It is a great thing to have thorough separateness of walk in the narrow path, and a large heart for Christ's saints and poor sinners too. I do look for devotedness and seeking the souls of the poor. '' The poor have the gospel preached unto them;" they should be sought out and cared for too. There
is a largeness, not of heart, but of way, which is dis-liking the narrow way for one's conscience-for one's feet:Christ does not suffice us, and we want something to fill up a void. I admit the danger in defending one's walking in the narrow way-to be occupied with the evil we cannot walk in, and so judge, and get shut up. But a deep sense of the evil is very important; but then that is always felt with Christ, which makes the heart tender and large for those dear to Him, even if going wrong. The eager condemnation of others in what is wrong may be connected with vexation at their not going with us. So perhaps they ought–surely if they have light; but the heart will grieve over the persons as dear to Christ, if walking with Him, and not merely judge the path as unfaithfulness, or their unfaithfulness in walking in it.

Everywhere the manifest work of the Spirit of God is seen, and the violent efforts of the enemy. What we have to do is to persevere quietly, but with redoubled devotedness, in the Lord's work. This is a time in which faith is manifested by that quietness of soul which flows from confidence in God, and that devotedness which shows that one has the consciousness that everything traditional, everything external (evil excepted) is crumbling to pieces. The way is a very simple one, if the heart is simple; a very peaceful one, if the heart enjoys communion with God; happy there, we peacefully discern what will be most for His glory. J. N. D.