Love is the greatest thing that God can give us: for Himself is Love; and it is the greatest thing we can give to God: for it will give ourselves, and carry with it all that is ours.—Jeremy Taylor.
December 16th.
He (Thomas) . . . said, Except I shall see . . . I will not believe. . . . Jesus . . . said . . . Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 25, 27.
Every doubt in the heart of a Christian is a dishonor done to the Word of God, and the sacrifice of Christ.—Selected.
December 17th.
Lot . . . pitched his tent toward Sodom. Gen. xiii. 12.
And soon Lot moved into Sodom; and before long Sodom moved into him.—Theodore Cuyler.
December 18th.
Cleanse Thou me from secret faults. Psa. xix. 12.
The world needs men who are free from secret faults. Most men are free from gross, public faults.—Selected.