“And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.” Joel 2:32. Why do I not call on His name? Why do I run to this neighbor and…
Read More“For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.” Psalm 9:18. Poverty is a hard heritage; but those who trust in the Lord are made rich by faith. They know that they are not forgotten of God, and though it may seem that they are overlooked…
Read More“All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” John 6:37. Is there any instance of our Lord’s casting out a coming one? If there be so, we would like to know of it; but there has been none, and there never will be.…
Read More“For the Lord will not cast off for ever.” Lamentations 3:31. He may cast away for a season but not forever. A woman may leave off her ornaments for a few days, but she will not forget them or throw them upon the dunghill. It is not like the Lord to cast off those whom…
Read More“And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the beau shall be seen in the cloud.” Genesis 9:14. Just now clouds are plentiful enough, but we are not afraid that the world will be destroyed by a deluge. We see the rainbow often enough to pre-vent our having…
Read MoreThere above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.” Genesis 28:13. No promise is of private interpretation: it belongs not to one saint but to all…
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