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SALVATION A DIFFICULT WORK.

Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad

is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be

which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow

is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that

find it.-St. Matthew vii. 13, 14.

A SEVERE LIFE NECESSARY FOR CHRIST'S FOLLOWERS.

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take

up his cross daily, and follow me.-St. Luke ix. 23.

CHRIST OUR ONLY REST.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will

give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for

I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your

souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.—St.

Matthew xi. 28-30.

THE DANGER OF MISTAKING KNOWLEDGE FOR OBEDIENCE.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving

your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and

not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face

in a glass for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and

straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.-St.

James i. 22, 23, 24.

OBEDIENCE THE ONLY REALITY.

The world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth

the will of God abideth for ever.-1 John ii. 17.

THE LIFE OF CHRIST THE ONLY TRUE IDEA OF SELF-DEVOTION.

All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.-Phi-

lippians ii. 21.

THE REWARDS OF THE NEW CREATION.

Then answered Peter and said unto Him, Behold, we have forsa-

ken all, and followed Thee; what shall we have therefore?

And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye

which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of

man shall sit in the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon

twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every

one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or fa-

ther, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's

sake, shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlast-

ing life.-St. Matthew xix. 27, 28, 29.

GOD'S KINGDOM INVISIBLE.

And when He was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom

of God should come, He answered them and said, The king-

dom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they

say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is

within you.-St. Luke xvii. 20, 21.

THE DAILY SERVICE A LAW IN GOD'S KINGDOM.

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and

breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with

gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having

favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the Church

daily such as should be saved.-Acts ii. 46, 47.

THE HIDDEN LIFE.

Your life is hid with Christ in God.-Colossians iii. 3.

SINS OF INFIRMITY.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit in-

deed is willing, but the flesh is weak.-St. Matthew xxvi. 41.

SELF-OBLATION THE TRUE IDEA OF OBEDIENCE.

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer

sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh :

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the

eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your

conscience from dead works to serve the living God?—Hebrews

THE SPIRITUAL CROSS.

About the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,

Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why

hast Thou forsaken me?-St. Matthew xxvii. 46.

THE HIDDEN POWER OF CHRIST'S PASSION.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

-St. John xii. 32.

SUFFERING THE SCHOOL OF OBEDIENCE.

Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things

which He suffered.-Hebrews v. 8.

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