The Secret of Power From on High

TWENTY-SECOND DAY.
3-0}; tn Gol:l.
"For the kingdom <strong>of</strong> God is righteousness
and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost."
-RoM. xiv. r7.
" Now the God <strong>of</strong> hope fill you with all
joy and peace in believing, . . . through the
power <strong>of</strong> the Holy Ghost."-RoM. xv. r3.
A
CHRISTIAN man said to
shortly after his conversion : me,
" I
always thought that if I became religious
it would be impossible for me to do my
worldly business. <strong>The</strong> two things seemed
so contrary. I seemed to be a man
trying to dig a vineyard with a bag <strong>of</strong>
sand on his shoulders. But when I
found the Lord, I was so filled with joy
that I could do my work cheerfully from
morning till night. <strong>The</strong> bag <strong>of</strong> sand was
gone ; the joy <strong>of</strong> the Lord was my
strength for all my work." ~
Truly a significant lesson. Many
Christians do not understand that the
joy <strong>of</strong> the Lord will keep them and fit
them for their work. Even slaves, when
filled with the love <strong>of</strong> Christ, could testify
to the happiness that He gave.
Read the two texts at the heading <strong>of</strong>
this chapter, and see how the kingdom
<strong>of</strong> God is pure joy and peace through the
Holy Spirit, and how God will "fill us
with all joy and peace in believing,"
"through the power <strong>of</strong> the Holy Ghost."
-44