Christ Jesus hath the power, The power to renew, The power to cleanse your heart from sin, And make you wholly true. Christ Jesus hath the power For evermore to keep; Oh, none can pluck you from His hand, Or rob Him of His sheep! --_Dr. James M. Gray_ =_God as a Guide_= What a wonderful truth is asserted in this verse--"_He_ leadeth _me_." Meditate just a moment on these words--"_He_," God, the great and mighty One, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the One who upholdeth all things by the word of His power, the unerring, unchangeable, all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful One--"_He_ leadeth me"--_me_, poor, trembling, wayward, straying, sinning, fallible, erring son of Adam, unworthy, unfit, not entitled to the least of God's blessings; yet, incomprehensible as the truth may seem, God in heaven leads "_me_," here, on earth. He leadeth me on a journey in which it is so easy of myself to go astray from the right path. Further, He _leads_, not drives, His sheep. "He goeth _before_ His own sheep and leadeth them." The Good Shepherd will not ask you to go anywhere where He Himself has not gone. He does not drive His children. He leads them. He leadeth me! Oh! blessed thought, Oh, words with heav'nly comfort fraught! Whate'er I do, where'er I be, Still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me. Sometimes 'mid scenes of deepest gloom, Sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom, By waters calm, o'er troubled sea-- Still 'tis His hand that leadeth me. Lord, I would clasp Thy hand in mine, Nor ever murmur nor repine; Content, whatever lot I see, Since 'tis my God that leadeth me. And when my task on earth is done, When, by Thy grace, the victory's won, E'en death's cold wave I will not flee, Since God through Jordan leadeth me. He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By His own hand He leadeth me; His faithful follower I would be, For by His hand He leadeth me. --_Joseph H. Gilmore_ =_Knowing God's Will_= God's way of guidance varies with different individuals. There is probably no point on which we need more careful instruction than that which concerns the will of God for us. We may speak of two wills of God. The first concerns our _character_ and may be known by all, for it is distinctly declared in the Word of God in such passages, for example, as, "This is the will of God, even your sanctification." There can be no doubt or hesitancy with regard to knowing what the _general_ will of God regarding our _character_ may be.