October 17

Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice. — 1 Sam 15:22

Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day — Exod 14:13

The folded hands seem idle:
If folded at His word,
’Tis a holy service, trust me,
In obedience to the Lord.
—ANNA SHIPTON.

It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary, it is the yielding of our wills without restriction and without choice, to tread cheerfully every day in the path in which Providence leads us, to seek nothing, to be discouraged by nothing, to see our duty in the present moment, to trust all else without reserve to the will and power of God. —FRANÇOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON.

Godliness is the devotion of the soul to God, as to a living person whose will is to be its law, whose love is to be its life. It is the habit of living before the face of God, and not the simply doing certain things. —J. B. BROWN.