April 27

Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee.—John 21:17.

CAN I appeal to my Saviour, who knows all things, as to the sincerity of my love to him? Is it a comfort to know that my witness is with him, and that my record is in the Lamb's book of life? And does the sense of his wondrous love fill me with thankfulness, and constrain me to live for him? Has he always the first place in my heart, and the entire consecration of my life?

Love is the greatest thing that God can give us; for he himself is love. It is the greatest thing we can give to God; for it gives ourselves, and all that is ours. They are the truest disciples of Christ, not who know most, but who love most.—JEREMY TAYLOR.

O Lord, I am thine. Thou hast bought me with thy blood; won me by thy grace; called me by thy word; subdued me by thy Spirit; adopted me as thy child; and so sealed me as an heir of heaven. I am thine entirely and for ever. My soul is thine, to adore thee; my heart thine, to love thee; my body thine, to serve thee; my tongue thine, to praise thee; my entire being thine, to glorify and enjoy thee for ever! *

In word, in deed, in thought,

I do not, cannot love thee as I ought.

Thy love must give the power. That love alone

Can kindle here below

Such love within me as the seraphs know,

Who burn and worship ever round thy throne