OUR loins should be girded now, our lights burning, and we like men that wait for their Lord. Let us ask ourselves. Is everything in order? Are we just ready for the journey—ready to start, with no preparation to make, or is there something to be done in our hearts and in our homes before He comes? Are there things that must be cleared away —soiled garments to be pulled out of the mire, and then girt hastily around us? It will not be the time for girding then. Soon the time will have come for ungirding, and the only girt one will be our blessed Lord and Master, pre-eminent in service as in all else. B—k.