October 29

•’ But their eyes were holden that they should not knou Him.” Luke xxiv. IG.

FIE disciples ought to have known Jesus; ihey had heard His voice so often, and gazed upon that marrcc* face so frequently, that it is wonderful they did no discover Hiui. Yet is it not so with you also? You have not seen Jesus lately. You have been to His table, and yoa have not met Him there. You are in a dark trouble thia evening, and though He plainly says, “It is I, be not afraid,” yet 3’ou cannot discern Him. Alas! our eyes are holden. We know His voice; we have looked into His face; we have leaned our head upon His bosom, and yet, though Christ is v«ry near us, we are saying, “Oh that I knew where I might find Him!” We should know Jesus, for we have the Scriptures to reflect His image; and yet how possible it is for us to open that precious book and have no glimpse of the Well-beloved! Dear child of God, are you in that state? Jesus feedeth among the lilies of the word, and you walk among those lilies, and yet you behold Him not. He is accustomed to walk through the glades of Scripture, and to commune with His people, as the Father did with Adam in the cool of the day, and yet you are in the garden of Scripture, but cann’’t see Him, though He is always there. And why do we not see Him? It must be ascribed in our case, as in .he disciples’, to unbelief. They evidently did not expct to Bee Jesus, and therefore they did not know Him. To a great extent in spiritual things we get what we expect of the Lord. Faith alone can bring us to see Jesus. Make it your prayer, “Lord, open Thou mine eyes, that I may see my Saviour present with me.” It is a blessed thing to tvanl to see Him; but oh! it is better far to gaze upon Him. Cc those who seek Iliin He is kind: but to those who find Hlm. beyond expression is Ha dear!