But mine eyes are unto thee O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Author: J.C. Philpot
THE FORCE OF TRUTH Thomas Scott (First published in 1779) II* A HISTORY OF THE CHANGE WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE AUTHOR’S SENTIMENTS: WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH, AND THE MEANS BY WHICH, IT WAS AT LENGTH EFFECTED. In January 1774 two of my parishioners, a man and his wife, lay at the point …
All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto all good works. — 2 Timothy 3 16-17.
PREACHING AND PRAYER There are two extreme tendencies in the ministry. The one is to shut itself out from intercourse with the people. The monk, the hermit were illustrations of this; they shut themselves out from men to be more with God. They failed, of course. Our being with God is of use only as …
URGENT PRAYER From “Our Seal”, an account of the China Inland Mission by Marshall Broomhall. Now followed an emergency, swift and comprehensive, which was to test the Mission in the most searching manner. Sunday, April 3,1927, is a day which will long be remembered by the Executive of the Mission in Shanghai, for on that …
CONCERN IN PRAYER A letter to the church at Knighton, Leicester from their Pastor. Dear Friends, One of the many ‘pointers’ which ultimately directed me to Knighton was an experience in the church prayer meeting when I visited the church last year. It was at the Sunday evening prayer meeting prior to the evening service. …
DIVINE PROVIDENCE Mr. John Newton relates, that many proofs had passed under his immediate notice of the faithfulness of God in answering the prayers of parents who had left behind them young and helpless children. He especially mentions a friend of his, a laborious Christian minister, in the West of England, in whose family the …
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE It is a lamentable fact that the Christian experience of our age is very superficial. It is a rare occurrence to hear today of inward struggles that bear any resemblance in depth or power to those recorded by Paul in Romans 7. The knowledge of sin is limited; the feeling of guilt is …