July 24

Because I live, ye shall live also.—John 14:19.

DO I realize that my Saviour is still living; and that from his home in heaven, he watches, with the most tender and loving interest, for the welfare and comfort of his children? Do I feel that my life, as a Christian, is bound up with his life; that nothing shall separate me from his love; that as I live in him here, so I shall live with him for ever hereafter? Does this blessed assurance lead me to live for him now, and to look forward, with joyous hope, to endless union with him in heaven?

Christ is that to the Christian, which his home is to the weary traveler; it is his dwelling-place, the stay, the solace, the joy and centre and rest of his spirit; and hence he is constantly anticipating his arrival at home.—ROBERT HALL.

Believer! this promise of Jesus is thy title-deed to heaven. His life is the guarantee of thine own. With him for your life, how inviolate your security! Satan must first pluck the crown from that glorified head, ere he can touch one jewel in the crown of his people. —MACDUFF.

Oh, heaven is nearer than ever we think,

As we look, with a trembling dread,

At the misty future that stretches on,

From the silent home of the dead.

For the eye of the Christian that shuts in death,

Will open at once in bliss;

And the welcome will sound in the heavenly world.

Ere the farewell is hushed in this!—ROBINSON