And above all these things put on charity which is the bond of perfectness. Col. 3. 14.
Author: John Owen
ALFRED THE GREAT Alfred the Great, who died in the year 900, was of a most amiable disposition, and we would hope, of genuine piety. During his retreat at Athelney, in Somersetshire, after his defeat by the Danes, a beggar came to his little castle, and requested alms. His Queen informed Alfred that they had …
And I will give you pastors according to my heart which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.—Jer. iii. 15.
In the Name of Jesus the whole Gospel lies hid. This Name is the light, food, and medicine of the soul. (Song 1.3) Glassius.
THE SABBATH “The Sabbath,” said our Lord, “was made for man.” It was made for his good, a day of rest from worldly business, for the special acknowledgment of God, and for the enjoyment of peculiar communion with Him. If the Sabbath was made for man, it was not a Jewish burden. It was for …
HAUD ON, DEARIE! I was travelling in a third-class carriage on the Caledonian Railway, some years ago. when, at a small station in the country, a middle-aged woman, of grave and serious demeanour, and evidently of the humblest class of society, got into my compartment. Giving her a Gospel tract, she read it, and then …
A BLIND GIRL AND HER BIBLE Many years ago, when a student of the University of Geneva, I was accustomed to spend the long summer vacations travelling from village to village in my native France, preaching in the open squares the Kingdom of God, and distributing the Bible to such as would accept it. On …
THE LORD WILL PROVIDE Oliver Heywood was one of the persecuted servants of Christ who lived in the seventeenth century. It is said that, at one time, he was reduced to great straits. His little stock of money was quite exhausted, the family provisions were quite consumed, and Martha, a maid-servant who had been in …