1 John i. 16. Phil. iv. 19. m Ps. lxviii. 18. with Eph. iv. 8. " Jer. ii. 12, 13. ° Isai. xli. 17, 18. i' Tsai. lviii. 11.
that you thirst: for if you had received as much as ever St. Paul himself had, you would only thirst the more, " for- getting what you had received, and panting still for more." But remember this ; if you have ever drunk of these waters, " you will never thirst for any thing else" even to your dying hourq. Even though you have no earthly comfort whatever, you will be " as one that possesses all things1." Remember too, that you must daily make your profiting to appear. Being watered as the garden of the Lord, you must " abound in all the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God." Remember lastly, that you are to impart to others the blessings which you yourselves have received. From you are to flow rivers of living water for the refreshing of others; and " as you have received freely, you must freely give " to all around you. As " the righteous are a tree of life s," that all may eat of their life-giving fruits, so are you to be wells of salvation in your respective spheres, that all who can gain access to you may have the cup of salvation put into their hands, and drink and live for ever. Such is the honour which our blessed Saviour has conferred on you ; and such is the improvement of it which he expects at your hands.]
i John iv. 14 r 2 Cor. vi. 10. s Prov. xi. 30.