THE SINS OF CHRISTIANS When God elected His people in Christ, and reconciled them to himself in Him, He foresaw all the evil that would be in them both before and after their conversion; and if this did not prevent His choosing and calling them, it never can be the cause of His casting them …
Issue: Issue 6
AN OLD CHURCH CONSTITUTION Records of the Baptist Church formed at Crowborough, June 23rd, 1844 Through the blessing of God on this little interest, it having now been formed into a church, we think it right to record and preserve for further days the various steps taken – to show that we have, as far …
BAPTIZING AT FOREST FOLD Part of the Autobiography of Mr. Philip Dickerson taken from an old volume of the Gospel Herald In the year 1840, the writer was called upon to preach in a district of Sussex called Crowborough, about eight miles from Tunbridge Wells, in connection with the late Joseph Sedgewick, of Brighton. The …
Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord Acts 3.19.
SIGNS OF GODLINESS 1. A true knowledge of the glory and excellency of God, that He is most worthy to be loved and praised for His own divine perfections (Ps 145.8). 2. God is his portion (Ps 73.25). God’s glory is his great concern [Mt 6.22). 3. Holiness is his delight. There is nothing he …
THE PARDON OF SIN Pardon is God’s family blessing, and the peculiar mercy of His choicest children. He hands out other things to wicked men, but He grants this only to His family members. This blessedness consists in enjoying God’s favour. We may be sick to death, with Lazarus, and be God’s friends; sold to …
The root is faith, the sap is fear, the fruit is obedience. Richard Sibbes
THE WANDERER’S PATHWAY (1) David Scott Praise God, for he is good; for still his mercies lasting be Let God’s redeem’d say so, whom he from th’enemy’s hand did free; And gathered them out of the lands, from north, south, east, and west. They strayed in desert’s pathless way, no city found to rest. For …