him, and well-nigh wrecked his soul. The Lord Jesus specially warns His people against causing the "little ones" to "offend,”—to stumble and fall. But are not others, also, liable to "take offence"-to stumble and fall-yes, perhaps fatally? We say we are "at liberty" to use our very moderate quantity of stimulant we need something of the kind, the doctor says so why should we not? Liberty!" Perhaps we remember certain cautioning words on this point, to this effect-"Take heed, lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak."

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A warm friend of the " rescue cause took a reclaimed one into his service; but ere long something caused her to stumble. She saw stimulants in use; and observed that (confidence being placed in the domestics) the sideboard was not locked. The rest of the story need not be told. Ere long the stimulants were entirely given up in that house"lest we should offend them."

Some-many?—are easily stumbled. Perhaps for long years they have been prayed for by friends who watch for their souls. They are highly sensitive, and keenly alive to hindering influences. Should any inconsistency come under their notice, they see it at once. A comparatively trifling thing in the way stops their advance. How sad that [such should in any wise, or to any extent, be hindered-especially by believers! Oh what circumspection is necessary on our part, what self-denial, what charity," lest we should offend them!"

And, even amongst God's people, what danger of

stumbling exists, calling for the exercise of a similar spirit. The strong should feel for the infirmities of the weak. The ankles and knees of some differ in strength from those of others. The feeble ones should be very tenderly remembered.

Oh! for the mind of Christ! "Lest we should offend them" was, with Him, a great principle. It occupies a first-rank place, and is high, noble, Christian! St. Paul caught the Master's spirit, and exclaimed :—“ If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend."

Days of Heaven upon Earth.”

By Hester Campbell.

"THAT THY DAYS MAY BE MULTIPLIED AS THE DAYS OF HEAVEN UPON EARTH."-Deut. xi. 12—21.

Is this possible? Yes, it is. These are the words of the Living God; a blessing which even fallen man may obtain ; an experience which you and I may enjoy. You say, "But how?" See verse 7. "Your eyes have seen all the great works of the Lord which He did ;" and what have His eyes seen? All your future! His eyes are on it "from the beginning to the end of the year," as they were on the Land of Canaan. You, too, glance anxiously on to the unknown future stretching before you, and you say, "With all these difficulties surrounding me can mine ever be days of Heaven upon Earth?" Not even like the past bit of life, in comparatively easy circumstances, but with a future of hills and valleys before me, ups and downs, greater weights to be

mastered, deeper depths to be fathomed than ever before it may be, how can I hope to live the life of "Heaven upon Earth?"

Would you know it, dear friend? The secret of this bliss of Heaven is this-" His servants shall serve Him."-Rev. xxii. 3. They "do His pleasure."

There is one Will in Heaven, and all rejoice in it, and all obey its blessed mandates. All self is absorbed in One Blessed Will: and when this is the case on earth you have "days of Heaven." It was for this Jesus taught us to pray, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven." The whole soul is absorbed in Christ, the life hanging on Him from hour to hour. This is the attitude of Blessing. How shall it be?-Hear, Love, Serve.

Three steps. Hear His Will," fall in love with it" (as some of us heard lately), and serve Him with all your heart, and all your soul. Let Him absorb the powers of your whole being. Let Him come into your soul, "look through the windows of your eyes, use the furniture of your faculties." Let Him be the Life-the only Life in your soul. See verse 13. "Hearken diligently unto My commandments; " and in order to be diligent your heart must be "set upon them." Set on doing His Will, else you will not hear His whispers. Oh! friends, "set your heart on Christ!" and His commands will be easily known, easily recognised.

You know how in the old "self-life" (now I trust gone by for ever, and oh Lord Jesus grant that it may be so in me !) when you "set your heart" on anything, your whole being was concentrated on that object, and you spared no pains, you counted all but loss to obtain it. Now let your whole heart be so "set on Christ," the bent of your mind and will towards Him, and you will find it easy to be "diligently hearkening to His commands." You will, so to speak, be afraid to lose one of them.

You know how you watch a dear friend; delighted even to be able to carry any little thing for her, eager to do her the smallest service, for very love's sake-the constraining power of that love enables you even to do a hard thing for her, and the stronger the love, the easier the service. Yes; I think it is a great chance (if I may so say), that we hear His commands at all when our minds are full of our own way! For if the eye of your soul sees one object, "self will" on one side, it will not see God's will so clearly on the other. Oh! let Christ be the central point of your life, the love of your life, yea, your very life itself! "Christ who is our Life!" Is it true, dear friends? is it true? Can you answer in St. Paul's triumphant words, "To me to live is Christ!" and though He may not call you to " "labours, watchings, fastings, stripes, imprisonments, and distresses," as He did the Apostle, yet that only proves to you the fact that Christ enthroned in your poor simple heart, can be, nay more, just in proportion as you enthrone Him there, will be, even on earth, your very Heaven!

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"Hearken diligently;" what more? "Lay up My words in your heart, and in your soul." Treasure them in the storehouse of your soul, and feed on them; aye, and feed on the Christ in them, "in your hearts by faith and with thanksgiving!" Thus shall your souls be nourished. Do not My words do good to him that walketh uprightly? "Thy words were found and I did eat them, and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Thy Name, O Lord God of Hosts!"-Jer. xv. 16.

And is this all? No, let out the surplus supply. When your own soul has feasted in His words, let those around you have their share! "Teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Let your heart be full of Christ, then He will fill your house.

He will go out before you when you walk, wherever you go, you will find Christ there. He will fill your walk, He will fill your rest, and when you awake, you shall be "still with Him."

And Christ shall be the sign of your life. "They took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus." And all the time they were unlearned and ignorant men. So shall it be with you. Unlearned? Yes, but "God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the things that are wise." Ignorant? Yes, but "things that are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things that are not, to bring to nought things that are, that no flesh might glory in His Presence."-1 Cor. i. 27, 28, 29.

And just in proportion as this is true of you and me, that Christ is enthroned in us as King, with absolute possession of every power of our whole being, will your life and mine be "as the days of Heaven upon Earth."

"I know Thou hast my heart,

And I have Heaven!"

God grant it to us for Christ's sake!

"THE LORD.

By Blanche A. Rowan.

SHALL CHOOSE OUR INHERITANCE FOR US."-
Ps. xlvii. 4.

Now for there is a present earthly inheritance which the
Lord chooses for His own.

By and bye," according to His promise," we shall inherit with our great Joint-Heir (Rom. viii. 17) the treasures of the Father's store house; an inheritance so vast, so limitless, that if even the glimpses revealed (1 Cor. ii. 9, 10) are