st greater riches than the treasures of
Egypt (the world)." And if we are faithful to Him, if we walk in
_separation from the world_, including the great "religious world"
with its Christ and the Cross rejecting schemes and tendencies, we
shall know something of the reproach of Christ and the fellowship of
His sufferings. Oh! that we might know more of that in these easy
going days. Such a precious Word of God as contained in 1 Peter
iv:13-14 ought to make us long for bearing His reproach and for
sufferings with Him. "But rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings that when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be
glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of
Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth
upon you; on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is
glorified."

Be true to Christ and to the cross of Christ. Live out the doctrine
of the cross "crucified with Christ"--dead to the things here
below, then you will have some suffering from the side of men and
Satan as well.

And what will be the awful judgment for the multitudes, the ever
increasing multitudes who reject the Cross of Christ, who are either
opposing it by their ethical gospel, to whom the preaching of the
cross is foolishness, or who are indifferent? The Holy Spirit has
told us that where the Gospel, the Cross of Christ is rejected or
perverted the Anathema, the curse of God must follow (Gal. i:9; 1
Corinth. xvi:22). Well has one said "Distance from God was the
climax of the Lamb's dying sorrow." It is a fearful solemn thought
that the world while with heedless selfconfidence it still pursues
its way, is no nearer now to God than Jesus was when, under the
burden of the world's iniquity, He cried, "My God, my God, why hast
Thou forsaken me?" How solemn this is! May we learn to say more
fully with Paul, "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto
me, and I unto the world."

The Glory of Christ.

The first twenty-one verses of this Psalm describe the sufferings of
Christ. This part closes with an appeal to Jehovah for deliverance.
"But be thou not far from me, O Lord; O my strength, haste thee to
help me. * * * Save me from the lion's mouth." Then comes the joyful
statement that He has been heard. The answer He received to His cry
is resurrection. We find therefore that the second part of this
great Psal