joyousness, is almost priceless in the gem markets of the world!

Inward buoyancy, kindling into speech, dissolves danger, animosity, failure. It puts them at disadvantage: "I have set the Lord always before me . . . Therefore my heart is glad -- my flesh also shall rest in hope," said David. He got his gladness of heart from setting the Lord always before his face. And the confidence of his flesh rose to such vigor that he set Goliath to one side, though a whole nation trembled at sight of him.

To this day the words, "I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts," which David used when he faced Goliath, have something of the victorious self-executive David energized into them, even when the genesis of their energy is not noted. They are living examples of people who, though they have not set the Lord always before their faces, and therefore have not stirred the joy spark of their being, yet have been made mysteriously triumphant by repeating David's words, "l come unto thee in the name of the Lord of hosts."

The words turned their vision to the hard problems of their life as being met by that Unseen Ally who saith, "l will contend with him that contendeth with thee." It is a continuation of the shout of the lsraelites following on after the Ark of the Lord, as it led forward into the ranks of their enemies: "Rise up, Lord! and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee!" Their vision toward an Unseen Ally moving with irresistible might before them, worked havoc among their enemies; took the yoke of enmity off the jaws of their rightful safety, drew glad security to their plain view. "l was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws."