October 4

I know whom I have believed.—2 Timothy 1:12.

IS Christ to me not only an all-sufficient, but a personal Saviour; and do I trust him as an infinite and loving Friend, as well as a Redeemer? Am I so one with him by faith, that I know because he lives I shall live also? Do I feel that my confidence rests on a sure foundation, and that nothing shall separate me from his love? From this assurance do I draw comfort in adversity, strength for duty, and the certainty of safety both for time and eternity?

When Dr. James Alexander was on his dying bed, some one said to him, "I hope you are able to say, I know in whom I have believed." "You do not quote it right," was his reply; "it is, I know whom I have believed. In an hour like this, I would not have even a preposition between me and my Saviour."

If you have not the full faith of assurance, practice at least the faith of adherence. Cleave to God exactly as if you were certain of being accepted of him at last; and thus fulfilling his own conditions, you will be accepted, whether you are assured of it or not.

Faith, Hope, and Love, were questioned what they thought

Of future glory, which religion taught.

Now Faith believed it firmly to be true;

And Hope expected so to find it too:

But Love replied, with smiling, conscious glow,

Believe? Expect? I know it to be so!