To cleanse His little one."




10. Tenth Day.

Made Beautiful.


"Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us."--Ps. xc. 17.


"How great is His beauty!" said Zechariah. How can His beauty be upon us?
In two ways; try to understand them, and then ask that in both ways the
beauty of the Lord our God may be upon you.

One way is by His covering you with the robe of Jesus Christ's
righteousness, looking upon you not as you are in yourself, all sinful and
unholy, but as if all the Saviour's beautiful and holy life were yours,
reckoning it to you for His sake. In this way He can call us "perfect
through my comeliness which I had put upon thee." The other way is by
giving you the beauty of holiness, for that is His own beauty; and though
we never can be quite like Him till we see Him as He is, He can begin to
make us like Him even now. Look at a poor little colorless drop of water,
hanging weakly on a blade of grass. It is not beautiful at all; why should
you stop to look at it? Stay till the sun has risen, and now look. It is
sparkling like a diamond; and if you look at it from another side, it will
be glowing like a ruby, and presently gleaming like an emerald. The poor
little drop has become one of the brightest and loveliest things you ever