August 1

That also he should gather together in one the children of God. — JOHN xi. 52.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. — JOHN x. 16.

OUR blessed Master, looking around upon his followers, looked also beyond the few who were before him, beyond the walls of the sacred city, beyond the boundaries of the Holy Land, to the whole world; and among people of every age, of every clime, he recognized his own and claimed them as his. As Christ said "other sheep," he saw you and me; he saw his own, his chosen ones, among the rich and poor, the abhorred and the despised, the savage Africans and humble Koreans asking to be taught, and even the gospel-hardened of our own land turning a deaf ear to the divine call; and as he saw these "others," he said, "Them also I must bring." They are his: he must bring them. And he has left those who love him to take his place and "in his name" to bring them. He knows them and they will know him: they will heed God's call.

And all these shall be one. A sweet promise is ours, a glorious fulfilment awaits us. There shall be one flock, one shepherd. We shall all be "like him." We shall all be of the Shepherd's heart and mind. No difference, — kings and beggars, rich and poor, civilized and heathen, "barbarian, Scythian, bond and free," all one in the full enjoyment of the freedom, the wealth, the knowledge, and the kingship that has come to us as joint-heirs with Christ!

Then there will be no "other sheep," for all shall have been made "perfect in one." — "one flock, one shepherd."

H. G. Underwood.

We all shall think and speak the same

Delightful lesson of thy grace,

One undivided Christ proclaim,

And jointly glory in thy praise.

C. WESLEY.