CHARITY (LOVE) Fairest and foremost of the train, that wait, On man's most dignified and happiest state, Whether we name thee Charity or love, Chief grace below, and all in all above, Prosper (I press thee with a powr'ful plea) A task I venture...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Lord thy God, the faithful God which keepeth covenant. (Deut. 7:9)God has been faithful to us, as far as we have gone out on His promises and have trusted His faithfulness; but how little we have done so! How small, after all, have been our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE KINGS HIGHWAY - STUMBLING BLOCKS TO THE KINGDOM CLEARED I Feel No Joy "I hear the children of God singing sweetly about their privileges, I hear them saying that they have been to the top of Pisgah and have viewed the promised land, have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS He is our God: and we are the people of His pasture. (Psa 95:7) If the shepherd purchases a flock of sheep, does he not intend to provide for and take care of them? And the more they cost the more carefully will he tend...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
With whom we have to do. "Him with whom we have to do." Heb 4:13 These words seem to meet every sort of need of comfort. If it is perplexity, or oppressive puzzle what to do, when we cannot see through things; or if it is being unable to explain...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS, ALL OUR SINS AND GRIEFS TO BEAR I lay my sins on Jesus, The spotless Lamb of God; From all their guilt He frees us, He bears Himself the load. I lay my wants on Jesus, All fulness dwells in Him; He heals all my...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SPRINGPleasing spring is here, Trees and fields in bloom appear; Hark! the birds, with artless lays, Warble their Creator's praise! Where, in winter, all was snow, Now the flow'rs in clusters grow, And corn, in green array, Promises a harvest-day.
THE SAVING WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT He Fulfils Righteousness By Breaking The Power of Sin (Romans chp 8) Examining the work of the Holy Spirit in our sanctification, Paul contrasts the determining factors of spiritual experience and names them....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Love of God to Us All the acts of God to his people in time are the expressions of the love He bore them from eternity. It is because God loves us in Christ, and has done so from everlasting, that the gifts of His love are irrevocable. They...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
REPENTANCE "Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in Thy sight" (Psa 51:4). A sense of the great evil of sin is essential to true repentance. We cannot be suitably affected toward things unless we see them as they are. No...[ abbreviated | read entire ]