April 7th.
We came unto the land whither thou sentest us . . . we saw the children of Anak there. Num. xiii. 27, 28.
It is when we are in the way of duty that we find giants. It was when Israel was going forward that the giants appeared. When they turned back into the wilderness they found none.—Selected.
April 8th.
Each one resembled the children of a king. Judg. viii. 18.
Frances Ridley Havergal says: "If the King is indeed near of kin to us, the royal likeness will be recognizable."
April 9th.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. Psa. xxiii. 2.
This suggests the rest into which our Good Shepherd leads His flock. Life is not all toil. God gives us many quiet resting-places in our pilgrim way.
Night is one of these, when, after the day's toil, struggle, and exhaustion, we are led aside, and the curtains are drawn to shut out the noise, and He giveth His beloved sleep, in sleep giving the wonderful blessings of renewal. The Sabbath is another of these quiet resting-places. God would have us drop our worldly tasks, and have a day for the refreshing of both body and soul. . . . Friendship's trysts are also quiet resting-places, where heart may commune with heart, where Jesus comes, too, unseen, and gives His blessing. All ordinances of Christian worship—seasons of prayer and devotion, hours of communion with God—are quiet resting-places.