And this is true, so it is right that we should make much of service. But we must not for get that Jesus often sought the solitudes; often He went into the seclusion of the moun tains to pray and meditate. Mark tells of His rising a great while before day, to retreat to a quiet place for prayer. These hours of aloneness were a necessity to Jesus. They were the supreme hours of His life. They were the hours that made His work divine. Out of these hours of retirement He issued to do many things for which they had strength ened and prepared Him. Our strength for service comes from the same source, and we must Obtain it in the same way. Unless we have a quiet time when God can speak to us, and when He can pour new strength into our lives, our work will soon become powerless for good, however busily we may Serve.