Part 69

October 1

"Imagine a body of Christians who should take their stand on the Sermon of Jesus, and conceive their creed on His lines. Imagine how it would read, 'I believe in the Fatherhood of God; I believe in the words of Jesus; I believe in the clean heart; I believe in the service of love; I believe in the unworldly life; I believe in the Beatitudes; I promise to trust God and follow Christ, to forgive my enemies, and to seek after the righteousness of God.' Could any form of words be more elevated, more persuasive, more alluring? Do they not thrill the heart and strengthen the conscience? Liberty of thought is allowed; liberty of sinning is alone denied."

The Mind of the Master, Dr. JOHN WATSON.

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

has been called

"The text-book of duty."

PHILLIPS BROOKS.

"The Magna Charta of the Kingdom of God."

NEANDER.

"Christ's manifesto, and the constitution of Christianity."

Dr. JOHN WATSON.

"The great proclamation, which by one effort lifted mankind on to that new and higher ground on which it has been painfully struggling ever since, but on the whole with sure but slow success, to plant itself, and maintain sure foothold."

T. HUGHES.

The Programme of Christianity

OCTOBER 2

"There may be Worship without Words."

LONGFELLOW.

"All the world is the temple of God. Its worship is ministration. The commonest service is Divine service."

GEORGE MACDONALD.

THE PROGRAMME OF CHRISTIANITY.

"To preach good tidings unto the meek:

To build up the broken-hearted:

To proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound:

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God:

To comfort all that mourn:

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them--

Beauty for Ashes,

The Oil of Joy for Mourning,