September 26

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you. —John 14:27.

HAVE I found peace in believing in Christ as the only and all-sufficient Saviour? Has this peace its foundation in the knowledge and love of the truth? Does it keep both my mind and heart through Christ Jesus? In the sorrows and trials of life, does it support; for the duties of life, does it strengthen; amid the temptations of life, does it keep me calm and trustful in the Redeemer? Is it an intelligent, well-founded, settled, growing peace?

When Christ was about to leave the world, he made his will. His soul he committed to his Father; his body he bequeathed to Joseph; his clothes fell to the soldiers; his mother he left to the care of John; but what should he leave to his poor disciples who had left all for him? Silver and gold, he had none; but he left them that which was infinitely better, his peace. "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you."—MATTHEW HENRY.

Peace was the word our Saviour breathed, When from our world his steps withdrew, The gift he to his friends bequeathed, With Calvary and the cross in view. Redeemer! With adoring love, Our spirits take thy rich bequest, The watchword of the hosts above, The passport to their realm of rest.