The Ninth of May.

TEACH ME THY WAY --- James 5:16.

"Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies." --- Psalm 27:11.

"Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth; unite my heart to fear thy name." --- Psalm 86:11.

Divine Answer: "Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore will he teach sinners in the way. What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose." --- Psalm 25:8, 12.

O Lord, be pleased to fulfil this gracious promise in me also. Thou hast inclined my heart to do thy will, and yet I am often in darkness about thy will.

Here it is written, "Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the way." It is thy own word; I may depend upon it, and would plead it with thee; many times thou hast fulfilled this promise already, and art willing and able to do it evermore for thy own name's sake.

Thou art ever mindful of thy work, and I would keep close unto it. Then let thy Spirit explain thy word, and write it on my heart enabling me to understand, to love, and to practise it.

I lift my soul to God,
My trust is in his name:
Let not my foes that see my blood
Still triumph in my shame.

Sin and the powers of hell
Persuade me to despair;
Lord, let me know thy cov'nant well,
That I may 'scape the snare.

The Lord is just and kind:
The meek shall learn his ways;
And every humble sinner find
The methods of his grace.

For his own goodness' sake
He saves my soul from shame;
He pardons, though my guilt be great,
Through my Redeemer's name.