“As birds flying, so will the lord of hosts defend Jerusalem.” Isaiah 31:5. With hurrying wing the mother bird hastens up to the protection of her young. She wastes no time upon the road when coming to supply them with food or guard them from danger. Thus as on eagle’s wings will the Lord come…
Read More“So shall we ever be with the lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17. While we are here the Lord is with us, and when we are called away we are with Him. There is no dividing the saint from His Savior. They are one, and they always must be one: Jesus cannot be without His own people,…
Read More“But the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.” Joshua 17:18. It is a great encouragement to valor to be assured of victory, for…
Read More“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 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…
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