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THE MAS
In the still air the ni
In the rough marbl
To make the music a
The Master's touch,
Great Master, touch i
Let not the music I
Great Sculptor, hew j
Hidden and lost, th
Spare not the stroke!
i^et there be naugh
Complete thy purpost
Thy perfect image
ABIDINl
Rev. David Smith, ir
writes in the British We
A. C.?"I am very an:
L meaning of the term 'Ab
know what that book yc
do not wonder you are ]
be a sample of its teach
renounce any independe
trying to think our own
tions, or cultivate our f
stantly look to Christ t*.
torm His purposes in us
fections in us." This is
r ral doctrine. The locu:
Abiding in Christ is Jof
24 may be profitably coi
branches of the True Vi
and nourished by its sap
is this, that the branch
its peculiar properties ;
plum tree spreading its
sunny wall. They grev
those 011 this side produt
on that side another. I
the vines in South Afri<
ease, "and it has been 1
cure, but by taking out
new ones. The old so
American root, and in
same stem and branche!
roots are new and able 1
the scriptural idea of Ai
precise opposite of "reti
of our own." Every hu
derful thought of God, s
the world on a peculiar 1
culiar destiny. This is
udits iiic cuaraeierisucs
to one dead level of unif
present at a gathering
impressed by the unifor
were some children am
something of the touch c
the men and women wer
onous brand of degrada
"renounced any indepen
is always the effect of ?
r r
THE PRESBYTERIAr*
and Selections
TER'S TOUCH.
msic lies unheard;
e beauty hides unseen;
nd the beauty needs
, the sculptor's chisel keen.
is with thy skillful hand;
that is in us die!
ind polish us, nor let
y form within us lie!
Do with us as thou wilt!
t unfinished, broken, marred;
i that we may become
?thou, our God and Lord!
?Horatius Bonar.
j IN CHRIST.
i answer to a correspondent,
ekly:
<ious to know more about the
aiding in Christ.' " 1 do not
>u have been reading is, but I
puzzled by- it if this quotation
ing: "To abide in Christ is to
nt life of our own, to give up
thoughts, or form our resolueelings,
and simply and con.
l.L!-1. T TI- A. 1 I.I.- * A _
> iiiuiK. riis uiuugnis in us, to
?f to feel His emotions and afunwholesome
and unscriptus
classicus on the subject of
in 15: 1-10; and Rom. 11: 17mpared
with it. Believers are
ne, grafted on the living stem,
i. Now the wonder of grafting
retains its own individuality,
and qualities. I once saw a
branches along the face of a
v out of a common root, but
red one sort of plum and those
)r. Andrew Murray tells how
ra aro attarlcpH hv a rr?r?t Hie.
ound that there is no radical
. the old roots and providing
rt of grape is grafted on an
course of time you have the
5 and fruit as before; but the
to resist the disease." This is
/
biding in Christ, and it is the
louncing any independent life
man soul is a fresh and wont
distinct personality sent into
errand, and appointed to a pethe
curse of sin, that it obliti
of souls and reduces them all .
ormdif a A ? T ? ?
uiiiiiijr. JUI1IC L11I1C 1 Wits
of poor outcasts, and I was
m type of their faces. There
ong them, and they retained
>f God's hand; but the faces of
e all stamped with one monottion.
These poor sinners had
dent life of their own." This
iin, and grace operates in the
I OF THE SOUTH.
opposite direction. It conserv
uality, develops his personality
his peculiar aptitudes. Remen
Vine and its branches: it is the
indistinguishable?bundles of v
ing branches are all unlike?no
ter identical. What Christ reqt
tion, but the consecration of o
bcr how He gathered all sorts o
days of His flesh, and employ*
in the service of His Kingdom,
impetuosity of Peter and the c;
claims our whole nature, and,
to His dominion. He energizes
ploys it to its fullest capacity,
to "renounce any independent
only by abiding in Christ that
live out its possibilities. Abidinj
fair of painful self-renunciatior
It begins with an act of self-:
This is the grafting of th'e branc
and thenceforth the sap of the
into the branch. It is an act
upon Christ, and it is this cons
grafts us upon Christ, and it i<
faith that keeps us united to ]
faith is not always an active an
the soul. You know how it is
never ceases to love her child
when he is out of her sight a
brance. The fountain of love
deep and full, and it overflows
hiin or hears his voice or his
absent, other thoughts occupy
for him is' there. It slumbers,
least touch, and leaps forth ii
ments. And so with faith. I
never dies. Even when we ar<
we are trusting- Christ, and Hi
our souls like the sap of the
branches. This is the test of o
our abiding in Him: Does the
it breaks into our employment!
our hearts and awaken gladnes
pause at any moment and rejoi
His and He is ours? You rerr
at the close 6f his busy day: "
just the same between us." T
of our union with Christ if we
ment in the midst of our emplc
liAOrf c fr? TT1 m xirlfU ~1? A
ivmi tu iv nun null gl<&U ciadUli
A Catholic paper, The Mor
American prelate's visit to Orl
the recent "beatification" of Joj
"Blessed Maid" as "the perso
the French people to victory ?
of Catholics in France are no
supplication for the salvation <
loved country. * * * The
people are centered in her to s
and God must soon intervene."
of Rome tried her as a heretic
at the stake. Now the same "i
izes her and expects her to sa1
July 21, 1909.
cs each man's individ,
and gives full play to
jber the parable of the
dead branches that are
withered twigs; the liv4..-.:
1 r
i i\% 1^, uu icai, iiu ciustires
is not the destrucurselves.
You rememf
men about Him in the
?d their various talents
He found a use for the
aution of Thomas. He
if only we surrender it r
every faculty and em- (
So far from our having
life of our own," it is
we realize our life, and
* in Christ is not an afi
and fretful solicitude,
surrender?Conversion.
:h upon the living stem,
stem flows ceaselessly
of faith that grafts us
tant grasp of faith that
; the constant grasp of
Him; but the grasp of
d conscious exercise of
with Cove. A mother
. She loves him even
nd out of her rememlo
i,1 4- _i
io in ni.1 ucai i, diwdys
whenever she thinks of
footstep. When he is
her mind, yet her love
but it awakens at the
1 caresses and endeart
may slumber, but it
e not thinking of Him,
is grace is flowing into
: living stem into the
?ur union to Christ and
thought of Him, when
>, send a thrill through
is and desire? Can we
ce to Know mat we are
temfcer Bervgel's prayer
Lord Jesus, things are
here is no interruption
can pause at any mo>yments
and lift up our
ance.
ning Star, telling of an
eans, on the occasion of
tn of Arc, alludes to this
n of her who once led
md to whom the hearts
... j f *
1 w uutticu in praycriui
of the faith in their behope
of the clergy and
ave the faith of France,
The "infallible" church
and witch and burnt her
infallible" church canonve
France for Rome!