There are to be found to-day men and women to whom Christ is as real as though they held his fleshly hand and looked into his sweet human, face. They are as sure that heaven is around them as that their hearts beat within them. They know that God loves them, as certainly as if he awoke them each morning with a kiss.

Some time ago I met with a picture representing two women in great sorrow. Standing behind the chairs, on which they were sitting, there appeared the figure of Christ stretching out his hand over them. They could not see him, because their eyes were dim, but he was none the less present with them. He was near in all his effulgent brightness, with all his helpful power. At the foot of the picture this verse was written:

"Unheard, because our ears are dull, Unseen, because our eyes are dim, He walks on earth-the Wonderful— And all great deeds are done for him." What we need is the power to see-to see chariots and horses on the mountains; to see God all about us; to see the strong right arm of the Almighty stretched out to help us; to see that the darkest clouds and most threatening surroundings are under the all-controlling power of the everlasting Father. And seeing this, we shall have the prophet's trust that they who are with us are more than they who are against us. The prayer, then, that befits our lips, day and night, continually is "Lord, we pray thee, open our eyes, that we may see."-Walker Jubb.

NO CREED.

A Christian without a creed is always a bigoted Christian. He may say, "We are all bound for the same place, anyhow," and feel that he is very broad; but at bottom he is a bigot. He has a very small creed that he cherishes and makes all-important; it excludes, it decries, it proselytes, it lurks, it hides, it is almost malicious. It, finally, is jesuitical, and its methods frequently are at variance with common honesty.- Alabama Presbyterian.