The 'all in all' for every day Author:David Martin Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: January 2. " Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith."—Seb. xii. 2. Look to Jesus ! Amidst all the attractions of all worlds, of all beings... more », He is most worthy of our admiration and love. Look to Jesus! as the leper looked to Him, to be healed of that fearful distemper which has seized thee, and but for. Him would slay thee. Look to Jesus ! as the lover, charmed, fascinated, fixed ; and never take thine eyes off from Him, that you may be more ravished with His beauty every day of thy life. Look to Jesus! as the artist: earnest, intent, absorbed; as the servant: waiting daily at His gates, and watching at the posts of His doors, ever asking, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do ?" " I looked to Jesus, and 1 found In Him my star, my sun; And in that light of life I'll walk, 'Till travelling days are done." January 3. " Listen unto me.''—Isiiah xlix 1. Listen to Jesus ! The time will come when He will have the universe for His audience; angels,men, demons listeners. Nature listens and obeys. Dead bodies rise at His command ; winds and waves are hushed to rest by Him; powers and principalities are prostrate by a word—for the voice of the Lord is powerful, and full of majesty. Listen to Jesus! as He speaks by His Word, by His providence, by His Spirit, and by thine own conscience; for His countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars; His mouth is most sweet, "grace is poured into his lips," " yea, He is altogether lovely." Listen to Jesus ! Let His voice be heard in thine inmost soul, above all the music and melody of earth or heaven; for He is thy Lord, and thy Love, and He will speak peace and salvation to thy soul. January 4. " O love the Lord."—Psalm xxxi. 23. Love Jesus! Sweetest and best of all commands ! Oh, for grace to obey it! W...« less