Bible Readings for the Home Circle Part 220

6. What is to be the reward of those whose works are good?

"Who will render to every man according to his deeds: ... _glory_, _honor_, and _peace, to every man that worketh good_." Rom. 2:6-10.

7. What will he receive who endures temptation?

"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive _the crown of life_, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him." James 1:12.

8. What promise is made to them that walk uprightly?

"For the Lord G.o.d is a sun and s.h.i.+eld: the Lord will give grace and glory: _no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly_." Ps.

84:11.

9. What are the meek to inherit?

"But the meek shall inherit _the earth_; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace." Ps. 37:11.

10. What is promised to the willing and obedient?

"If ye be willing and obedient, _ye shall eat the good of the land_." Isa.

1:19.

11. What delights and pleasures await the child of G.o.d?

"Thou wilt show me the path of life: in Thy presence is _fulness of joy_; at Thy right hand there are _pleasures forevermore_." Ps. 16:11.

I will sing you a song of that beautiful land, The far-away home of the soul, Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eternity roll.

O, that home of the soul! in my visions and dreams Its bright jasper walls I can see, Till I fancy but thinly the veil intervenes Between the fair city and me.

That unchangeable home is for you and for me, Where Jesus of Nazareth stands; The King of all kingdoms forever is He, And He holdeth our crowns in His hands.

O, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land, So free from all sorrow and pain; With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again!

MRS. ELLEN H. GATES.

Promises To The Overcomer

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Israel Crossing The Jordan. "He that overcometh shall inherit all things."

Rev. 21:7.

1. What are we admonished to overcome?

"Be not overcome of evil, but _overcome evil_ with good." Rom. 12:21.

NOTE.-In John 5:4 that which we are to overcome is called "the world;" and in 1 John 2:15-17 the things of which "the world"

consists are described as "the l.u.s.t of the flesh, and the l.u.s.t of the eye, and the pride of life."

2. What only can overcome the world?

"For _whatsoever is born of G.o.d_ overcometh the world." 1 John 5:4.

3. What gives us the victory in our conflict with the world?

"And this is the victory that overcometh the world, _even our faith_."

Same verse.

4. What promises are made by Christ to the overcomer?

(_a_) "To him that overcometh will I give _to eat of the tree of life_, which is in the midst of the paradise of G.o.d." Rev. 2:7.

(_b_) "He that overcometh _shall not be hurt of the second death_." Verse 11.

(_c_) "To him that overcometh will I give _to eat of the hidden manna_, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." Verse 17.

(_d_) "He that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give _power over the nations_: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to s.h.i.+vers: even as I received of My Father. And I will give him _the morning star_." Verses 26-28.

(_e_) "He that overcometh, the same shall be _clothed in white raiment_; and _I will not blot out his name out of the book of life_, but I will _confess his name before My Father, and before His angels_." Rev. 3:5.

(_f_) "Him that overcometh will I _make a pillar in the temple of My G.o.d_, and he shall go no more out: and I _will write upon him the name of My G.o.d, and the name of the city of My G.o.d_, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from My G.o.d: and I will write upon him _My new name_." Verse 12.

(_g_) "To him that overcometh will I grant _to sit with Me in My throne_, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne."

Verse 21.

5. In what one promise are all these promises summed up?

"_He that overcometh shall inherit all things_; and I will be his G.o.d, and he shall be My son." Rev. 21:7.

NOTE.-Here are the exceeding great and precious promises to the overcomer, eight in number. They embrace everything,-eternal life, health, happiness, and an everlasting home. What more could be asked?

In heaven there will be no parting, no pain to bear; No care-worn brow, no sigh, no silvery hair; No death to s.n.a.t.c.h our loved ones from our side, No angry waves, no sea, no treacherous tide.

In heaven there'll be no thirst, no cry for bread; No soul who knows not where to lay his head; No one to feel the winter's chilling blast, For there the piercing storms will all be past.