then filled in about him to his waist, and the question again asked. He
replied, "No." Then they filled in the earth until he was covered, all
but his head, and could scarcely breathe. When asked if he would die, he
replied, "Yes, I will give up; I will die." So may we die to the old
life of self and sin, and live the new life of entire surrender to our
risen Lord!

"If Christ would live and reign in me,
I must die, I must die.
Like him I crucified must be,
I must die, I must die.
So dead that no desire may rise,
To pass for good, or great, or wise,
To any but my Savior's eyes,--
Let me die, let me die."




STUDY X.

THE SPIRIT'S WITNESS.

Memory Verse: "The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit that
we are children of God."--(Rom. viii, 16, R.V.)

Scripture for Meditation: 1 John v, 1-15.


When the life has been wholly surrendered to God, and Christ, the