Bedside Watchman THE ESSENTIAL DUTIES

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December 8th -- Micah 6
THE ESSENTIAL DUTIES

THE essential duties enumerated by the prophet Micah are substantially the same as those laid down by Christ. The prophet declared that the ideal was "to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with God." Christ declared that the weightier matters of the law were judgment, mercy, faith and the love of God. Justice and judgment here surely have the same meaning. There can be no doubt as to the meaning of mercy. An infidel might be humble, but mere humility is not all that is required. A man cannot walk humbly with his God apart from faith. Conversely, if a man has the true faith and proper appreciation of the love of God, he will be guided to the true humility. Why is it that these principles, though never disputed, are nearly always neglected in favour of something which seems large in human affairs just for the moment, but which, after the lapse of a century or so, is seen even by men to be of little consequence?

ISLIP COLLYER, Principles and Proverbs, pages 16-17