Nothing is more dishonoring to God, or more dangerous for us, than a mock humility. When we refuse to occupy a position which the grace of God assigns us, because of our not possessing certain virtues and qualifications, this is not humility, for if we could but satisfy our own consciences in reference to such virtues and qualifications, we should then deem ourselves entitled to assume the position.

If, for instance, Moses had possessed such a measure of eloquence as he deemed needful, we may suppose he would have been ready to go. Now the question is, how much eloquence would he have needed to furnish him for his mission? The answer is, without God no amount of human eloquence would have availed, but with God the merest stammerer would have proved an efficient minister. This is a great practical truth.

Unbelief is not humility, but thorough pride. It refuses to believe God because it does not find in self a reason for believing. This is the very height of presumption. C. H. M.

Move to the fore; Say not another is fitter than thou. Shame to thy shrinking! Up! Face thy task now.

Own thyself equal to all a soul may, Cease thy evading—God needs thee today.

Move to the fore! God Himself waits, and must wait till thou come; Men are God’s prophets though ages lie dumb.

Halts the Christ Kingdom with conquest so near? Thou art the cause, thou soul in the rear.

Move to the fore!

Find your purpose and fling your life out into it; and the loftier your purpose is, the more sure you will be to make the world richer with every enrichment of yourself. PHILLIPS BROOKS