January 31

The Lord our God will we serve, and His voice will we obey.—JOSH. XXIV, 24.

I'm listening for Thy voice, Lord, Thy commands.

Am I to use for Thee, Lord, Busy hands?

Or wouldst Thou have me still wait patiently?

Thou knowest which is best—Thou lovest me.

T. P.

He speaketh, but it is with us to hearken or no. It is much, yea, it is everything, not to turn away the ear, to be willing to hearken, not to drown His voice. "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him." It is a secret, hushed voice, a gentle intercourse of heart to heart, a still, small voice, whispering to the inner ear. How should we hear it if we fill our ears and our hearts with the din of this world, its empty tumult, its excitement, its fretting vanities, or cares, or passions, or anxieties, or show, or rivalries, and its whirl of emptiness? E. B. PUSEY.

What we call Conscience is the voice of Divine love in the deep of our being, desiring union with our will; and which, by attracting the affections inward, invites them to enter into the harmonious contentment and "fullness of joy" which attends the being joined by "one Spirit to the Lord."

J. P. GREAVES.