MAINTAINING THE COLOURS (3)

MAINTAINING THE COLOURS (3)

I was speaking last night on the characteristics of the remnant - unswerving devotedness to the chief interest of Christ; the colours, as it were, for the time. I was giving as examples Anna the prophetess, who departed not from the temple, and the widow who gave her two mites. The former greeted Him on His first entry ^[p. 272] into the temple, and the latter, who gave her all to it, was in heart in company with Him as He, for the last time, was in the temple.

Usefulness has usurped the place of devotedness. Men can recognise and commend the former, but the heart of Christ values the latter above everything. Separation from systems is only the first step to the testimony. The testimony is the maintenance by the Holy Spirit, and through Christ’s body, of the beauty, and ways, and works of Christ here on the earth, in spite of every adverse influence; the most novel, and the grandest morally, entirely unique, exceeding anything seen or expected among men, and therefore outside and apart from the politics and judgment of man, as to education, fashion, and everything.