COMFORT FOR THE CHURCH A Sermon by Thomas Watson, 1620-1686.* ‘God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved.’ Psalm 46.5 Solomon said, ‘A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver,’ Proverbs 25.11. In which regard I have made choice of this Scripture, which may be a …
Author: Ralph Venning
THIS PRESENT EVIL AGE Foreword The following poem was written during the last World War, but is relevant today. The selfish ambition of men in high positions is causing unrest and even war. The peace men desire is still far off, as a world- achievement. Truth is trodden down, the ‘evolution’ fable is credulously accepted, …
I WILL POUR WATER Rev. Robert Murray M’Cheyne ‘For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.’ Isa. 44:3-4. …
REST IN CHRIST J. Newton, 1725-1807. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11.28 The learned have a variety of arguments whereby to prove the Scripture to be the word of God. But though that kind of proof, which may be brought in a …
THE LORD WILL PROVIDE Praise the Lord by whose controlling Seasons come and go; Praise the Lord whose kind consoling Day by day we know. Praise the Lord for gracious guiding And providing Here below. Praise the Lord at whose commanding Harvest time appears, When the fields of corn are standing, Rich with golden ears; …
LOVEST THOU ME? John 21.16 1) Hark, my soul! it is the Lord; ‘Tis thy Saviour, hear his word; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee: “Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me?” 2) “I delivered thee when bound, And when wounded healed thy wound; Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turned thy darkness into light. 3) …
CHEERFUL GIVERS Part of an address by George Muller. I have been for fifty years, by God’s grace, acting on the principle of Christian giving according to the Scriptures, and I cannot tell you the abundance of spiritual blessing I have received to my own soul through acting thus; that is, seeking to be a …
THE FADING LEAF AND ITS MESSAGE’ ‘We all do fade as a leaf.’ Isaiah 64.6. Whatever we may think of this verse as a text, it is regularly seasonable, and falling leaves bear their own message to us. Each season of the year has its corresponding season in human life; each phase in nature has …
GOOD WORKS J. Calvin There is nothing in which men resemble God more truly than in doing good to others. God not only loves the faithful, but also their works. The grace of Christ, and not their own dignity or merit, is that which gives worth to our works. Outward works… the only testimonies to …
THE OCEAN OF LOVE My heart was like a stony rock, far from the pleasant shore, Surrounded by an ocean great, that flows for evermore; That ocean is God’s boundless love, its height and depth and length Beyond the far horizon’s brim it flows in all its strength. My heart was like a stony rock, …