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joy communing with Him. that we did not
trust Him while we lived. Fretfulness,
complaining, discomfort. worry. will look
so cheap as we stand in the clear light of
that life and see how we INDUCED our
selves in them ALL while God was daily
and hourly caring for us with a love past
explaining. And then we will recall how
cold our prayers and our worship were,
how formal our singing and how blind
our reading of the Bible. We will re-
member that we seldom II ever told
Christ that we loved Him. I have often
thought that 1t must have been q lasting
comfort to Peter in his life Of toll and
In his bitter remembrance Of his three
fold denial that he had the opportunity
Of saying three times. with all his heart
in the words, to the risen Christ, Thou
knowest that love Thee.''
Well. now We are still alive and on
earth. Can We not draw from our vision
an inspiration which shall make us eager,
, quick to express our love for God in
speech and action Shall we not try
to conquer complaint and anxiety, and
resting in His love leave all to Him?
"oh. dearly. dearly has He loved.
And We must love Him, too
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do
What privilege we have in the Bible,
and In the books we can read, written by
good men, and in the messages from the
pulpit too often criticised, scorned and
forgotten! Is there anything needful for
our right living which God has not de-
clared? Can we plead ignorance In any
particular touching our duty toward God
and our duty toward our neighbor? In
these days, when the very atmosphere
around us echoes with Gods truth, have
We any excuse for not listening and obey
ing? In Paradise, when we rest there
by Gods grace. even to the best of us
will come memories Of privileges of hear
ing and practicing divine messages which
during the earth life we neglected. Let
us seek to have as little to regret in this
regard as possible. and learn and prac-
tice now the precious truths which we are
able to hear and know. An open Bible,
sermons and books are q privilege but
they are also responsibility.
Then there is the work we might have
done which win accuse US before God at
last unless We strive to do it now with
all our hearts. Evidently 1t was Dives
neglect Of Lazarus lying sick at his gate
that chiefly caused his condemnation. He
| might have comforted. he might have
helped. but. wrapped up in his feastins
and luxury Of living. he forgot or ignored
| useless that luxurious feasting must have
seemed now to the rich man! 1t awaited
| him nothing in this new existence that
he had had money and houses and lands
for no one had enjoyed them but him.
| self and his friends as selfish as himself
| And he might have blessed so many and
made for himself friends to welcome him
| to an everlasting habitation. Alas. it wat
| now too late!
| What a joy II is. even here and now
to serve others. to minister to the sicl
/ and the poor, to he rich toward God
whether men count Us rich or not, Dc
we realize that whatever we have OF
/, earthly posjGss.ors we mold In trust 10
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