Believer, you are anticipating the time when you shall join the saints above in ascribing all glory to Jesus; but are you glorifying Him _now_? The apostle's words are, "To Him be glory both _now_ and forever."--_C. H. Spurgeon._ =April 29th.= _Thou shall know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Isa. xlix. 23._ J. Hudson Taylor says: "Quiet waiting before God could save from many a mistake and from many a sorrow." =April 30th.= _Be it unto thee even as thou wilt. Matt. xv. 28._ Oh, the victories of prayer! They are the mountain-tops of the Bible. They take us back to the plains of Mamre, to the fords of Peniel, to the prison of Joseph, to the triumphs of Moses, to the transcendent victories of Joshua, to the deliverances of David, to the miracles of Elijah and Elisha, to the whole story of the Master's life, to the secret of Pentecost, to the key-note of Paul's unparalleled ministry, to the lives of saints and the deaths of martyrs, to all that is most sacred and sweet in the history of the Church and the experience of the children of God. And when, for us, the last conflict shall have passed, and the footstool of prayer shall have given place to the harp of praise, the spots of time that shall be gilded with the most celestial and eternal radiance, shall be those, often linked with deepest sorrow and darkest night, over which we have the inscription, "Jehovah-Shammah: The Lord was there!"--_A. B. Simpson._ [Illustration: MAY] =May 1st.= _Thou art my God: early will I seek Thee. Psa. lxiii. 1._ In a world where there is so much to ruffle the spirit's plumes, how needful that entering into the secret of God's pavilion, which will alone bring it back to composure and peace! In a world where there is so much to sadden and depress, how blessed the communion with Him in whom is the one true source and fountain of all true gladness and abiding joy! In a world where so much is ever seeking to unhallow our spirits, to render them common and profane, how high the privilege of consecrating them anew in prayer to holiness and to God.--_Archbishop Trench._ =May 2nd.= _In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. John i. 4. Ye are the light of the world. Matt. v. 14._ In the light we can walk and work. We walk in the light and become entirely children of light. We let our light, the light of God, shine, so that men may see our good works, and glorify our Father in heaven. Gently, silently, lovingly, unceasingly, we give ourselves to transmit the light and the love God so unceasingly shines into us. Our one work is to wait, and admit, and then transmit the light of God in Christ.--_Andrew Murray._ =May 3d.= _Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. 1 Cor. xv. 58._