Gleanings 440

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The question of speaking to souls is a question of personal love to the Lord Jesus Christ. Do not say you have no gift for it. Do you love Christ? If so, you will never lose an opportunity of speaking a word for Him.
The freshness of the hope of the Lord's coming springs from ever bringing before the mind the Person of Him for whom we are waiting: as the one who is occupied with us in all we are passing through; the One who is the strength and joy of our souls and our portion.
I should like to know what saints feel when the thought of the glory crosses their minds. I say when thinking of it, "where is the Lord in it?" Without Him, the very glory itself would be not without a trouble to me.