The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-28
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Sunday --Ye are not your own; for
We were bought With a price, Cor.
IL. 20
Give as sympathy with. and a deep.
lasting and fruitful gratitude to our
Redeemer. Let not the dreams or
reahties Of HE crowd out of our
! hearts his image in all its fulness OF
grace. but may it at all times stand
before US til shame deeItus into re-
pentance. and repentance transforms
US into his image Marcus Dods,
Monday in them and thou in
me, that they may he perfected into
one. that the world may know that
thou didst send me.--John II 2s
The ideal life is that in which Christ
Is the pith of every thought. Christ
the wing of every word. Christ the
spring of every action, Christ the pole
of the heart, Christ the goal of the
life; until tn rule Of our living shall
he to go TO Christ with everything. TO
go from Christ Ia everything. to live
face TO face with Christ in everything,
until Christ shall be all and in all TO
the soul.-Howard A. Johnston.
Tuesday Whether therefore ye
eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do
all INV = t'i vi Nfou----f or ~ 81
Shape up your pleasures in such a
way that they will not breed distaste
fer duty, but keener zest and relish
in the discharge of IT. If YOU
insist that each pleasure shall hold
itself subordinate 10 your main pur-
pose. il you steadfastly require that
no pleasure Of yours shall be enjoyed
al the cost OF the finer values in those
other lives involved. then indeed You
viii eat and drink. work and play to
the glory of your Maker,--Charies X,
Brown.
Wednesday .-Serve him with per-
feet heart and with willing mind
, | Chron %: 3.
Make channels for the streams of
! Where they may broadly run;
! And love has overlooking streams
To till them every one
I But II at any time thou cease
Such channels to provide,
! The very founts OF love for thee
viii soon be parched and dried.
Archbishop Trench
| Thursday. To love him with all the
heart. and with all the understanding,
and with all the strength. and to love
! his neighbor as himself, as much more
/ than all whole burnt offerings and
saeriiices.-Mark II: SO.
The lilys lips are pure and white
| without a touch of fire;
The roses heart is warm and red and
sweetened with desire.
In earth's broad fields of deathless
bloom the gladdest lives are
Whose thoughts are as the lily and
whose love u like the rose
Nixon Waterman.
F'riday.-If any man would come
after me, let him deny himself. and
take up his cross daily and follow
me.-Luke 3: 23.
There is legend of a good man
for whom the angels requested some
new power They were told to find
out what the man would like. He
said he would like to do a great deal
of good in the world without knowing
it. This request Vas granted, and
whenever his shadow fell behind him,
where he could see it, 1t had healing
power; but when 1t fell before him it
had no such power.
When we know we are good and
conscious OF our worth, we are of lit
the use. But when we .hini. not II
all of ourselves our shadow is full OF
blessing.-J. r.. Miller.
Saturday.--Always bearing about in
the body the dying of Jesus, that the
life also of Jesus may be manifested
in our body.-2 Cor. 4; TO-
Being "conforme0 unto his DEATH"
then. means that we begin our life
where he finally expressed the snAster-