set apart to God, and divinely
endued for the Master's work and will.

But after all this, we are significantly told that "the rest of the oil"
was to be poured upon his head.

The former anointing was from the oil in the hand of the priest, but the
latter was to be from the log, or vessel of oil itself. It was to be
literally emptied over him, until he was bathed with all its contents.

It is a figure of the large and boundless baptism of the Holy Ghost. It
speaks of something more even than the ordinary experiences of the
consecrated Christian. It tells of the abundant and redundant supply which
God has for us out of His illimitable fulness.

Have we received "the rest oil"? Are we _filled_ with the Spirit, and
letting the overflow bless others?

NOVEMBER 28.

"Without Me ye can do nothing" (John xv. 5).

How much can I do for Christ? We are accustomed to say.--As much as I can.
Have we ever thought we can do more than we can?

This thought was lately suggested by the remarks of a Christian friend,
who told how God had laid it upon her heart to do something for His cause
which was beyond her power, and when she dared to obey Him, He gave her
the assurance of His power and resources, and so marvelously met her faith
that she was enabled to do more than she could otherwise, and accomplish
her heart's desire, and see a work fulfilled to which her resources were
unequal.

The apostle says, "I can do all things through Christ, who is my
strength," and yet He says we are not able to think anything, as of
ourselves.

Oh, blessed insufficiency! Oh, blessed All-Sufficiency! Oh, blessed
nothingness, which brings us all things! Oh, blessed faith, whose rich
dowry is, "All things are possible to him that believeth"!

O to be found of Him in peace,
Spotless and free from blame.

NOVEMBER 29.

"Could ye not watch with Me one hour?" (Matt. xxvi. 40.)

A young lady whose parents had died while she was an infant, had been
kindly cared for by a dear friend of the family. Before she was old enough
to know him, he went to Europe. Regularly he wrote to her through all his
years of absence, and never failed to send her money for all her wants.
Finally word came that during a certain week he would return and visit
her. He did not fix the day or the hour. She received several invitations
to take pleasant trips with her friends during that week. One of these was
of so pleasant a nature that she could not