Of course the best and holiest Christian life can be only the dimmest, faintest reproduction of the rich, full, blessed life of Christ.

Yet it is in this way, through these earthen vessels, that he has ordained to save the world, and to heal, help, comfort, lift up, and build up men.
"In these earthen vessels heavenly treasure For the enrichment of thy poor may shine; Thou canst fill us in our human measure With thy being's overflow divine." Perhaps in thinking of what God does for the world, we are too apt to overlook the human agents and instruments, and to think of him touching lives directly and immediately.

A friend of ours is in sorrow, and, going to our knees, we pray God to give him comfort.

But may it not be that he would send the comfort through our own heart and lips?
One we love is not doing well, is drifting away from a true life, is in danger of being lost.

In anguish of heart we cry to God, beseeching him to lay his hand on the imperilled life, and rescue it.