=But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And
on some have mercy, who are in doubt; and some save, snatching them
out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the
garment spotted by the flesh.=
=Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set
you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding
joy, to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be
glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for
evermore. Amen.--Jude 20-25.=
_O God, who so fillest all things that they only thinly veil Thy
presence; we adore Thee in the beauty of the world, in the goodness
of human hearts and in Thy thought within the mind. We praise Thee
for the channels through which Thy grace can come to us; sickness and
health, joy and pain, freedom and necessity, sunshine and rain, life
and death._
_We thank Thee for all the gentle and healing ministries of life; the
gladness of the morning, the freedom of the wind, the music of the
rain, the joy of the sunshine, and the deep calm of the night; for
trees, and flowers, the clouds, and skies; for the tender ministries
of human love, the unselfishness of parents, the love that binds man
and woman, the confidence of little children; for the patience of
teachers and the encouragement of friends._
_We bless Thee for the stirring ministry of the past, for the story
of noble deeds, the memory of holy men, the printed book, the
painter's art, the poet's craft; most of all for the ministry of the
Son of Man, who taught us the eternal beauty of earthly things, who
by His life set us free from fear, and by His death won us from our
sins to Thee; for His cradle, His cross, and His crown._
_May His Spirit live within us, conquer all the selfishness of man,
and take away the sin of the world. Amen._--W. E. Orchard.
Seventh Week, Fourth Day
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