There is not over-much meditation in these times. The spirit of haste and rush, which urges all on in a course of doing, lest they should be left behind, is contrary to the cultivation of meditation. But nothing is more helpful to the Christian than to sit still and calmly consider what God is for him. It will be found an ever-availing tonic for the soul to ponder over, even for five short minutes at a time, such facts as these, "God is my Father," "The Son of God loved me and gave Himself for me." The Christian will rise up from his meditation strengthened in spirit, and will go on his way as a man who, upon a sultry journey, has slaked his thirst at the wayside spring.