December 17

There is none good but one.—Mark 10:18.

DO I acknowledge, with becoming humility, the sad truth, that no one of our race is by nature good and holy, and that the blessed Saviour, God manifest in the flesh, is the only example of perfect goodness the world has ever seen? Do I look to him alone for my righteousness, feeling that I have none of my own, asking to be clothed with the ample covering of his merit, that I may stand accepted in him?

Christ is full and sufficient for all his people. He has righteousness enough to cover all their sins, wealth enough to supply all their wants; grace enough to subdue all their lusts, wisdom and power enough to vanquish all their enemies; virtue enough to cure all their diseases; and fullness enough to save them to the uttermost.—SPENCER.

He who boasts of being perfect, is perfect in folly. I have been a good deal up and down the world, and I never did see either a perfect horse or a perfect man, and I never shall until two Sundays come together.—SPURGEON.

O Jesus, full of pardoning grace, More full of grace than I of sin; With humble faith I seek thy face, Open thine arms, and take me in. Robed in thy perfect righteousness, Thy love for ever will I bless. Angels shall hear the songs I raise, Prolonged through heaven's eternal days!