Job had been sitting in the acknowledged presence of God, with his face to the earth; he had been occupied with his own position towards God, had acknowledged His Supreme power and righteousness, and His perfect knowledge; but at last he saw Him, and then he repented, and abhorred himself in dust and ashes (Job xliv. 5, 6). He had been outwardly in the ashes all the time, but there was no brokenness of spirit till he passed through the hearing place into the seeing place. The Queen of Sheba heard, and came, and communed with Solomon of all that was in her heart, but only when she had "seen,' was there "no spirit left in her" (1 Kings x. 4, 5). So, too, it is recorded for us that the Lord turned and looked upon Peter," after his thrice repeated denial of Him, and that then Peter "went out and wept bitterly" (Luke xxii. 61, 62). 66 When we listen to others who are pressing upon us the claims of Christ, and our need of lying low before Him, our consciences may be touched, and we may be led to acknowledge our shortcomings, and join in confession also; but what brings about the deep, lasting ploughing of the heart, is seeing the Lord'alone-being brought alone into the secret place-into His immediate presence-face to face with Himself. There, it is His look of love which will break us down utterly. "No man shall see My face and live," and one has beautifully answered, "Yes, Lord! but see Thee we must, therefore die we will." This breaking is even unto death. It leaves no shred of self-life behind; it is entering for the first time, perhaps, into our real place, as "Crucified with Christ." "Bearing about," for the first time, perhaps, "in the body, the dying of the Lord Jesus." And falling, by blessed experience, into the ground-(Jno. xii. 24)—deep buried, out of sight, then dying, and, as the result, bringing forth the "much fruit," which was the glory Christ desired should be brought to His Father. Oh! shall we not each earnestly seek this place of real brokenness, out of which springs so much blessing? Nay, more, this CALVARY, through which alone we can reach our risen Lord! The work must be His alone, but the yielding to Him to do the work is ours. Let us fearlessly put ourselves into His hands, that He may break us, and that the house may be filled with the sweet savour which ascends to the throne. It is the lack of knowing Him which causes so many to hold back something in their own grasp to want their own hands to lie on the reins, so that they may guide them a little now and then. They are afraid to trust Him altogetherto lie absolutely still in His hands. And so the many trials they often pass through are often only the galling of the reins, which He will never, blessed be His name, lose His control over. You cannot pull against the Lord without finding out sooner or later how lost your struggles have been, and how much strength you have hopelessly expended, and that it has taken perhaps forty years instead of forty days to get into the land of Rest. Do not be afraid of the dear Lord. Let Him break you, with His look of tender love. Let Him draw very near to you. Say to Him-" Draw me"-and hear Him say, "There is a place by Me, and I will set thee upon a Rock (Matt. xxi. 44), and it shall come to pass, while My glory passeth by, that I will cover thee with My hand while I pass by" (Ex. xxxiii. 21, 22). Lay hold of these "I wills" with the hand of faith, and gaze upon the face of Him who died for you, till, falling at His feet as one dead, the "self" in you will become even as "water spilled upon the ground," and as His hand touches you (Dan. x. 5, 8, 10), it will be a Resurrection Life, out of death, with which you will arise, and learn the meaning of "Yet not I, but Christ liveth in me" (Gal. ii. 20). "Faithful is He." By Maria V. G. Havergal. "THY FAITHFULNESS SHALT THOU ESTABLISH HEAVENS."-Ps. lxxxix. 2. MINE eye upon Thy faithfulness would gaze, In constant song, my praise for all He gives Imprinted on His priestly girdle shines In faithfulness. Royally, His faithfulness; unchanging still, 'Mid changeful windings of my paths and times, "Yet He abideth faithful;" and His will Is faithfulness. Gently He "called," and drew me to His side His still small voice unto my lonely ear Thy faithfulness. With Whom we have to do.* "HIM WITH WHOM WE HAVE TO DO."-Heb. iv. 13. By the late Frances R. Havergal. THERE are wonderful depths of comfort in these words. I cannot fathom them for you. I only want to guide you to look where the deep places are, asking the Holy Spirit to put a long sounding line into your hand, that you may prove for yourself how great is the depth. These words seem to meet every sort of need of comfort. If it is perplexity, or oppressive puzzle what to do, when we cannot see through things,—or if it is being unable to explain yourself to others, and trials or complications arising out of this: just fall back upon "Him with whom we have to do," to whose eyes all things are naked and open. He is your Guide-why need you puzzle? He is your Shield-why need you try so hard or wish so much to explain and vindicate yourself? If it is sense of sin which does not let you be comfortable, turn at once to "Him with whom you have to do." Remember, it is not with Satan with whom you have to do, not with your accusing conscience, but with Jesus. He will deal with all the rest; you only have to deal with Him. And He is your Great High Priest. He has made full Atonement for you; for the very sins that are weighing on you now. The blood of that Atonement, His own precious * 6. This is a chapter from the volume just issued and noticed in our February number, containing, besides other beautiful papers, eleven chapters of a book intended for invalids, entitled, Starlight through the Shadows" (Nisbet and Co., price Is.) "Only eleven chapters were written, when for her all shadows fled away, and were exchanged for the shadowless splendour of the very Light of Light.” blood, cleanseth us from all sin. Cleanseth whom? People that have not sinned? People that don't want to be cleansed? Thank God for the word "cleanseth us," us who have sinned and who want to be cleansed. And you have to do with Him who shed it for your cleansing, who His own self bare your sins in His own body on the tree. If it is temptation that will not let you rest, come straight away out of the very thick of it; it may be with the fiery darts sticking in you. Come with all the haunting thoughts that you hate, as you are, to "Him with whom you have to do." You would not, or could not, tell the temptations to anyone else; but then you have not got to do with anyone else in the matter, but only with Jesus. And He "suffered, being tempted." The very fact that you are distressed by the temptation proves that it is temptation, and that you have a singular claim on the sympathy of our tempted Lord, a claim which He most tenderly acknowledges. But use it instantly; don't creep, but flee unto Him to hide you from the assaults which you are too weak to meet. If it is bodily weakness, sickness, or pain, how very sweet it is to know we have to do with Jesus, who is "touched with the feeling of our infirmities." (" (The word is the same that is elsewhere translated sickness: John xi. 2-4). Don't you sometimes find it very hard to make even your doctor understand what the pain is like? Words don't seem to convey it. And after you have explained the trying and wearying sensation as best you can, you are convinced those who have not felt it do not understand it. Now think of Jesus not merely entering into the fact, but into the feeling, of what you are going through. "Touched with the feeling"-how deep that goes! When we turn away to Him in our wordless weariness of pain, which only He understands, we find out that we have to do with Him in quite a different sense from how we have to do |