"ALSO WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION AND UNDERSTANDING." Especially you need the truth. It is necessary to enlighten the mind, sanctify the heart, cheer the soul, and regulate the life. All goodness flows from truth and all evil from error. Therefore buy the truth. It is to be had but it must be bought. It will cost you something to obtain it, but you cannot pay too much for it. It has fetched a very high price; some have given their liberty, their comforts and their lives for it. It is in God's book as gold in a mine. It is in Christ's person as its centre and source. Labour in the mine. Study Christ. Be diligent, industrious and determined to have the truth. Pray and strive for it. Honour the Holy Spirit who alone can put you in possession of it. It is His office to teach the truth: He leads into it, by degrees, by exercise, by sanctified means. Having bought the truth, never sell it. No one can bid a sufficient price for it. You can find no substitute for it. You will be sure to need it, to direct you in perplexity, to comfort you in sickness, to cheer you in sorrow, and to support you in death. Pleasure may bid for it. Honour may bid for it. Wealth may bid for it. But sell it not. Study it, profess it, and enjoy it.

For Meditation:
O Thou the living way,
The truth, the life bestow;
Thy holy light's illumining ray
Lead me Thy truth to know.