Many in waiting upon the Lord find immediate delight, but this is not the case with all. A deeper sense of sin may be given to you instead of a sense of pardon, and in such a case you will have need of patience to bear the heavy blow. Ah! poor heart, though Christ beat and bruise you, or even slay you,

trust him; though he should give you an angry word, believe in the love of his heart. Do not, I beseech you, give up seeking or trusting my Master because you have not yet obtained the conscious joy which you longest for. Cast yourself on him, and perseveringly depend even where you can not rejoicingly hope.

The best religion in the world is that which smiles at the table, works at the sewing-machine, and is pleasant in the chimney corner, and amiable in the drawing-room. Give me the religion which blacks boots and shines them well; cooks the food so that

it may be eaten; measures out yards of calico, and does not make them half-an-inch short; sells a hundred yards of an article, and does not label ninety as a hundred, as many tradespeople do. That is true Christianity which affects the whole of our behavior.