"PETER, the Jewish apostle, tells us that Christ "once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God." Somehow, this mighty truth, in practical power, has been ignored of late years. The immediate effect of the death of Christ is to bring, in love and righteous-ness, the sinner to God. Confidence, too, is established in the heart. God is known, and becomes the "rock" of the heart, and one's everlasting portion. (Ps. 73:26.)
This truth of being brought now to God is not to be regarded as a mere abstract statement, nor to be accepted as a cold, doctrinal point of scriptural truth. It is a present, blessed, joyous fact,-one full of richest consolation to the afflicted saint, and of immense moral power in moments of human weakness. Is any thing, great or small, a difficulty to God? Can any power of evil prevail against God's elect? Can our poverty make too many or great demands upon His grace-the grace and love of Him who gave His Son to die? Like Israel of old, we are a people without resources; in the desert, too, without one spring of blessing; in the wilderness, without a path through it But Israel's God is ours. He is our resource; our springs are in Him; He is our Shepherd and Guide. God with us all along the way and in our midst is faith's grand answer to every human need and sorrow.
W.S. (Scotland.)