practicing constantly, so repetition speeds the spiritual acquisition of the prospering power. Foreign missionaries give the first two years of their novitiate —almost all the waking hours of each day—to learning the language of those whom they have come to save. The human mind seems slow. Let us possess ourselves in patience and in due time we shall reap.
FIRST MEDITATION
GODLINESS THE SUBSTANCE OF RICHES
“He shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also doth not wither;
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
Thus is the godly man described as regards his good fortune.
There are some of us who did not come into this existence “with a silver spoon in our mouth.” It seems to us that all our goodness has been fruitless, that fate is against us, and that there is no use trying.
If we have started this life as bankrupt men, then the more must we have resolution and determination and a courage that knows no defeat.
The law of Christ removes the past burdens and debts that may have been loaded upon our shoulders. No matter what bad luck may seem to have been ours from birth, this day we come under the law of our
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