February 1

If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor Him, not doing thine own ways, or finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.—ISAIAH lviii, 13, 14.

A Sabbath well spent Brings a week of content, And strength for the toils of the morrow, But a Sabbath profaned Whatsoever is gained Is a certain forerunner of sorrow.

OLD RHYME.

I never knew a man to escape failures, in either mind or body, who worked seven days in a week.

SIR ROBERT PEEL.

If any man would gain the Divine life, he must have a resting-space, a breathing-time for the spirit; he must have a day when all common business can be entirely put aside, and the mind set free from every earthly thought and care; when he may sit like Mary at Jesus' feet, in meek hearing of His word, in quiet devotion, in meditation on things unseen. It is only thus that we can ever gain a fixed and clear faith in another world, and set our hearts at rest in God, as the Source and centre of our being. It is only thus that we can become sobered and stilled amidst the hurry and noise of the world, and be deeply, permanently soothed into "quietness and assurance for ever." T. T. CARTER.