DELIGHT IN GOD'S SERVICE.
By Sarah A. Guisinger
By reading the word of the Lord we find that God's people were made glad in the service of the Lord. David was made glad when they said, Let us go into the house of the Lord [Ps. cxxii, 1]; and David moreover said, My meditation of him shall be sweet. I will be glad in the Lord, I will praise thee, Lord, with my whole heart. I will be glad and rejoice in thee. I will sing praise to thee O thou Most High. O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Solomon was made exceeding glad with the countenance of the Lord. Solomon knew that the Lord loved him; and when the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, Ask what I shall give thee, then Solomon said, Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad. And the words of Solomon pleased the Lord. Moreover the Lord taught his people to rejoice and be exceeding glad when they were persecuted for the Lord's sake; and Peter says, Rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. Dear reader, do you feel as David did when it is said to you, Let us go to the house of the Lord? or do you neglect the assembling of yourselves together and let the cares and anxieties of life keep you away from the prayer meeting? O that we all may feel the importance of living up to the requirements of the Lord, that we may have that joy that is inexpressible and full of glory. The promises of the Lord are sure; and he says, They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up on wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. I desire to wait upon the Lord that I may renew my strength; for I believe that the Lord is soon coming to take his people home. O let us be faithful to the Lord, that when he who is our life shall appear, we may appear with him in glory. SARAH A. GUISINGER.
Gilboa, Ohio.