THE LORD WILL PROVIDE Praise the Lord by whose controlling Seasons come and go; Praise the Lord whose kind consoling Day by day we know. Praise the Lord for gracious guiding And providing Here below. Praise the Lord at whose commanding Harvest time appears, When the fields of corn are standing, Rich with golden ears; …
Issue: Issue 2
CHEERFUL GIVERS Part of an address by George Muller. I have been for fifty years, by God’s grace, acting on the principle of Christian giving according to the Scriptures, and I cannot tell you the abundance of spiritual blessing I have received to my own soul through acting thus; that is, seeking to be a …
GOOD WORKS J. Calvin There is nothing in which men resemble God more truly than in doing good to others. God not only loves the faithful, but also their works. The grace of Christ, and not their own dignity or merit, is that which gives worth to our works. Outward works… the only testimonies to …
THE OCEAN OF LOVE My heart was like a stony rock, far from the pleasant shore, Surrounded by an ocean great, that flows for evermore; That ocean is God’s boundless love, its height and depth and length Beyond the far horizon’s brim it flows in all its strength. My heart was like a stony rock, …
THE TWO SENDERS Notes on John 20.21 by Paul Watts The risen Jesus said to His disciples, ‘…as my Father has sent me, even so send I you’. The two Senders are two Persons of the Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son. Reflecting the unity of the one Godhead they send in a similar …
I WILL POUR WATER Rev. Robert Murray M’Cheyne ‘For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.’ Isa. 44:3-4. …
THE KINGDOM OF GOD George Whitefield (1714-1770) A sermon preached in Scotland during the Cambuslang Revival. ‘For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.’ Rom. 14.17 Though we all profess to own one Lord, one faith, one baptism;though Jesus Christ never was, and …
A SIGNIFICANT DISPUTE In the year 1703 John Wesley was born and so it is inevitable that the year 2003 should be one in which this event should be remembered. It is to John Wesley’s ministry that the existence of the Arminian branch of Methodism owes its beginnings. If there is a particular point at …
Prosperity so intoxicates men that, forgetful of their condition, and sunk in insensibility, they dream of an immortal state on earth. J. Calvin
THE LORD’S SUPPER Notes of an address given at a meeting of ministers by Timothy Field of Tonbridge. Introduction ‘The Lord’s Supper is the sweetest of all ordinances.’ a) Because of the time when it was instituted. ‘The Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread’. 1 Cor 11:23. How amazing …