=Revelation= 1:10, 117 11, 117 17, 66 2:10, 105 3:19, 20 4: 8, 30 7: 9, 34 22:12, 5 14, 109 [Illustration: JANUARY] =January 1st.= _Come up in the morning . . . and present thyself . . . to me in the top of the mount. Ex. xxxiv. 2._ My Father, I am coming. Nothing on the mean plain shall keep me away from the holy heights. Help me to climb fast, and keep Thou my foot, lest it fall upon the hard rock! At Thy bidding I come, so Thou wilt not mock my heart. Bring with Thee honey from heaven, yea, milk and wine, and oil for my soul's good, and stay the sun in his course, or the time will be too short in which to look upon Thy face, and to hear Thy gentle voice. Morning on the mount! It will make me strong and glad all the rest of the day so well begun.--_Joseph Parker._ =January 2nd.= _My reward is with me. Rev. xxii. 12._ We are to be rewarded, not only for work done, but for burdens borne, and I am not sure but that the brightest rewards will be for those who have borne burdens without murmuring. On that day He will take the lily, that has been growing so long among thorns, and lift it up to be the glory and wonder of all the universe; and the fragrance of that lily will draw forth ineffable praises from all the hosts of heaven.--_Andrew Bonar._ =January 3rd.= _Where art thou? Gen. iii. 9._ Art thou hiding thyself away from Him who would send thee forth to do His own blessed work in His own way? Oh, let me say to thee this morning, "The Lord hath need of thee." It may seem to be only a little thing He has for you to do, but it is an important one. He has "need of thee." Turn not thy back upon Him; put not thyself out of the way of being employed by Him; do not begin by laying down laws for thyself as to what thou wilt do and what thou wilt not do; but cry out from the very depth of thy heart, "Here am I, send me,"--_W. Hay Aitken._ =January 4th.= _Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. Psa. xxxiv. 19._ All the afflictions of the righteous open out into something glorious. The prisoner is not merely delivered, but he finds an angel waiting for him at the door. And with every deliverance comes a specific blessing. One angel is named faith; another, love; another, joy; another, longsuffering; another, gentleness; another, goodness; another, meekness; another, temperance; another, peace. Each of these graces says, "We have come out of great tribulation."--_G. Bowen._ =January 5th.= _The Lord is my . . . song. Psa. cxviii. 14._