the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Let your loins he girded about and your lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he comes, shall find watching; verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them; but that servant who knew his Lord’s will and prepared not himself neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; for unto whomsoever much is given of him shall be much required Luke 12:35-37; Luke 12:41-48. See also, John 13:27. John 15:14.
Suffer me never, O my dear Saviour, to be lukewarm, careless, and drowsy again; make me evermore vigilant and zealous in drawing the necessary ointment and oil of the spirit from thy blessed name, that I may be always ready, and the light of my faith and love, may be burning clear every day. Let me not commit the foolishness, to put off my preparation to future times, but do thou prepare me every hour. Amen.
My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so?
Awake my sluggish soul.
Nothing has half thy work to do,
Yet nothing’s half so dull.
We, for whom God the Son came down,
And labored for our good:
How careless to secure that crown
He purchased - with his blood!
Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still,
And never act our parts!
Come, holy Dove, from the heavenly hill,
And sit and warm our hearts.
