DECEMBER 1.

"I wound and I heal."-Deut. xxxii. 39.

"The man whom he chooses to make truly godly, he causes first to feel himself almost a despairing sinner; whom he chooses to make wise, he first makes a fool; whom he chooses to make strong, he first renders weak. He delivers to death the man whom he means to quicken; he depresses to hell whomsoever he intends to call to heaven. . . . . . . This is that wonderful King, who is nearest to those from whom he seems to be the most remote."-LUTHER.

DECEMBER 2.

"As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him."-Ps. ciii. 13.

"Go and ransack thy heart, Christian,

from one end to the other; find out thy wants, acquaint thyself with all thy weakness, and set them before the Almighty, as the widow her empty vessel before the prophet. Hadst thou more than thou canst bring, thou mayst have them all filled. God hath strength enough to give, but he hath no strength to deny; here the Almighty (with reverence be it spoken) is weak; even a child, the weakest in grace of his family, that can but say, 'Father,' is able to overcome him.". GURNALL.

DECEMBER 3.

"Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Cor. x. 31.

"So live with men, as considering always that God sees thee; so pray to God, as if every man heard thee. Do

nothing which thou wouldst not have God see done. Desire nothing which may either wrong thy profession to ask, or God's honour to grant."-HENSHAWE.

DECEMBER 4.

"Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever."-Ps. cxix. 160.

"The word of God is sure.

said, and shall he not do it?

'Hath he

Hath he

spoken, and shall he not bring it to pass?' God is essentially truth-he cannot deceive. God is unchangeable-he cannot alter his mind. God is almighty-he cannot be hindered by any impediment." -HUGH MACNEILE.

DECEMBER 5.

"Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

.....

To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word."-Isa. lxvi. 1, 2.

"God hath two dwelling-places-the highest heavens, and the lowest hearts; that is the habitation of his glory-this of his grace."-Anon.

DECEMBER 6.

"Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."-John iii. 3.

"If there were no law to exclude the unsanctified sinner from glory he would necessarily remain miserable. His sin is his hell. His disposition would destroy all the happiness of heaven: the service

and the joy would only disgust and torment the mind. God cannot make us happy with himself till he has made us holy like himself."-JAY.

DECEMBER 7.

"It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings."-Heb. ii. 10. "The Son of God became the Son of man, that the sons of men might become the sons of God."-Canaan's Flowings.

DECEMBER 8.

"He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."-John viii. 12.

"These are the words of Christ, by which we are taught, that it is only by a conformity to his life and spirit that we can be truly enlightened, and delivered