“And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” Isaiah 2:4. Oh, that these happy times were come! At present the nations are heavily armed and are inventing weapons more and more terrible, as if the…
Read More“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” Revelation 21:5. Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was rolled up and laid aside, and that creation put on her Sunday…
Read MoreIf then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? Luke 16:11.
Read MoreWhatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, Colossians 3:23.
Read More“It shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.” Zechariah 14:7. It is a surprise that it should be so; for all things threaten that at evening time it shall be dark. God is wont to work in a way so much above our fears and beyond our hopes that we…
Read MoreThis is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.” Isaiah 30:15. It is always weakness to be fretting and worrying, questioning and mis-trusting. What can we do if we wear ourselves to skin and bone? Can we gain anything…
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