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SEPTEMBER 21.

"Turn thou me, and I shall be turned."

Jer. xxxi. 18.

Repentance is God's gift, and therefore must be begged; it is Christ's purchase, the covenant's promise, and may be begged with confidence. 'Jesus Christ is exalted to give repentance :' go to him in faith. All means are ineffectual, without God's blessing. Let, therefore,

prayer enforce all."-CROFTON.

SEPTEMBER 22.

"Faith which worketh by love."-Gal. v. 6.

"Love attempts much for God, looking to the command; and faith expects much from God, looking to the promise."Anon.

SEPTEMBER 23.

"Walk by faith."-2 Cor. v. 7.

"We live by faith, and faith lives by exercise. Why do we act faith so little in prayer, but because we are not more frequent in it."—GURNALL.

SEPTEMBER 24.

"Enter ye in at the strait gate."-Matt. vii. 13.

"The gate which leads to life is a strait gate, therefore we should fear; it is an open gate, therefore we should hope."-BROOKS.

SEPTEMBER 25.

"When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." Job xxiii. 10.

"Weakness is manifested, that it may be removed, and grace manifested, that it may be strengthened."-MANTON.

SEPTEMBER 26.

"Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations."-James i. 2.

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Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart."-BOSTON.

SEPTEMBER 27.

"The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."-Rev. xxii 2.

"What must be the fruit of the tree of life, when its very leaves heal the nations?" -Anon.

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SEPTEMBER 28.

"And other seed fell on good ground, and did yield fruit."-Mark iv. 8.

"The good ground is the good heart. No one is good but through the grace of God. It was a mercy of thee, O Lord, to purchase, at so dear a rate, such barren and accursed ground, full of thorns and briers, and fit only to be burned, that thou mightst make it a rich and blessed soil, fruitful in every kind of good fruit! Blind and miserable must that man be who attributes this work to himself, and gives not thee the glory of it.”—QUESNEL.

SEPTEMBER 29.

"Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James iv. 7.

"No man was ever absolutely prevailed on by sin who prayed for deliverance according to the mind of God."-OWEN.

SEPTEMBER 30.

"He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee." 2 Cor. xii. 9.

"Let it ever be remembered by the tried believer, that supporting grace, in the season of trial, is a greater mercy than the removal of the trial itself."WINSLOW.