We need to watch ourselves as to evil speaking. A good test of our utterances is the consideration, Would I think it right if said of me ? And even if true, was it necessary to say it ? It may be necessary to utter some things in judgment of another, for the Lord's sake and for the sake of the wrong doer, but we will allow that we need to be very careful not to transgress.

A word of caution may be added here. We are liable to say things about another in the presence of children, who ought not to hear it. Even if right to speak of a matter, it may be a serious wrong to the one criticized to refer to it before children, or before a mixed company, who are not called upon to enter into the case.

May grace and love keep the door of our lips,- and the fear of God.

The one way of escape from every sin is to have the heart possessed with the joy of the Lord. Then naturally the mouth "is opened with wisdom" and in the tongue "is the law of kindness" (Prov. 31:26).

FRAGMENT The secret of human happiness is to live for others, but the secret of divine happiness is hid in these words:"To me to live is Christ."

This does not necessarily imply the doing of great things for Him, but His being Himself enthroned in my heart as its all-satisfying portion. E. S. L.