Studies in the Scriptures

to us when we shall be perfect and like our Lord and share his glory! No wonder our Lord said to Nicodemus. "If I have told you of earthly things, and ye believe not, how can ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things?" No wonder it declares that we must first be begotten of the holy Spirit before we can even begin to comprehend heavenly things. Unquestionably, therefore, our ability to run the race set before us in the Gospel, our striving to overcome the spirit of the world and the besetments of the Adversary, will be in proportion as we shall be obedient to the divine counsel, and love not the world, and lay aside every weight and the easily besetting sin, forgetting not the assembling of ourselves together, and searching the Scriptures daily, and in every sense of the word making use of the privileges and mercies and blessings conferred upon us as children of God. If we do these things we shall never fail, but so an entrance shall be ministered unto us, abundantly, into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."—1 John 3:2, 3; Rom. 8: 17; John 3: 12; 1 Cor. 2: 14; 1 John 2: 15; Eph. 6: 10-18; Heb. 12: 1, 2; 10: 25; John 5: 29; Acts 17: 11; 2 Pet. 1:4-11.

LONGING FOR HOME,

As pants the hart for water brooks,
So pants my soul for Thee.

Oh, when shall I behold Thy face,
When wilt Thou call for me?

How oft at night I turn mine eyes
Towards my heavenly home,

And long for that blest time when Thou,
My Lord, shalt bid me, "Come!"

And yet I know that only those
Thy blessed face shall see,

Whose hearts from every stain of sin
Are purified and free.

And oh, my Master and my Lord,
I know I'm far from meet

With all Thy blessed saints in light
To hold communion sweet.

I know that those who share Thy throne
Must in Thy likeness be,

And all the Spirit's precious fruits
In them the Father see.

Lord, grant me grace more patiently
To strive with my poor heart,