DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 21; Jeremiah 32:26-44; Hebrews 4:1-13
All Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the
ivory palaces, whereby they have made Thee glad. Psalms 45:8
Procter and Gamble is a familiar name. One Sunday, Harley
Procter listened to a preacher speak from Psalm 45 where ivory
palaces are mentioned. As a result, he decided to call his soap Ivory.
Many people think that good works or a moral life, superficial cleanliness,
will merit them entry into God’s heaven. But our problem goes
much deeper than that. Thank God for Him who came from the ivory
palaces to accomplish what no soap could do! Christ washed us from
our sins! —R. E. Surgenor
Though thy sins are red like crimson, deep in scarlet glow;
Jesus’ precious blood can make them, white as snow. —F. R. Havergal