3. Being sons of God we are sure one day of glory. The song which has been singing its way around the world in the Torrey, Alexander meetings presents this thought to us beautifully.

"When all my labors and trials are o'er
And I am safe on that beautiful shore,
Just to be near the dear Lord I adore,
Will thro' the ages be glory for me.

When by the gift of his infinite grace
I am accorded in heaven a place,
Just to be there and look on his face,
Will thro' the ages be glory for me.

Friends will be there I have loved long ago;

Joy like a river around me will flow;

Yet just a smile from my Savior, I know,
Will thro' the ages be glory for me.

Chorus.

Oh, that will be glory for me,

Glory for me, glory for me,

When by his grace I shall look on his face,
That will be glory, be glory for me."

be

Whatever may be our limitations here they shall be gone there, whatever may our weakness here it shall be lost there.

Dr. Charles Hodge has in his Lectures on Theology given us an imaginary picture of Laura Bridgman the famous deaf mute. The celebrated theologian has described her standing in the presence of Christ in that great day when we shall all be before Him, when Christ shall touch her eyes and say, "Daughter see," and there shall sweep through her vision all the glories of the sky; when He shall touch her ears which have been so long closed and say, "Daughter hear," and into her soul shall come all the harmonies of heaven; when he shall touch her lips which on earth have never spoken a human word and say, "Daughter speak," and with all the angel choir she will burst into the new song. What Dr. Hodge has said concerning Laura Bridgman will be true of us. Our day of limitations will be past, the experiences of weakness be gone, and we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is.

This therefore is a good outline of a creed for us to-day. We believe the Bible

is the Word of God, we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, we believe that the Church is the body of Christ, we believe that we are by regeneration the sons of God, and making such a statement we have a right to stop and listen and I am sure we shall hear as from the skies, "Amen saith the spirit."

A REASONABLE SERVICE

TEXT: "I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a liviny sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."-Romans 12: 1.

There is perhaps no chapter in the New Testament, certainly none in this epistle, with which we are more familiar than this one which is introduced by the text; and yet however familiar we may be with the statements, if we read them carefully and study them honestly they must always come to us not only in the nature of an inspiration but also with rebuke especially to those of us who preach.

Paul's intellectual ability has never been questioned, and yet giant though he was in this respect he was not ashamed to be pathetic when he likens his care for his people to the care of a nurse for her children. He is not ashamed to be extravagant when he likens his sorrow and pain