Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Matt. 53.
Issue: Volume 06
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5. 6.
J. C. Ryle And when much people were gathered together and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down and the fowls of the air devoured it. And …
Vol. 18 No.1 Gospel Tidings MARCH 2003 THE GOSPEL PREACHED Sermon preached by the late Mr. G. J. Collier at Jireh Chapel, Tenterden, on the evening of 18th May, 1983 ‘Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also …
TRAVAILING IN BIRTH FOR SOULS by John Newton Gal. 4.19 Olney Hymns 26 What contradictions meet In the minister’s emplo 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 …
THE VESSELS OF WRATH FITTED TO DESTRUCTION by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843)’ ‘What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he …
PRAYING FOR RELATIONS by Joseph Hart Kind souls who for the miseries moan Of those who seldom mind their own, But treat your zeal with cold disdain, Resolved to make your labours vain; You, whose sincere affection tends To help your dear ungrateful friends, That think you foes, or mad, or fools, Because you fain …
THE URGENT NECESSITY Where, then, are we to get the will-power to ensure that this important work is done? Concern for the glory of God should give it. God has designed the church on the pattern of His own character. It is to reflect His glory. It cannot do this if it is indifferent to …