not at all supersede in His blessed experience the stated and definite
work of worship and petition before and after the busy hours of service.
"He was alone, praying" [John vi. 57.]; "He continued all night in
prayer to God"; and at last, "He was withdrawn from them about a stone's
cast, and kneeled down and prayed." [Luke ix. 18; vi. 12; xxii. 41.]

All this is not only matter for wondering notice, as we read our New
Testament. It is example, it is model. The Head is thus showing His
members the way, the only way, to maintain a life among men and for men
which shall be full of good for them, because itself ever filled with
the life and presence of God.

TESTIMONY OF LUCIUS VON MACHTHOLF.

From a leaflet which came long ago into my hands, I quote the experience
of a German Christian, eminently successful in spiritual work; a
passage which will illustrate and bring home my appeal in this whole
matter:--

"When Lucius von Machtholf was asked how he carried on religious
intercourse with individuals, he wrote:--'I know no other tactics than
_first of all to be heartily satisfied with my God_, even if He should
favour me with no sensible visible blessing in my vocation. Also to
remember that preaching and conversation are not so much _my_ work as
the outcome of the love and joy of the Holy Ghost in my heart, and,
afterwards, on my lips. Further, that I must never depend upon any
previous fervour or prayers of mine, but upon God's mercy and Christ's
dearly-purchased rights and holy intercession; and cherishing a burning
love to Christ and to souls, I must constantly seek for wisdom and
gentleness.... Finally, I would guard myself from imagining that I know
beforehand what I should say, but go to Christ for every good word I
have to speak, even to a child, and submit myself to the Holy Spirit, as
the Searcher of hearts, who, knowing the individuals I have to do with,
will guide and teach me when, where, and how to speak.

"'Be always following, never going before. It were better to be sick in
a tent under a burning sun, and Jesus sitting at the tent door, than to
be enchanting a thousand listeners where Jesus was not. Be as a
day-labourer only in God's harvest-field, ready to be first among the
reapers in the tall corn, or just to sit and sharpen another's sickle.
Have an eye to God's honour, and have no honour of your own to have an
eye to. Lay it in the dust and leave it there. Never let your inner life
get low in your