June 7

I have set before thee an open door.—Revelation 3:8.

AS Christ has opened the door of life, have I, by faith, entered? Have I accepted the full and free salvation which he has offered for my acceptance? Do I realize that this door will not always be open; and that if God's offers are rejected or neglected, it may soon be too late to enter it? If I have entered, am I in earnest to go forward in the way of life? Do I seek to lead others to enter in, and be safe?

The carnal mind, which is enmity, fortifies the soul against God as with bars and doors; averts it from him; carries it with a horrid, guilty consciousness, which, in the end, fills it with eternal despair, and enwraps it in the blackness of darkness for ever.—JOHN HOWE.

Those who would go to heaven when they die, must begin their heaven now, while they live.—MATTHEW HENRY.

Make good use of time, if thou lovest eternity Yesterday cannot be recalled. To-morrow cannot be secured. Now is the accepted time. If to-day is lost, it is lost for ever.

Silent, like men in solemn haste, Girded wayfarers of the waste, We pass out at the world's wide gate, Turning our back on all its state: We press along the narrow road, That leads to life, to bliss, to God.

—H. BONAR.