60. The Beatitudes
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
2. Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted.
3. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.
4. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness
for they shall be filled.
5. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
62. Blessed are the merciful: for
they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:7
69. He does not ask if we are worthy of
His love, but He pours upon us the
riches of His love, to make us worthy.
71. He is not vindictive. He seeks not to
punish, but to redeem. Even the
severity which He manifests through
His providences is manifested for the
salvation of the wayward.
72. He yearns with intense desire to
relieve the woes of men and to
apply His balsam to their wounds. It
is true that God will by no means
clear the guilty (Exodus 34:7), but He
would take away the guilt.
73. The merciful are partakers of
the divine nature, and in them
the compassionate love of God
finds expression.
74. To the appeal of the erring,
the tempted, the wretched
victims of want and sin, the
Christian does not ask,
77. but, How can I benefit them? In the
most wretched, the most debased,
he sees souls whom Christ died to
save and for whom God has given to
His children the ministry of
reconciliation.
78. The merciful are those who manifest
compassion to the poor, the
suffering, and the oppressed. Job
declares, I delivered the poor that
cried, and the fatherless, and him
that had none to help him.
80. There are many to whom life is a
painful struggle; they feel their
deficiencies and are miserable and
unbelieving; they think they have
nothing for which to be grateful.
81. Kind words, looks of sympathy,
expressions of appreciation,
would be to many a struggling
and lonely one as the cup of cold
water to a thirsty soul.
82. A word of sympathy, an act of
kindness, would lift burdens that
rest heavily upon weary shoulders.
And every word or deed of unselfish
kindness is an expression of the love
of Christ for lost humanity.
83. The merciful shall obtain mercy.
The soul of blessing shall be made
fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.
Proverbs 11:25
85. There is sweet peace for the
compassionate spirit, a blessed
satisfaction in the life of self-forgetful
service for the good of others.
86. And in the hour of final need the
merciful shall find refuge in the
mercy of the compassionate Saviour
and shall be received into
everlasting habitations.
87. And in the hour of final need the
merciful shall find refuge in the
mercy of the compassionate Saviour
and shall be received into
everlasting habitations.
89. Blessed are the merciful: for
they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:7
