December 25

Serve the Lord with gladness: and come before His presence with a song.—Ps. c, 2.

And if some things I do not ask In my cup of blessing be, I would have my spirit filled the more With grateful love to Thee; More careful—not to serve Thee much But to serve Thee perfectly.

There are briers besetting every path, Which call for patient care; There is a cross in every lot, And an earnest need for prayer; But a lowly heart that leans on Thee Is happy anywhere.

ANNIE BRONTE.

There is no service like His that serves because He loves.

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.

Let your kindness, your self-denial for others come before Him only, saying nothing about them. The best service is that which no one knows but Himself. Serve in your closet in praise and prayer, and your Father which seeth in secret shall reward you openly.

DR. ANDREW BONAR.