October 11

God is not a righteous to forget your work and labor of love.—Hebrews 6:10.

DO I remember that if I have faith, it must show itself in works? Am I working heartily and earnestly for God, and in doing good to men? Do I aim at this from love to him, and in gratitude for all he has done for me? And if at any time I am discouraged or depressed by seeing little or no fruit of my labors, do I draw encouragement from the fact that God does not and will not forget my labors of love if they have been done for him?

The good hope, is the fruitful hope; the true faith, the faith that goes forth in works of obedience to God.

Good works constitute a refreshing stream in this world, wherever they are found flowing. And behind them all, if they are genuine, and above them, as their fountain, love will, sooner or later, certainly be found. It is never good works alone, but "love and good works" as a complex whole, which make the fountain and its flowing stream.—ARNOT.

It is thine own, O Lord, Who toil while others sleep; Who sow, with loving care, What other hands may reap; They lean on thee, entranced, In calm and perfect rest; Give us their peace, O Lord, Divine and ever blest.—A. PROCTER.