f we fail He is deeply disappointed, and our adversary is
filled with joy.

We are a gazing-stock continually for angels and principalities, and every
step we take is critical and decisive for something in our eternal future.

When Abraham went forth that morning to Mount Moriah, it was an hour of
solemn probation, and when he came back he was one of God's tested men,
with the stamp of His eternal approbation. God could say, "I know him,
that he will do judgment and justice, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham
all that He hath spoken."

God is looking for such men to-day. Lord, help me to be such an one.

DECEMBER 31.

"I pray not that Thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that Thou
shouldst keep them from the evil" (John xvii. 15).

He wants us here for some higher purpose than mere existence. That purpose
is nothing else than to represent Him to the world, to be the messengers
of His Gospel and His will to men, and by our lives to exhibit to them the
true life, and teach them how to live it themselves.

He is representing us yonder, and our one business is to represent Him
here. We are just as truly sent into this world to represent Him as if we
had gone to China as the ambassador of the American Government.

While engaged in the secular affairs of life, it is simply that we may
represent Him there, carry on His business, and have means to use for His
affairs. He came here from another realm, and with a special message, and
when His work was done He was called to go home to His Father's
dwelling-place and His own.

Lord, help me to worthily represent Thee.

And carry music in our heart
Through busy street and wrangling mart;
Plying our daily task with busier feet,
Because our souls a heavenly strain repeat.

***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAYS OF HEAVEN UPON EARTH***

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