"GRACE ‘TIS A CHARMING SOUND, MELODIOUS TO THE EAR." The term grace includes the wisdom and strength which are necessary for us to act aright under all circumstances. We daily need grace. But there are seasons in which we need grace especially, as in prosperity, to keep us from becoming proud and presumptuous: in adversity, to keep us from complaining or desponding: in temptation, to preserve us from its snares: and in death, that we may die to the Lord's glory. Grace is from the Lord. There is a throne appointed to dispense it. It is to be had in answer to prayer. "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Let us not attempt anything in our own strength, or fancy that we can accomplish anything by our own wisdom; but let us live under a deep sense of our need of grace, of God's willingness to bestow it, and of the incalculable benefits to be derived from it: thus let us approach the throne, pleading the name of Jesus. "O for grace to keep me in health, to cheer me in sickness, but especially to make me victorious in death!"

For Meditation:
The grace I every moment want,
The fresh supplies of faith and love,
God of exhaustless mercy, grant,
In answer to my Friend above.
Increase my faith, confirm my hope,
Until I yield my spirit up.