How to Live a Holy Life | Page 6

for Jesus.
O Christ, I die, that thou mayst live, That thou mayst live in me; That
all I think or speak or do, May be, O Lord, for thee.

May not the least of self remain, But all be put to death. Oh, may I
nothing do for self, Nor draw one selfish breath!
To have my Savior live in me, To occupy the whole, To make my heart
his royal throne And take complete control--
'Tis all I ask; 'tis all I wish; 'Tis all my heart's desire, Content if but a
wayside bush To hold God's holy fire.
Low at thy feet, O Christ, I fall A yielded lump of clay, For thee to
mold me as thou wilt, To have thy own sweet way.

THE BIBLE WAY.
If the Bible had not been given us, we should not always know the way
that Jesus walked. But he has given us his Word. The way of the Bible
is the way of Christ, and is therefore the true path of life. O pilgrim to
the heavenly kingdom, the Word of God will be a lamp unto thy feet
and a light unto thy way. It will lighten you home. There will never be
a day so dark but the beams of light from the blessed Bible will pierce
through the darkness and fall with a bright radiance upon your pathway.
If sometimes you can not see just where Jesus stepped, take the
precious Book of God, and it will be a lamp to show you the way he
trod. One wintry morning a father went a long distance through the
deep snow to feed his sheep. A few hours later a little boy was sent to
call his father home. The child was carefully stepping in the footprints
before him, but soon a dark cloud arose and the blinding snow-storm so
dimmed his eye that he frequently stepped aside. In the beautiful, clear
light of the Bible we can see all the way that Jesus trod. If we will walk
according to the Bible, we shall walk as Jesus walked and not show a
double track. Make the blessed Word of God your guide if you would
walk aright the path of life and be happy.
"And often for your comfort you will read the Guide and Chart: It has
wisdom for the mind and sweet solace for the heart; It will serve you as
a mentor; it will guide you sure and straight All the time that you will

journey, be the ending soon or late."
'The Scriptures are given by inspiration of God and are profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
that the man of God may be perfect' 2 Tim. 3:16. If by faith we receive
into our hearts the instruction in righteousness as given by the
Scriptures, it will make us perfect in this life. O reader, if you would
know how to live, study the Bible. It points out the way clearly and
plainly. Let its truths in all their power reach to the depth of thy heart.
Let thy soul seize upon the Bible and drink its strength and sweetness
as the bee sips the sweetness from the flower. As the animal eats the
plant and by assimilation converts it into animal life, so eat the Book of
God and convert it into human life. It is the food of angels. But rather
than its being the Bible converted into human life, it is human life
transformed into the purity of the Bible. There are great depths to the
Bible. The simplest text contains depths to which we can ever be
descending.
They who would live a perfect life must set the life of Christ before
them as portrayed by the Holy Scriptures. You can not see much of this
perfect life by a passing glance. It is he who looks into the perfect law
of liberty and continues to look that will see the perfect life which it
pictures. The artist must look long at the landscape and get it imaged
upon his soul before he can produce it upon the canvas. The Bible
description of the life of Christ must fill your soul with admiration and
with a strong desire to possess it. Your heart must lay hold upon it until
that life is focused and printed upon your own soul. It is like the art of
photographing. The object must be set before the heart.
The Bible is the light that shines the image of Christ upon the soul. For
the pure in heart to develop into higher spiritual life, they must gain
such an admiration for the beauty of Christ that they will long to
possess him in greater fulness. The pleading of