OLD ADAM One of our Rochdale doctors, being asked by a friend if some of his doings were not likely to exclude him from heaven, replied : “When I die, I shall take with me an old book I have, which is full of debts owing to me by the poor, whom I have never …
Issue: Issue 3
The more godly a man is the more doth he feel the battle between the flesh and the spirit. Hereof cometh those lamentable complaints in the Psalms and other Scriptures. It profiteth us very much to sometimes feel the wickedness of our nature, and corruption of the flesh, that we may be wakened and stirred …
SPEAKING IN TONGUES Much interest is being shown in contemporary religious circles with regard to this subject, and I have been asked to give this Bible Study in hope of clarifying the situation from a Biblical point of view. The Bible is our only true standard of judgment, therefore the burden of my remarks this …
A WORD OF ADVICE A Word of Advice to a poor, helpless, heavy laden sinner, who has been long looking for some holiness in the flesh, and some fitness for Christ in himself; but who, under the teachings of the Lord the Spirit, finds he possesses an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from God; …
DANIEL HERBERT DANIEL HERBERT: (born c.1751, died Aug. 29th, 1833), was for many years a Congregational minister at Sudbury, Suffolk, from whence he itinerated from time to time to preach to “the scattered flock” who loved him for the truth’s sake, especially, it seems, some little gatherings in south Lincolnshire. In his early twenties he …
RICHES DANGEROUS We have frequently wished we were rich, but observation has changed the tendency of our desires somewhat. The conduct of some of our wealthy men leads us to believe that no wealth is worth the labour of acquiring it as many do. It is a fearful thought, that a strict account will be …
MARTHA AND MARY We may read long enough ere we find Christ in a house of His own. “The foxes have holes, and the birds have nests :” He that had all, possessed nothing. One while I see Him in a publican’s house, then in a Pharisee’s; now I find Him at Martha’s. His last …
TREASURES HIDDEN IN THE SAND A thoughtless young nobleman once went into a place of worship on a Sunday afternoon, not for the purpose of worshipping, but with the view of meeting with a young lady who had formerly been his companion in sin, and whom he expected to find there— the Lord having brought …
But mine eyes are unto thee O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
A WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF A WHEEL The late Mr. Thomas Bradbury dined one day at the house of Mrs. Tooly, who was famous in her day for the love she bore to Christ and to all His servants and people. Mr. Timothy Rogers, who wrote the book on Religious Melancholy, and was himself …