CHRIST our JOY: As He passes up to Calvary, we find that from the depths of His joy a stream is flowing which cannot be quenched. Then we understand why He could say to His disciples, as He stood on the threshold of the agony of Gesthemane: “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full” (Jn 15:11)…In one way the day of the cross is the darkest, saddest, most tragic in the world’s history. Yet it was the day of Christ’s highest joy…He was on the threshold of His highest service and sacrifice, and His joy was almost full. Ah, brethren, if you have ever felt the deep joy of making some poor wasted heart glad, if you have known the leaping of the spirit when some abandoned life has been saved from shame, if you have known the thrill when you led some child to Christ, you can begin to realize what must have been the spiritual delight of the Son of God in the day when He died to set His people free. —W.M. Clow