"The meek will He guide in judgment: and the meek will He teach His Way," we read in the twenty-fifth Psalm, and this was true of Moses; and in after years, he was allowed to come down from the glory of Heaven to talk with the Lord Jesus before His Crucifixion. As to this "meekness," we often find in life that it is not to the ones who strive and struggle to get their own way that the blessing comes, but to those who in meekness wait patiently for the Lord; for He, Himself, was meek and lowly in heart, and He will give rest to our souls if we learn of Him. The Fourth "Blessed." "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." If we turn to Jesus as the Bread of Life, and ask Him to fill us with the Water of Life, we shall find that "He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." The Fifth "Blessed." "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Oh, let us pray for a merciful heart! To be generous to those in fault; to be kind to those who wrong us; to cultivate a fellow-feeling for all the suffering there is in the world, and to endeavour to do our little part in trying to alleviate it. "The Lord God is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy." II. The Sermon on the Mount HOW TO LIVE II The Sixth "Blessed." "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." "What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? . . ." "These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the Throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His Temple: and He that sitteth on the Throne shall dwell among them . . . and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." The Seventh "Blessed." "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." St. Paul says in his letter to the Ephesians: "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children." It is only as we strive day by day to remember to be loving and peaceful, that we shall attain to the honour of being called a "Peacemaker." The Eighth "Blessed." "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Let us think of the long Roll of Martyrs who have given their lives for Christ's sake! This blessedness can only be known, and the Prize obtained, by firm faith in God! Those who have esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of the world have already entered into the recompense of the reward.