E-text prepared by Stephen Hope, Fox in the Stars, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 22141-h.htm or 22141-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/2/1/4/22141/22141-h/22141-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/2/1/4/22141/22141-h.zip) JOY IN SERVICE. FORGETTING, AND PRESSING ONWARD. UNTIL THE DAY DAWN. REV. GEORGE T. PURVES, D.D., LL.D. The Teacher and Pastor. Prest. F. L. Patton, D.D., Ll.D. [Illustration: _Copyright 1900 By F. Gutekunst._ Hand written signature: George T. Purves] American Tract Society 150 Nassau Street, New York Copyright, 1901, by American Tract Society. CONTENTS PAGE JOY IN SERVICE, 7 "Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." FORGETTING, AND PRESSING ONWARD, 45 "Forgetting these things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." "UNTIL THE DAY DAWN," 83 "The things which are not seen are eternal." * * * * * THE TEACHER AND PASTOR, 87 Address of Dr. F. L. Patton, at the funeral of Dr. Purves. JOY IN SERVICE. _"Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work."_--JOHN 4:34. JOY IN SERVICE. This is one of the sentences that dropped from the lips of Christ, which let us into his personal spiritual life and in some measure lay bare his mind. To be permitted thus to share his confidence is one of our greatest privileges. Viewing him from a distance, we may admire his character; viewing him in history, we may confess his incomparable power; viewing him when convincing us of our own sin, we may adore him as our Saviour; but we desire, and may have, a still more intimate acquaintance. He tells us about himself. He describes here and there his personal inner life. He permits us to share his secrets, and all that we otherwise feel of reverence, admiration, and gratitude gives new value to these disclosures of the spiritual life of the God in man.