ots roll and then move on in the narrow
line with unchanging monotony, currents in life's stream on which we are
borne in the old direction until the law of habit almost makes advance
impossible. The true remedy for this is to commence at nothing; taking
Christ afresh to be the Alpha and Omega for a deeper, higher, Divine
experience, waiting even for His conception of thought, desire, prayer,
and afraid lest our highest thought should be below His great plan of
wisdom and love.

O Comforter gentle and tender,
O holy and heavenly Dove,
We're yielding our heart in surrender,
We're waiting Thy fulness to prove.

O come as the heart-searching fire,
O come as the sin-cleansing flood;
Consume us with holy desire,
And fill with the fulness of God.

Anoint us with gladness and healing;
Baptize us with power from on high;
O come with filling and sealing
While low at the Thy footstool we lie.

DECEMBER 5.

"With a perfect heart to make David King" (I. Chron. xii. 38).

"What is the supreme purpose of our life? They were all of one heart to
make David king." Is this our purpose, to prepare the Bride, to prepare
the world, to prepare His way? Does it dwarf and dim all other ambitions,
all other cares? Does it fill and satisfy every capacity, every power,
every desire? Does it absorb every moment, every energy, every resource?
Does it give direction and tone to every plan and work of life? Does it
decide for us the education of our children, the investment of our means,
the friendships and associations of life, the whole activity, interest and
outlook of our being? Are we in it, spirit, soul and body, all we are, all
we do, all we hope for--OF ONE HEART TO MAKE JESUS KING?

We're going forth united
With loyal heart and hand,
To bear His royal banner
Aboard o'er every land.

From every tribe and nation
We'll haste His Bride to bring.
And Oh, with what glad welcome
We'll make our Jesus King.

DECEMBER 6.

"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may
exalt you" (I. Peter v. 6).

Opposition is essential to a true equilibrium of forces. The centripetal
and centrifugal forces acting in opposition to each other keep our planet
in her orbit. The one propelling, and the other repelling, so act and
react, that instead of sweeping off into space in a pathway of desolation
and destruction, she pursues her even orbit around her solar center.

So God guides o