the supply of divine grace which was imparted to him at his conversion.
The Christian feels his constant dependence upon his Creator for
overcoming power day by day, and he sees the whole universe just as
momently dependent upon the tireless watchcare of the great Sustainer of
all. The Christian alone delights to look upon the ceaseless service of
his Father's love, perpetually ministering to the needs and even to the
whims of His creatures. But if this tireless ministry reminds man of his
own spiritual nakedness and insular selfishness, it serves also to
remind him that it is only the free gift of a righteousness not his own
that can clothe the ashamed soul cowering beneath the eye of infinite
Purity and unselfish Love.

In our natural state we are like the dead, inorganic matter. Only by a
new life that must be imparted to us from above, a real, individual, new
creation, can we become alive spiritually. And then only by constant
dependence for spiritual life and growth upon the word of the One who
first created us can we hope to develop into His true sons and
daughters, whose continuous care is momently exercised in controlling
every particle of our bodily frame, and by whose continuous guidance in
the development of character we hope to become worthy of a place in His
presence forevermore.


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Our Lord Jesus once said to the leaders of the Jews, "If ye believed
Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not
his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" (John 5: 46-47). In our
days is certainly consistent and appropriate that those who have had
their faith revived in the first chapters of the Bible should also have