February 7
Light for the DaysThe entrance of thy words giveth light.—Psalms 119:130.
DO I make the word of God my diligent and prayerful study? Do I feel that my heavenly Father is speaking to me personally in its pages, making clear his truth, making plain the way of my duty, and giving me all the encouragement I need as I press on in his service? Is it my heartfelt desire and earnest prayer, that the knowledge of God's word should not only enter my head, but be felt in my heart, and be manifest in my life?
In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue.—J. Q. ADAMS.
It is a belief in the Bible, the fruit of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life.—GOETHE.
Wilmot, the infidel, when dying, laid his trembling, emaciated hand on the Bible, and exclaimed solemnly and with unwonted energy, "The only objection against this book, is a bad life."
The light of reason cannot give
Life to my soul.
Jesus alone can make me truly live.
One glance of his can make my spirit whole.
Arise, O Christ, I pray thee, then, and shine
On this poor, longing, waiting heart of mine.
—RICHTER.