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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 52, 29 January 1938, Page 13

rest to our souls; and not what our thoughts are about ourselves. Faith apprehends what God has revealed. J. N. Darby. STANDING FOR GOD. Firmly stand for God in the world's made strife, Tho' the bleak winds roar, and the waveh beat high; 'Tis the Rock alone giveth strength and life When tho hosts of sin are nigh. Let us stand on the rock! Firmly on the rock! On tbe rock of Christ alone: If the. strife we endure, We shall stand secure, Mid the throng who surround tho throne. Firmly stand for Right, with a motive pure, With a true heart bold, and a faith e'er strong; 'Tis the Rock alone giveth triumph sure, O'er the world's array of wrong. Firmly stand for Truth! It will serve you best, Tho* it waiteth long, it is sure at last; \ 'Tis the Rock alone giveth peace and rest, When the storms of life are past.

“LABOURERS TOGETHER WITH GOD.” I would to God that I might help you. to see the glory of Christian service. There are some, perhaps, who are a little weary and tired. \ r ou wonder whether the toil and drudgery are worth while. Lift your service and look at it in the light of these great words: “Working together with Him.” Therein is the glory of service, and except for that blessed assurance I think it could not be continued, hut that the burden of it would crush out the very heart and life. When I know that this' little life of mine, with all its uncertainty of duration, in the. comparative insignificance of its sphere, can yet be a life co-operate with God, then am I conscious of' the dignity of my ser-vice:-t-Dr. G. Campbell Morgan.