October 27

As the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. —I Cor. vii. 17.

DO I feel that whatever the circumstances or position in life in which God has placed me, there is the post of duty, and there I am to serve and honor him? Wherever I am, do I endeavor to walk according to the high calling of God in Christ Jesus? Do I seek for grace to enable me to be faithful as a disciple of the Saviour, and so to live as to commend my faith to others? Am I willing, everywhere, to acknowledge Christ, and to follow him?

Happy are they who dare venture out in the open street with the name of Christ upon their foreheads at a time when many are ashamed of him and hide him, as it were, under their cloaks, as if he were a stolen Saviour.—RUTHERFORD.

A Christian, when he has made a good profession, should so live as to make his profession good. It is a sad thing when one who professes to be carrying a lantern for others, is himself walking in darkness.—PECKHAM.

The Saviour lives! His life is mine;

Then let my life be wholly his.

Rise up, my soul, with power divine,

Tread down the sin that in thee is.

Walk in the light; arise and shine;

The weak his arms of strength entwine.

—A. WARNER.