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Preparing Stones for the Building.—The mason breaks to pieces many a stone before he gets one to put into the building, and sometimes those that are never put in may make more noise under the stroke of the hammer than the stones that find a permanent place therein.
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The Cup the Saviour Drank.—When the Father placed the cup in the Redeemer’s hands it became more and more bitter until He came to the dregs. When He gave the cup to His people it became sweeter and sweeter until they will taste its full sweetness in heaven.
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The Resurrection Morning Call.—In the morning the mother says to her children: “Children, arise, the day is dawning.” So on the morning of the resurrection Christ will say to His people: “Children, it is time to rise, the day is dawning, the day that is never to see a night,”
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No Work Like It.—Dreamt, a little before I awoke this morning that I was in the company of some of the Lord’s people, and that I was asked to return thanks after a meal. Seeing there were others present whom I considered more fit to engage in that duty, I declined, but on being pressed I yielded. Feeling myself a great sinner, my mind opened to the wonderful way of salvation by grace very soon after I began to speak and I felt, really happy. It was only a few words that I said concluding with these: “Who ever heard of such a gracious way of salvation? There was never anything like it in the past and there shall never be anything like it in the future; it stands alone among God’s works!”
Progress in the Wrong Way.—A new method of making progress in religion has been discovered by some in this age but it is progress in the wrong way. To illustrate this let us say that a man started from Dingwall for Edinburgh and on reaching Perth he entered a train going north to Wick and when he reached Inverness he was informed that he was not only not at Edinburgh but much further off from it than when at Perth. But he would not believe what he was told. So is it with men of progress in this age, they will not believe they are wrong.