Remember, therefore, whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent. 2: 5.

We rise by the things that are underfoot,
By what we have mastered of good or gain,
By the pride deposed or the passion slain,
And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet.
-Josiah Gilbert Holland.

Rev.

HE duty of repentance was the great burden of the preaching of John the Baptist and of Jesus the Christ. Anyone who has not given special attention to this matter will be surprised when he first examines it to discover the harmony which exists between the preaching of Christ and His forerunner, regarding the universal and imperative duty of repentance in connection with the coming of the new kingdom. Only as that duty is performed are men prepared for the admission of that kingdom into their hearts. The insistence upon repentance is by no means an arbitrary command. It is in harmony with the ripest principles of human philosophy as well as with the unvarying demands of divine instruction. Until the heart is emptied of the love of sin, it cannot be filled with the love of God; but more strictly, it must be opened to receive the love of God, and be filled with that love, before it can be emptied of the love of sin.

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in Thy wrath; neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure. For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Amen. Ps. 38: I, 4, 22.

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