The New Life

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XXXIL
LIGHT AND JOYFULNESS.
" Blessed Is the people that know the joyful sound : they walk,
O lyord, in the light of Thy countenance. In Thy name do they
rejoice all the day."—Ps. Ixxxix. 15, 16
" I/ight is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright
in heart."—Ps. xcvii. 11,
" I am the Light of the worid : he that followeth me shall not
walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life."—John
viii. 12.
"I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and j'^our
joy no one taketh away from you." John xvi. 22.
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As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing."— 2 Cor. vi. lo.
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FATHER will always be eager to see his
children joyful. He does all that he can to
make them happy. Hence God also desires that His
children should walk before Him in gladness of
heart. He has promised them gladness ; He will give
it. He * has commanded it : we must take it and
walk in it at all times.''
The reason of this is not difl&cult to find. Gladness
is always the token that something really satisfies me
and has great value for me. More than anything
else is gladness for what I possess a recommendation
of it to others. And gladness in God is the strongest
1 Ps Izxxix. 16, 17 ;
Isa. xxix. 19 ; John xvi. 2a j i Pet. L 8.
' Ps. xxxii. II ; Isa. xii 5, 6 ; i Thess. v. 16; Phil. Iv. 4.