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are thinking much about how they wish to die, but let us
learn how to live. If we live well, we shall die well.
Since we have but one life to live and with it we must face eternity, I
am sure there are many who want to make the most of life. There are
many who want to be their best in life. This is not a play-ground, or a
place to trifle with time. It is a place of work and effort, a place of
purpose and earnestness, a place to do something. Life is not given us
to squander nor fritter away, but was given us to accomplish a purpose
in the mind of the Creator. If we will set ourselves to live as we should,
God will help us and no man can hinder us. We are purchasing
treasures for eternity by making a proper use of time. To trifle away
time is indeed to be the greatest of spendthrifts. If you squander a dollar,
you may regain it; but a moment wasted can never be regained.
There is great responsibility in life. It means much to live. The time
was when you and I were not, now we are. We are, and there can never
come a time when we shall not be. You and I shall always exist
somehow, somewhere. One sweet thought to me is that I have time
enough to do all that God intends for me to do, and do it well. Then
comes another thought--a thought that awes: the good that I do, the sum
of my usefulness, will be less than it should be if I spend a moment of
time uselessly. God will give us all the time we need to accomplish all
he purposes us to accomplish, but he does not give us one moment to
trifle away.
The mission of this little volume is to strengthen and energize and help
you to spend life as you should. May it please the Great Teacher, who
has promised to "show us the path of life," to bless this little work and
by it help some one to a pure and noble life and to the accomplishment
of all God's design in giving them life.
The Author.

CONTENTS.
Devotional Reading............................................. 4
Preface........................................................ 5
Introduction................................................... 7
The Way the Sail is Set (Poem)................................ 15
The Model Life................................................ 17
How to Live the Christ-Life................................... 22
The Bible Way................................................. 25
The Heavenly Way.............................................. 29
Keeping the Commandments...................................... 31
"Be Doers of the Word"........................................ 37
Who are the Wise?............................................. 39
Keeping the Commandments a Test of Love....................... 41
The Blessedness of Obeying God's Word......................... 43
The Relationship We Have with Christ through Obedience........ 45
Our Life is to Adorn the Gospel............................... 46
The Christian an Epistle of Christ............................ 48
How We may Live as the Bible Reads............................ 50
How to Keep the Word of God in the Heart...................... 52
Man the Vehicle for Exhibiting God's Perfections.............. 54

Some Use to Jesus (Poem)...................................... 63
Godly Living.................................................. 65
Something to Do............................................... 69
Spiritual Dryness............................................. 76
Prayer........................................................ 81
Keep the Roots Watered........................................ 85
Under the Fig-Tree............................................ 87
Shut the Door................................................. 91
Alone with God................................................ 93
Prayerful Remembrance (Poem).................................. 95
He Careth for Thee............................................ 96
"Consider the Lilies"........................................ 102
Sorrowful Yet always Rejoicing............................... 105
Gentleness................................................... 113
Tenderness................................................... 117
The Christian Walk........................................... 124
The Christian is to Walk Circumspectly....................... 125
The Latest Improved.......................................... 129
The Christian's Walk a Walk with God......................... 130
A Holy Life.................................................. 148

Lukewarmness................................................. 151
Steadfastness................................................ 156
How to Understand God's Will................................. 160
A View of Jesus.............................................. 164
Devotion to God.............................................. 166
The Golden Rule of Life...................................... 174
Timeliness in Doing Good..................................... 177
The Warfare of a Christian Life.............................. 181
Life by Faith................................................ 183
A Valuable Legacy............................................ 185
Some Scriptures for Daily Practise........................... 188

THE WAY THE SAIL IS SET.
I stood beside the open sea; The ships went sailing by; The wind blew
softly o'er the lea; The sun had cloudless sky.
Some ships sailed eastward, some sailed west, Some north, some
southward trend. How can ships sail this way and that? But one way
blows the wind.
An old sea-captain made reply (His locks with salt-spray wet): "'Tis not
the wind decides the course; 'Tis way the sails are set."
* * * * *
I stand beside the sea of life; The ships go sailing by; The winds blow
fair from heaven's land; No clouds bedim the sky.

But one sails eastward, one sails west, One north, one southward goes:
How can ships sail this way and that With selfsame wind that blows?
A voice made answer to my soul: "'Tis not how blows the gale; Each
voyager decides the goal By way he sets the sail."--Selected.

How to Live a Holy Life
THE MODEL LIFE.
In doing anything, it is always well to