PROMISE FOR MAY 8TH

"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye." Psalm 32:8

An earthly parent rejoices most in the obedient and promptly submissive child, for whom the word or look of reproof is sufficient to prune away the evil; and so also our Father in Heaven declares His approval of those who "tremble at his word." (Isa. 66:5.) Such cooperate with God in the development of their own characters, noting their own defects and seeking to correct them,--hearkening for the Father's voice of direction, instruction or loving reproof, and ever seeking His approving smile.... To this class, obedient and watchful, the LORD says, "I will guide thee with mine eye." .... Those who can be guided only by continual scourging are not of the over-coming class. E. 233, 234 top.