September 23

"He that believeth on me, as the scripture¹ hath said, out of his inner being shall flow rivers of living water" (John 7:38).

Some of us are shivering and wondering why the Holy Spirit does not fill us. We have plenty coming in, but we do not give it out. Give out the blessing² that you have, start larger plans for service and blessing, and you will soon find that the Holy Ghost is before you, and He will present you with blessings³ for service, and give you all that He can trust you to give away to others.

There is a beautiful fact in nature which has its spiritual parallels. There is no music so heavenly as an Aeolian harp⁴, and the Aeolian harp is nothing but a set of musical chords arranged in harmony, and then left to be touched by the unseen fingers of the wandering winds. And as the breath of heaven floats over the chords, it is said that notes almost Divine float out upon the air, as if a choir⁵ of angels were wandering around and touching⁶ the strings⁷.

And so it is possible to keep our hearts so open to the touch of the Holy Spirit that He can play upon them at will, as we quietly wait in the pathway of His service.--Days of Heaven upon Earth

When the apostles received the baptism with the Holy Ghost they did not rent the upper room and stay there to hold holiness meetings, but went everywhere preaching the gospel. --Will Huff

“ If I have eaten my morsel⁸ alone, ”

The patriarch spoke⁹ with scorn;

What would he think of the Church were he shown

Heathendom-huge, forlorn,

Godless, Christless, with soul unfed,

While the Church's ailment¹⁰ is fullness of bread,

Eating her morsel alone ?

“ Freely ye have received, so give, ”

He bade, who hath given us all.

How shall the soul in us longer live

Deaf to their starving call,

For whom the blood of the Lord was shed,

And His body broken to give them bread,

If we eat our morsel alone!

-Archbishop Alexander

"Where is Abel thy brother?" (Gen. 4:9).

九月二十三日

「信我的人就如经上所说，从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。」（约七38）

我们常会奇怪，常会发急地说：「为甚么我们不能流出活水的江河来呢？」我告诉你：多少时候是因为我们祇受不给的缘故。进来的东西太多了，我们从来不想到应该让它流出去；所以，里面常会停滞，常会发沉。我们应该让我们所得到的流出去━多作见证，多传福音，多做帮助探望的工作，多找事奉主的机会━这样，你就会看见圣灵要替你开更大工作的门，要给你更多事奉的恩赐。－－译自地上的属天生活

门徒在五旬节受了圣灵的浸以后，并不租着楼房，留在那里聚会，却到各地去宣讲福音。－－赫夫

「你兄弟埃布尔在那里」（创四9）今天神也要照样问我们：「你的父母在那里？你的子女在那里？你的兄弟在那里？你的姊妹在那里？你的亲戚在那里？你的朋友在那里？」我们是不是只能像该隐那样说「我不知道」呢？

1 scripture   

n.经文，圣书，手稿；Scripture:(常用复数)《圣经》，《圣经》中的一段

参考例句：

• The scripture states that God did not want us to be alone.圣经指出上帝并不是想让我们独身一人生活。
• They invoked Hindu scripture to justify their position.他们援引印度教的经文为他们的立场辩护。

2 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

3 blessings   

n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福

参考例句：

• Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

5 choir   

n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。

6 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

7 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

8 morsel   

n.一口，一点点

参考例句：

• He refused to touch a morsel of the food they had brought.他们拿来的东西他一口也不吃。
• The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning.从早上起病人一直没有进食。

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 ailment   

n.疾病，小病

参考例句：

• I don't have even the slightest ailment.我什么毛病也没有。
• He got timely treatment for his ailment.他的病得到了及时治疗。