she would soon have been in her grave, and the lad too, but the way to
live is to care for others. "He that loseth his life shall save it."
While we are writing this, we are thinking of the great number who all
through these bad times have fed the Preachers and their horses. God
will see to it that they do not lose by their unselfishness.
Some will read this who are just on the point of leaving a place where
God has cared for them, but they do not see their way in the future. Are
you going on God's errand? That is, are you in the path of duty? Then
never fear. Ravens can wait at table as well as any tailed-coated white-
cravatted serving man. And widows with only a handful of meal, can keep
open house for God's servants. My God shall supply all your need, and
the less there is in the barrel, the more room for God's hand!
"IT IS THE BLOOD THAT SAVES."
EXODUS xii.
The Israelites were not saved because they were children of Abraham, but
because they followed the plan of salvation. Even Moses "kept the
passover and the sprinkling of blood," or there would have been a dead
man in the house. If you and I are saved, it must be by the blood of the
Lamb. The father who put the blood on his door posts was not ashamed to
own his need of Divine protection, or that he trusted the word of God.
There is a false sentimentality that is abroad to-day, which would make
us ashamed to speak of the atonement. We are told that it is sickening
to hear of such terms as "The Blood of Jesus."