THINK ON THESE THINGS

Search the Scriptures’ precious store—

As a miner digs for ore;

Search, and you will surely find

Treasures to enrich the mind.

--Anon

Prayer is a creature’s strength

His very breath and being;

Prayer is the golden key

That can open the wicket of Mercy.

Prayer is the magic word

That saith to fate, ‘so be it.’

Prayer is the slender nerve

That moves the muscles of Omnipotence.

Please God in all you do, and be pleased with all God does.

We do not need to be anxious concerning what God will do.

He will do everything in the right way, and we need not be anxious.

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly”—Colossians 3.16.

RULES FOR LIFE

Begin the day with God:

Kneel down to Him in prayer,

Lift up thy heart to His abode

And seek His love to share.

Open the Book of God,

And read a portion there;

That it may hallow all thy thoughts,

And sweeten all thy care.

Go through the day with God,

Whate’er thy work may be;

Where’er thou art – at home, abroad,

He still is near to thee.

Converse in mind with God,

Thy spirit heavenward raise:

Acknowledge every good bestowed.

And offer grateful praise.

Conclude the day with God,

Thy sins to Him confess;

Trust in the Lord’s atoning blood

And plead His righteousness.

EAGLE’S WINGS

Above the storm, above the clouds,

With vision keen and clear,

The stately Eagle soars alone

Without a care or fear.

Tho’ thunder crash, the lightning flash,

And winds may rage and roar –

Alone he flies, beneath the skies,

A thing of grace and power.

“And they who wait upon the Lord,”

The promise is for thee.

If thou canst wait, and watch, and pray

This shall thy portion be.

Above the clouds of doubt and fear,

The taint of earthly things –

Unfettered shall thy spirit be;

To rise on Eagles’ wings.

To learn and do His will

And those who at His feet will wait

Shall rise above the noise and strife,

Their spirit calm and still.

Above the clouds of unbelief

Their song of victory raise –

For they shall rise on Eagle’s wings,

The wings of prayer and praise.

For those who wait at Jesus’ feet

Shall in their Lord be strong;

And they shall find their strength renewed,

And, in their heart, a song.

Though rough the path and dark the day,

With joy my spirit sings –

The promise is that those who wait

Shall rise on Eagle’s wings.

--Alfred Easterbrook

ONE HERE AND THERE

Of all we meet on life’s great stream

There’s but one here and there

Who treasures most the better things.

Each man to self most tightly clings.

For self he toils; of self he sings,

Except one here and there.

The world would be a des’late place,

But for one and here and there,

Whose heart with self has not been filled,

Whose love for God has not been killed,

Whose thankful praise has not been stilled.

There’s but one here and there.

And this has been the Lord’s wise will,

To use one here and there,

Who, counting earthly gain but dross,

Would daily take the Christian’s cross,

E’en at the risk of any loss.

God finds one here and there.

‘Tis not the number that He finds,

But just one here and there.

He seeks for souls, for jewels rare,

For those who will His sufferings share,

And for His sake, reproaches bear;

Yea few – one here and there.

--Selected

Doubt sees the obstacles – faith sees the way!

Doubt sees the darkest night, faith sees the day!

Doubt dreads to take a step – faith soars on high,

Doubt questions, ‘Who believes?’ Faith answers: ‘I.’