unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely."

Are you blind, walking in darkness and having no light, or fearing to move lest you should stumble and fall?

Oh,

then, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon your God, for He declares, "I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known; I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them" (Isaiah xlii. 16).

Are you weak? He is "a

strength to the poor, and a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat."

Are you naked? Put on Christ's righteousness, which is a spotless robe; and "take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."

"Art thou weary, art thou languid,
Art thou sore distrest?

'Come to Me,' saith One; 'and coming,
Be at rest.""

Dear reader, it is impossible in this little space to point out one half of the wondrous graces of our God; but "seek ye out

of the Book of the Lord, and read" for yourself what He has revealed of His excellent greatness; and say, will it not more than repay you to seek after such a Friend, whom to know is life eternal?

"Lord, Thy Word abideth,
And our footsteps guideth;
Who its truth believeth
Light and joy receiveth.

"When our foes are near us,

Then Thy Word doth cheer us,
Word of consolation,

Message of salvation.

"Oh, that we discerning

Its most holy learning,

Lord, may love and fear Thee.

Evermore be near Thee!"

VI.

THE STILL SMALL VOICE,

"And behold there came a voice unto him, saying, What doest thou here, Elijah ?"-I KINGS Xix. 13.

ION-LIKE had been the attitude of Elijah the prophet in the presence of his enemies,-dauntless his courage, fearless his faith, as he rebuked the idolatry of the Baal worshippers. God's power and grace rested in full measure upon His servant; and as we read we wonder and admire to see how He honoured the pro

phet's trust.

But our admira

tion soon turns to disappointment when we find how quickly the picture changes. Elijah's brave spirit quails; and, at the threat of the enraged, bloodstained Jezebel, he flies for his life many long days' journey unto Mount Horeb. There, in a cave, he lodged; and there came the word of the Lord to him, "What doest thou here, Elijah?"

At first sight it seems but natural that when the prophet's life was threatened in one place, he should fly for safety to another; yet, when we consider how each previous step had