[Songs in the Night - June 2]
Ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even. Numbers 28:3, 4
BE OUR sacrifice ever so lame and imperfect, it is
reckoned holy and without blemish if we presented it
to the Father in and through the merit of our Redeemer;
and if "holy and acceptable" through him
(Romans 12:1; I Peter 2:5), the reward of sacrifice
is ours,
be our offering ever so small.
But it must be a free
will offering, and it must be a whole burnt offering;
not the smallest piece can be kept back from the consuming
fire of the altar.
And none who have the Spirit
of the Master will seek to keep back a part of their
little all; they will feel, indeed, on the contrary, that
at most it is but as offering dross for a jewel, for a
pearl of great value. Z'89-Aug., p.1 R1133:1 (Hymn 325)