Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5. 4.
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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 …
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 …
A MINISTRY OF RESTORATION We must now give attention to the manner or spirit in which this work of corrective discipline is to be done. Our attitude is all-important. Ours is a ministry of restoration and healing. We must not do the right thing in the wrong way. the good of his brother, and on …
In creation God gave us to ourselves, but in redemption he gave Himself to us. Ralph Venning 1620—1673.
Richard Cook, a good man, who lived in the next house to Mr. Baxter at Kidderminster, was seized with melancholy, which ended in madness. The most skilful help was obtained, but all in vain. While he was in this state, some good persons wished to meet to fast and pray in behalf of the sufferer; …
SALVATION INDEED There is not one in a thousand that seems to have any true conception of salvation—either what it is, or how it is accomplished. It is the practice of many to describe it as a thing that depends upon a man’s own exertions, or partly upon a man’s own exertions and partly upon …
A MAN GREATLY BELOVED The following autobiographical notes are taken almost verbatim from the writings of my grandfather, the late Ebenezer George Rowell, father of the late Editor of this magazine. He was a man widely known and greatly respected as a faithful preacher of the gospel amongst the Strict Baptist chapels of England. Those …
THE GREAT EMPLOYMENT A letter from a minister to a friend who had just begun to preach. Dear . I think you will be getting many letters in these days, and if I know anything you are feeling very much the need of the Lord in knowing how to deal with them: and find your …
THE OBEDIENCE AND ADORNMENT OF CHRISTIAN WIVES A practical exposition of 1 Peter 3. 1-6. Two of the choicest gifts the Lord Jesus Christ bestows on those whom he calls to be his ministers are a heart to sympathize with His people in their trials, and an ability to apply His word to their various …