Many can bring the Scriptures to the mind, but the Lord alone can prepare the mind to receive the Scriptures. Our Lord Jesus differs from all other teachers; they reach the ear, but he instructs the heart; they deal with the outward letter, but he imparts an inward taste for the truth, by which we perceive

its savor and spirit. The most unlearned of men become ripe scholars in the school of grace when the Lord Jesus by his Holy Spirit unfolds the mysteries of the kingdom to them, and grants the divine anointing by which they are enabled to behold the invisible. Happy are we if we have had our understandings cleared and strengthened by the Master!

If we are walking, we go from strength to weakness. We start fresh and in good order for our journey, but by-and-by the road is rough, and the sun is hot, and we sit down by the wayside to rest a while. Painfully we rise and pursue our way, with heavier

footsteps. But Christian pilgrims, having obtained fresh supplies of grace, are as vigorous after years of toilsome travel as when they first turned their faces Zionward. "They shall walk, and not faint."