September 27

Reminding men of Christ

“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13).
“And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha” (2 Kings 2:15).

Men are all mosaics of other men. No man can meet another on the street without making some mark upon him. We say we exchange words when we meet; what we exchange is souls. There was a savor of David about Jonathan and a savor of Jonathan about David.There are some men and some women in whose company we are always at our best. All the best stops in our nature are drawn out by their intercourse, and we find a music in our souls that was never there before. Suppose even that influence prolonged through a month, a year, a lifetime, and what could not life become? Here, even on the common plane of life, talking our language, walking our streets, working side by side, are sanctifiers of souls; here, breathing through common clay, is Heaven.

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