"Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand,"

but chief of all which

"Ring in the Christ that is to be,"

are resonant with loyalty and devotion to Him. Thus, all voices and all
gifts, as they come from Christ, and are claimed by Christ, should be
used for Him and Him alone. The lofty reach of genius is called to
glorify Him, and the humblest gift of the peasant in the cottage, or the
workman in the mill, or the little child at the mother's knee, are all
due to Christ, to be devoted to Him, and also to be appreciated and
rewarded by Him.


[1]Gustav Schwab, quoted by Ullmann, in _The Worship of Genius_.




JEROBOAM

BY REV. ALFRED ROWLAND, D.D., LL.B.


"Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin."--1 KINGS xiv. 16.