For all things are yours; whether . . . life or death. . . (1 Cor. 3.21-23).
Issue: Issue 3
The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah 32.17.
GUIDANCE How then may the Lord’s guidance be expected? … In general, He guides and directs His people, by affording them, in answer to prayer, the light of His Holy Spirit, which enables them to understand and to love the Scriptures. The Word of God is not to be used as a lottery; nor is …
LETTER FROM GEORGE WHITEFIELD TO JOHN FAWCETT London, Sept. 1st, 1766. Dear Sir, I have been so often imposed upon by letters from strangers that it is high time to be a little more cautious; besides, bodily weakness prevents my writing as formerly; but your letters seem to evidence simplicity of heart. If truly called …
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip.
Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? – Acts 19.2.
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach unto thee that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house even of Thy holy temple. (Ps. 65.4)
WILLIAM CAREY (1761-1834) On October 2, 1792, a group of Baptist ministers meeting in Kettering, England, united in the following resolution, ‘Humbly desirous of making an effort for the propagation of the gospel amongst the Heathen, according to the recommendations of Carey’s Enquiry, we unanimously resolve to act in Society together ‘or this purpose; and, …
But when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples. The harvest truly is plenteous but the labourers are few; Pray ye there