DAILY READINGS: Num. 22:39-23:26; Prov. 20 to 21:11; Jas. 4:13-5:20
If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He
also will deny us. 2 Timothy 2:12
While visiting Travancore, a church leader from Madras was introduced
to a young slave girl called “the child apostle”. She had won
this title because of her zeal in speaking to others of Jesus Christ despite
being brutally treated. Her quiet, steady persistence had won
several to Christ. When she was introduced to the offi cial, her face,
neck and arms were disfi gured and scarred by stripes and blows. As
he looked at her, the man’s eyes fi lled, and he said, “My child, how
could you bear this?” She looked up at him in surprise and said,
“Don’t you like to suff er for Christ, sir?” —Warren Henderson
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into batt le; see his banners go! —S. Baring-Gould