Spurgeon on Bunyan: Read anything of his, and you will see that it is almost like reading the Bible itself. He had studied our Authorised Version, which will never be bettered, as I judge it, till Christ shall come; he had read it till his whole being was saturated with Scripture. …. Prick him anywhere; …
Issue: Issue 7
Grace, embellished with gifts, is the more beautiful; but gifts, without grace, are only a richer spoil for Satan. Anon.
EVIL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT Sermon Dr. P. M. Rowell Coventry 13th June, 1971 “Be not deceived, evil communications corrupt good manners.” 1 Cor. 15, 33. When this short verse came to my mind my first inclination was to look in the Book of Proverbs. It seemed so much like many of those short, wise sayings to …
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 …
“WHERE DID HE GET THAT LAW?” In a city of one of the Northern States lived a lawyer of eminence and talents. He was notoriously profane. He kept a negro boy, at whom his neighbours used to hear him swear with awful violence. One day this gentleman met an elder of a Presbyterian Church, who …
ASSURANCE OF FAITH The deep things which relate to personal experience of the Holy Spirit’s dealing with the soul ought to be matters of prayer, not of disputation. It has long been a settled point with me, that the Scriptures make a wide distinction between faith, the assurance of faith, and the full assurance of …
Who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his lord hath made ruler over his household to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you. That he shall make him ruler ove
Esau cried, not for his sin in selling the birthright; but for his loss in missing the blessing. John Trapp
TEMPTATION A letter by Rev. John Newton Dear Sir, What can you expect from me on the subject of Temptation, with which you have been so much more conversant than myself? On this point I am more disposed to receive information from you, than to offer my advice. You, by the Lord’s appointment, have had …