” HOPE THOU IN GOD ” For feelings come, and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving: My warrant is the Word of God, Naught else is worth believing; Though all my heart should feel condemned For want of some sweet token, There is One greater than my heart, Whose Word cannot be broken; I’ll trust …
Issue: Issue 4
“LET US GO ON” Dear Sir,—I received your kind letter along with your present. I thank you for the present, as being a token of your respect, and attended, I find, with your daily prayers for me, which I value more than human presents. The Lord bless you, and lift up the light of his …
“BUY AND EAT . . . WITHOUT MONEY” Gold or spices have I none, For a present to my King, All my livelihood is gone, Only rags and wounds I bring. But I’ll traffic. Lord, with Thee. For Thy market suits me well; All my blessings must be free, And I know Thou wilt not …
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made Himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men: And bei
HEART’S EASE Now as they were going along and talking, they espied a boy feeding his father’s sheep. The boy was in very mean clothes, but of a very fresh and well-favoured countenance; and as he sat by himself he sang. “Hark,” said Mr. Great-heart, “To what the shepherd’s boy saith.”So they hearkened, and he …
CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD Dear Sir, You will perhaps be surprised to see my thoughts on your query in print, rather than to receive them by the post, as you expected. But as the subject of it is of general concern, I hope you will not be displeased that I have taken this method. It …
POOR JOSEPH A poor half-witted man, named Joseph, whose employment was to go on errands and carry parcels, passing through London streets one day, heard singing in a place of worship. He went in, having a large parcel of yarn hanging over his shoulders. It was Dr. Calamy’s Church, St. Mary’s, Aldermanbury. A very well-dressed …
ANGUS MURRAY, A MAN OF PRAYER We mentioned Angus Murray. Let us look for a moment at the rural and spiritual setting in which we first find this lively and attractive Christian. It is summer. The countryside is in its prime. A visitor approaching Dornoch that day could hear the soft ebb and flow of …
It is well for such as poor Little Faith that the King is infinitely wise, and therefore knows His own children; and that He is of one mind, so that none can turn Him.—Huntington. Gospel Advocate, 1913.