to elevate men, to let the Lord have the use of them?
However coarse and mean we are by nature, He can refine and elevate us.
And any part of our life that is in danger of baseness may be lifted to
beauty and blessing by putting it under the Christ. What a change came
over this animal in one short day! An ass in the morning, but the

THRONE OF GOD

before the sun went down!

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IN THE WILDERNESS SHALL WATERS BREAK OUT.

Is not that good news for you? After being so long without a revival,
would it not be welcome? Welcome you say--welcome as water in a desert.
Yes, and that is just what is promised. A revival in THE MOST UNLIKELY
PLACE IN THE CIRCUIT, where even the raciest of preachers seems to be
dull, and where there is a monotony which would shame a prison. Yes,
there, right there, look out for the water, not stagnant, but water that
"breaks out." "Then shall the lame man leap as the hart" that finds the
stream it needs, and the "dumb shall sing," for this living water shall
quench his thirst, and loosen his dried-up tongue. When shall it be?
Young local preacher, why not when thou preachest the next time? Look
for it to the throne of God and the Lamb.--Rev. xxii., 1.

IX. TWELVE BASKETS FULL OF FRAGMENTS GATHERED FROM THE MIRACLE OF CHRIST
FEEDING THE MULTITUDE.

1.--MAN NEEDS HELP. "They have nothing to eat." (Mark vi. 36.)

2.--GOD IS BETTER THAN GOOD MEN. "Send them away," said the disciples.
(Mark vi. 36.) "They need not depart," the Lord replied. (Matt. xiv.
16.)

3.--MINISTERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THE CHILDREN, THEY
GIVE HELP AS WELL AS TROUBLE. Andrew said, "There is a lad here." (John
vi. 9.)

4.--YOUTH CAN GIVE TO JESUS WHAT NO ONE ELSE POSSESSES. "There is a lad
here which hath five barley loaves." (John vi. 9.)

5.--UNBELIEF WOULD FAIN CRAMP THE LOVE OF JESUS. "What are they among so
many." (John vi. 9.)

6.--"ORDER IS HEAVEN'S FIRST LAW." The crowd must sit down in companies
of fifty before Jesus would feed them. "He commanded them to make them
all sit down by companies." (Mark vi. 39.)

7.--CHRIST WOULD NOT HAVE US EAT WITHOUT ASKING A BLESSING. "Looking up
to heaven he blessed." (Matt. xiv. 19.)

8.--CHRIST'S HANDS CAN DO NO MORE THAN OURS. It was His touch that
multiplied the loaves. If the disciples had kept the one basket, there
would have been many faint by the way. Faith is the truest economy.
(Matt xiv. 19.)

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