and gross darkness the nations. Jehovah hath a people, "a remnant according to the election of grace," and for their sakes the earth remaineth yet a little while; but its end draweth nearer every hour. "God hath appointed a day in the which he will judge ...
“whose ways are not our ways, whose thoughts are above our thoughts.” But we have reason to believe, that a wise and gracious design presides over every event, however dark and mysterious in its aspects; from every event also, even from that fearful scene of suffering and death, we ...
Thou poor blind man, spiritual in outward vesture but not in reality, why shouldst thou not trust that the God who has done thee so great a benefit in redeeming thee from the carking cares of this false, wicked world, that He is also willing to give thee such poor mean things as ...
Blessed are thee or as you say in the southern United States, blessed are those who, but what does it actually mean? It's one thing to say, "Blessed are those who ..." in a ceremonial, sort of ritualistic, everybody knows it sense, but actually, we all want to be blessed, right...
Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing You say I am strong when I think I am weak And you say I am held when I am falling short And when I don’t...
The art of forgiving is a spiritual grace every Christian should develop. Because this is so difficult to put into practice, he offers the following suggestions: 1) Begin by assuring yourself that compared to Christ's suffering you haven't been seriously wronged at all. ...
prudent suspicions still molest the Captain. He rings every coin to find a counterfeit. Not a forger, any way, he mutters; and Jonah is put down for his passage. ‘Point out my state-room, Sir,’ says Jonah now, ‘I’m travel-weary; I need sleep.’‘Thou lookest like it,’ says...
That terrible, that joyful hour; I give the glory to my God, His all the mercy and the power.” Nearly all joined in singing this hymn, which swelled high above the howling of the storm. A brief pause ensued; the preacher slowly turned over the leaves of the Bible, and at last, fo...
He rings every coin to find a counterfeit.Not a forger, any way, he mutters; and Jonah is put down for his passage. 'Point out my state-room, Sir,'says Jonah now, 'I'm travel-weary; I need sleep.' 'Thou lookest like it,' says the Captain, 'there's thy room.'Jonah enters,...
I told the story about my nephew, when he was a baby; he was my sister’s first child, and as a young mother, she wanted to do everything right. She fed him an abundance of carrots, and he turned a little orange for awhile (this is a real thing, look it up). Similarly, ...