'HE THAT ASKETH RECEIVETH.'
How precious to the child-like spirit is this gracious promise. It is not he that asketh shall receive, but he that, in the act of faith, truly asketh, receiveth. Let us believe the love of God, and yield our hearts to his mercy. Let us worship him in spirit and truth, and seek to know the fulness of his grace. This love is a fountain of eternal life and glory; how, then can we turn away in unbelief to the broken cisterns of creature good, and seek in vain to quench the spirit's restless thirst. Let us cease from self and creature trust, and sink into the encircling arms of an almighty love, and prove the blessedness of resting in God. Oh for the living faith and simple confidence that realizes eternal life, and the coming glory, that holds communion with the true and with the changeless, and rejoice in a full salvation. The time of our warfare is nearly accomplished, let us then leave the things that are behind, and press forward, altho' now the vail is but partially withdrawn, and we see the radiance of hastening realities only in the shade of the distance, let our faith increase, that with the voice of a continual desire, we may ever be ready to testify that 'he that asketh receiveth.'