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 …
Issue: Issue 3
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 …
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 1 John 5 16.
COMFORT Say not my soul, “From whence Can God relieve my care?” Remember that Omnipotence Has servants everywhere. God’s help is always sure, His method seldom guessed; Delay will make our pleasure pure, Surprise will give it zest. His wisdom is sublime, His heart profoundly kind; God never is before His time, And never is …
Prayers of faith are filed in heaven and not forgotten; though the blessing prayed for is not speedily given. Prayers made by persons when young, and coming into the world, are often answered to them when old and going out of it. Zachariah’s prayer was answered, for a son, after he had long ceased to …
AN UNCHANGING CHRIST The late Lady Colquhoun was one who knew the preciousness and power of resting on Christ Jesus alone for peace, comfort, and salvation; and, from personal experience, she was “able to teachothers also.” Writing to a young friend, she gives this excellent counsel: “As well in our winters as our summers the …
THE WIDOW AND FATHERLESS One of the noble replies given by Job to his “miserable comforters,” when they charged him with having sent the widows empty away, was, that he had not turned a deaf ear to their cry, but had caused their “hearts to sing for joy.” And one of the most touching scenes …