“The fear of the Lord prolongs days, But the years of the wicked will be shortened.” Proverbs 10:27. There is no doubt about it. The fear of the Lord leads to virtuous habits, and these prevent that waste of life which comes of sin and vice. The holy rest which springs out of faith in…
Read MoreI have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. Psalms 37:25.
Read More“The Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Judges 4:9. Rather an unusual text, but there may be souls in the world that may have faith enough to grasp it. Barak, the man, though called to the war, had little stomach for the fight unless Deborah would go with him, and so…
Read MoreThe righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! Proverbs 20:7.
Read More“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4. Sweet are these words in describing a deathbed assurance. How many have repeated them in their last hours with intense delight! But the…
Read MoreAnd you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out…
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