A poor woman lay dying, and her troubled soul trembled as she stood on the border-land of eternity with her lifetime of sins to be answered for before a holy and righteous God. The clergyman was called in, and instead of ministering words of comfort to her troubled soul, he...
“Though Troubles Assail Us” John Newton, Olney Hymns, 1779 1 Though troubles assail us and dangers affright, though friends should all fail us and foes all unite, yet one thing secures us, whatever betide, the promise assures us,”The Lord will provide.” 2 The birds, without garner or storehouse, are fed;...
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. Isaiah 6:3 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name...
How doth the the nation’s capital sit solitary, that was once full of wise people! how is she become as a widow to right understanding! She that was great among the nations, and the leader among the provinces, how is she now become dependent on those nations! She weepeth sore...
From: The Remembrancer: 1897 • 4 min. read • grade level: 2 (An incident in the life of Rowland Hill.) Just listen for a moment, kind friends, And a story I’ll unfold— A marvelous tale of a wonderful sale Of a noble lady of old; How hand and heart in an auction mart Her soul and her...
“As the outward man is not fit for work for any length of time unless he eats, so it is with the inner man. What is the food for the inner man? Not prayer, but the Word of God—not the simple reading of the Word of God, so that it...
The Old Testament is full of examples with spiritual truths that can be applied to today’s church and our personal lives in particular, See: Romans 15:4. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they...
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured...
“The mystery of suffering has perplexed many all down through the ages. It is part of man’s sad inheritance because of sin having come into the world, and in this life the child of God is not exempt from pain, sorrow, and anguish. But the suffering of believers is all...
Here we are, three days into yet another new year. What did you do for the Lord in 2021? What do you intend to do for the Lord in 2022? While we cannot change the past, we can certainly make the most of the time that God provides. While the...
To our leaders: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. To us: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Exodus 23:1-2 It...
From: Spirit and the bride & Him that heareth To: Him that is athirst & whosoever will Event: Take of the water of life freely. (Revelation 21:6) RSVP: (R) Resist adding anything to this invitation. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this...
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world (age) are come. 1 Corinthians 10:11 The following verses in Jeremiah should have particular significance to the diligent Bible reader as they well describe the current state...
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now...
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 24 -25 Not every benediction...
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the...
