October 28
Light for the DaysIf any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.—Hebrews 10:38.
DO I feel that it is as truly important to go on in the divine life, as it was to enter it? And if I am not pressing onward, is it not sad evidence that I have never begun the Christian course? Do I guard against the allurements of the world, and the temptations of the adversary, and the deceitfulness of my own heart; and is it my earnest prayer, that I may be kept by the mighty power of God, through faith, unto eternal salvation?
Backsliding develops itself in indifference to prayer and self-examination; trifling or unprofitable conversation; neglect of public ordinances; shunning the people of God; associating with the world, thinking lightly of sin; neglecting the Bible; ending, if not repented of and forsaken, in a rapid run to perdition.—BUCK.
Faint not under the perils or trials of the way. The miles to heaven are few and short, and the glorious end will come soon.—RUTHERFORD.
There is no bitterer work than seeking for a departed Christ—departed and gone, because he has been driven away.—POWER.
Oh give me, Lord, the tender heart,
That trembles at the approach of sin;
A godly fear of guilt impart;
Implant and root it deep within.
Oh may thy wondrous love to me,
For ever bind my soul to thee!