. No other aim can stand In the
test of time. to say nothing Of eternity.
No other aim can bring every note In the
gamut of our being into play and make a
genuine psalm of life. No other can take
every fragment of our being, every word
and deed, every thought and longing, every
task and trial, every test and sorrow. and
fit 1t into a mosaic whose pattern is the
one shown on the mount, whose clear I'M
age is the predestined likeness OF Jesus
Christ"
o1rI1 T Twin r1x in n
career. anxious to go far into the interior
where no missionary had as yet penetrated
wrote to his friend Watt: Whatever way
my life may be spent so as but to promote
the glory of our gracious God, I feel anx-
ious to do It, My life may be.spent
as prof1tably as pioneer as in any other
way And later when he had actually
penetrated the vast unknown of the dark
continent he gives touching detail or the
hardships incident to his peculiar case
from which other missionaries would be
exempted, but with characteristic manli-
ness he charges the directors not to publish
that part of the letter. lest he should ap-
pear to be making too much of his trials
Sacrifices he could never call them
says DR.. Blaikie. because nothing could be
worthy of that name in the service OF Him
who. though He was rich, for our sakes
became poor. Two three times every day
he had been wet up to the waist in cross
Ing streams and marshy ground. The rain
was so drenching that he had often to put
his watch under his armpit to keep It
dry His good OK Sinbad would never let
him hold an umbrella. His bed was on
grass, with only a horsecloth between. His
food often consisted of birdseed, manloc
roots and meal. No wonder If he suffered
much" In later years when Livingstone's
task was almost done he wrote in his diary
on his birthday these words: My Jesus,
my King. my Life. my All: l again dedl-
cate my whole self to Thee. Accept me,
and grant, o gracious Father that ere this
&c Ami m
Jesus name I ask it. Amen. Sc let 1t be-
DAVID LIVINGSTONE.
F. B. Meyer says:
God is not going to give the holy influ-
ence of Pentecost to men and women who
are living inconsistent and unclean lives.
There must be putting away OF the sins
of the flesh. the putting away of every
tnlng which is inconsistent with the light
of God and only so, step by step. can you
come up to the point where the fair inter
will be put on your brow. There
must be the removal of the filthy garments!
- The garment always stands for habit
or dress. We are dealing now with our
daily habits. 1t is remarkaLie how people
change their dress when the sun begins to
shine in March and April. We wear shabby
things in the winter. We say 1t does no.
matter much what we wear; who sees?
The light is obscure. But as the spring
breaks We put off the shabby dress and put
on the spring attire. So it is when we
stand beneath the light that streams from
the sun of righteousness; we see great
many shabby things in our lives. and God
cal-s upon us to drop them without discus
sion or delay. We do not grow out of
them. but We drop them. ..e do not grad
ually recede from them but we put them
off. 1t is remarkable that in Peter Epistle.
Colossians and Ephesians the apostles tell
US to put off suddenly the habit of Sin. You
must put il off. AS when a prisoner comes
forth to freedom he puts off the prison
ciothGs' SO you must hot "ait 10 gre" oct
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