“Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: “‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.’”” 2 Kings 19:32. Neither did Sennacherib molest the city. He had boasted loudly, but he could not…
Read More“The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall 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 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 More“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, 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 verse is equally applicable…
Read More“May my heart be blameless in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame!” Psalm 119:80. We may regard this inspired prayer as containing within itself the assurance that those who keep close to the Word of God shall never have cause to be ashamed of doing so. See, the prayer is for…
Read More“Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.” Isaiah 33:10. When the spoilers had made the land as waste as if devoured by locusts, and the warriors who had defended the country sat down and wept like women, then the Lord came to the rescue.…
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