HOLY RESOLUTIONS “That in all I do, whether sacred or civil actions still may I be doing but one work, and driving on one design. That God may be pleased by me, and be glorified in me …. I strictly impose upon myself from day to day, never to lie down but in the name …
Issue: Issue 1
Believers are all for Christ, and Christ is all for believers. Ralph Venning 1620—1673.
No man is safe among his friends without God; but with God a man is safe though without his friends, and among his enemies. Ralph Venning 1620—1673.
A WARNING When you do pay attention to the voice, take care not to fall into the habitual and common affectations of the present day. Scarcely one man in a dozen in the pulpit talks like a man. You may go all round, to church and chapel alike, and you will find that by far …
ON HEARING SERMONS A Letter by John Newton Dear Sir, I am glad to find that the Lord has at length been pleased to fix you in a favoured situation where you have frequent opportunities of hearing the Gospel. This is a great privilege; but, like all other outward privileges, it requires grace and wisdom …
A PASTOR’S RESIGNATION New House, Upottery, August 21st. 1841. To the Church of Christ meeting in this place. Beloved in the Lord, For nearly 15 years the Lord has enabled me to sustain the Pastoral office over you. But now it appears evidently to me to be His will that I should resign it, and …
TWENTY POUNDS J. Ashworth Strange Tales To walk across the street, to turn the corner quickly or pretend to see something in a shop window because he beholds his creditor coming; to go a long way round for fear of passing his creditor’s house or hold down his head if forced to pass it lest …
TRAVAILING IN BIRTH FOR SOULS John Newton What contradictions meet In minister’s employ! It is a bitter sweet, A sorrow full of joy: No other post affords a place For equal honour or disgrace. Who can describe the pain Which faithful preachers feel, Constrained to speak in vain, To hearts as hard as steel. Or …