To George Romaine on his blindness.
Issue: Issue 4
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.
THE LORD’S WAY THOUGH IT TARRY, WAIT FOR IT Daniel Brouwer was the son of a capable and industrious type-setter, who brought up his children in the knowledge and fear of the Lord. Daniel left school at the age of fifteen years, to be trained in the same work as his father, and under his …
LOOKING UNTO JESUS Dear Christian friend, A friend of yours has written to tell me that you have a great desire to see me, the desire having arisen from a blessing the Lord was pleased to give you in hearing me preach some years ago, the same sermon having again refreshed your mind. I need …
Every man that cometh to Christ is taught of God that he can never reap any benefit by the blood of Christ, except he have union with the person of Christ (1 John 5, 12). For as the sin of the first Adam could never hurt us, unless he had been our head by way …