God help me to be useful
In all I do or say!
I mean to work for Jesus,
The Bible says I may!"




23. Twenty-third Day.

Standard-Bearers.


"Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee."--Ps. lx. 4.


Then what is your banner, and what are you doing with it? For if you are
among "them that fear" God, He has given you a banner "that it may be
displayed." Is yours furled up and put away in a corner, so that nobody
sees it or knows of it? Or are you trying to be a brave little
standard-bearer of Jesus Christ, carrying His flag, so that the sweet
breezes of His Spirit may lift its bright folds, and show its golden
motto? That motto, I think, is "Love." For we are told that His banner
over us is love. Are you displaying it, showing your love to Him by your
love to others? showing the power of His love over you by your sweet,
happy temper, and by trying to please Him always?

Carrying a banner means something. First, it means that you belong to or
have to do with those whose banner you carry, and that you are not ashamed
of them. At great Sunday-school festivals we know to which school a boy