September 19

Wearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good. — ISAIAH lv. 1.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. — JOHN vi. 32, 33.

THERE is a difference in the gifts from heaven. Some obtain physical blessings and seek no more. "Your fathers did eat manna and are dead." Some seek the hidden manna, and receiving the true "gift of God" never die, for they feed on Christ.

"Moses gave not, no man gives, the bread from heaven." Praise not men because they are God's agents, but give God the glory. Seek not inspiration from man, but drink from the fountain-head. Moses, David, Paul, the noblest men dead or living, are as nothing to the Bread, the Word, which came down from heaven. Go to Christ, follow, lean upon him; let no man come between you and your Master.

"The Father giveth you." Does he? He stands offering; have you accepted the food? His hand is stretched out; have you grasped it?

Roderick Perry

Very bread, good Shepherd, tend us; Jesus, of thy love befriend us; Thou refresh us, thou defend us, Thine eternal goodness send us In the land of life to see. Thou, who all things canst and knowest, Who on earth such food bestowest, Grant us with thy saints, though lowest, Where the heavenly feast thou showest, Fellow heirs and guests to be.

H. W. BAKER.