teach us? Why, that the most mature Christian, if he judges aright, feels that he wants as much to be led in the right way as if he were only beginning the spiritual life. The word seems to be almost humiliating, “Lead me.” It is a little child, saying, “Lead me, mother, lead me.” It is more than that; it is a blind man putting out his hand. He cannot see; he cannot find his way; and he is begging, “Lead me.” Such babes are we, such blind men are we, apart from the guiding grace of God. If we have faith in a living God, a Father and Friend of man, who does not only interpose once in a while, but is present always in human affairs, then every man is sent to do a work; every man has a mission; a mission determined by his capacities and opportunities; a mission which no one can fulfill but himself, since every man has his proper gift from the Lord. The mission of Jesus differed from that of other men in these two points; that it was the greatest work ever given man to do, and that he saw more clearly what it was than other men see theirs. Give the mariner a stout ship, a skillful captain, deep water, and plenty of sea-room, and he will be steady through any tempest; because the permanent outbalances the transient. So give the man, on this great sea of life, trustworthy reliance on God, let him know that he can trust in the depth and sweep of this divine nature, in the trustiness of these things that are about him; let him see the eternal anchor ready to grapple and hold fast when all else fails, and he will cheerfully face any tempest that can ever come.—Robert Collyer.