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eating. You must seek. "He that seeketh findeth." "Then shall weknow if we follow on to know the Lord." (Hos. 6:3.)QUES.--Dear Bro. R., may we be sure we belong to the "littleflock," or must we be in doubt?ANS.--"I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded thatHe is able to keep (preserve) that (life) which I have committedunto Him against that day." Paul thus expresses his and ourconfidence in God that He is both able and willing to do for us,all of his part of the covenant. The question, then, of ourmembership in the little flock depends entirely upon our keepingour part of the covenant. We are His spiritual sheep, ever sincewe entered our covenant relationship,--we are His workmanship.If we are entirely given up to Him, so that His will isaccomplished in us [the human nature crucified] He will give usthe grand prize. If we hinder the work by opposition of ourwills, we lose the prize and are obliged to come through the fireof tribulation in order to obtain the spiritual body.We may not be able to say: the prize will surely be mine; but wecan say if now entirely given up,--The prize is mine to-dayunless I lose it to-morrow; and by God's grace I will "keep mybody (humanity) under lest after having preached to others (ofthe grand prize) I myself should be a castaway" (from it.)====================R202 : page 8TIME SERVERS.The trimming, hesitating policy of many reminds us of Luther'swords to Erasmus: "You desire to walk upon eggs withoutcrushing them, and among glasses without breaking them!" Thisis a difficult game to play at, and one which is more suitable fora clown at a theatre than a servant of Christ. When you areattempting to compromise, you have to look around you andmove cautiously as a tight-rope dancer, for fear of offending onone side or the other. A little too much this way or that and overyou go. A cat on hot cinders is in an enviable position. No trueheartedman will ever bear such wretched constraint for anylength of time, or indeed at all. Think of being able to go nofurther than the aforementioned timorous, time-servingErasmus, who said, "I will not be unfaithful to the cause ofChrist; at least so far as the age will permit me." Out upon suchcowardice: life is too dear when bought at such a price.--Spurgeon.====================R202 : page 8When a cloud comes between us and the sun, it robs us for thetime of the enjoyment of its beams. It does not prevent him from