Chapter 97—Magnifies the Lord
Let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
Psalm 40:16
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As witnesses for Christ, we are to tell what we know, what we ourselves
have seen and heard and felt, If we have been following Jesus step by step,
we shall have something right to the point to tell concerning the way in which
He has led us. We can tell how we have tested His promise, and found the
promise true. We can bear witness to what we have known of the grace of
Christ. This is the witness for which our Lord calls, and for want of which
the world is perishing.
God would have every family that He is preparing to inhabit the eternal
mansions above, give glory to Him for the rich treasures of His grace. Were
children, in the home life, educated and trained to be grateful to the Giver
of all good things we would see an element of heavenly grace manifest in
our families. Cheerfulness would be seen in the home life, and coming from
such homes, the youth would bring a spirit of respect and reverence with
them into the schoolroom, and into the church....
Every temporal blessing would be received with gratitude, and every
spiritual blessing become doubly precious because the perception of each
member of the household had become sanctified by the Word of truth. The
Lord Jesus is very near to those who thus appreciate His gracious gifts,
tracing all their good things back to the benevolent, loving care-taking God,
and recognizing Him as the great Fountain of all comfort and consolation,
the inexhaustible Source of grace.
The true Christian will make God first and last and best in everything.
No ambitious motives will chill his love for God; steadily, perseveringly, will
he cause honor to redound to his heavenly Father. It is when we are faithful
in exalting the name of God that our impulses are under divine supervision,
and we are enabled to developed spiritual and intellectual power.
Jesus, the divine Master, ever exalted the name of His heavenly Father. He
taught His disciples to pray, “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy
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