And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Jer. xviii. 4. (R. V.)

God's fairest, highest place of service in the land that lies beyond will be filled by the men and women who have been broken upon the wheel on earth.—G. Campbell Morgan.

November 12th.

Examine yourselves. 2 Cor. xiii. 5.

If your state be good, searching into it will give you that comfort of it. If your state be bad, searching into it cannot make it worse; nay, it is the only way to make it better, for conversion begins with conviction.—Bishop Hopkins.

November 13th.

Choose you this day whom ye will serve. Josh. xxiv. 15.

Choice and service—these were demanded of the Israelites; these are demanded of you, these only. Choice and service—in these are the whole of life.—Mark Hopkins.

November 14th.