Evening “Now we have received … the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:12 Dear reader, have you received the spirit which is of God, wrought by the Holy Ghost in your soul? The necessityRead More …

Morning “With lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3 The thunders of the law and the terrors of judgment are all used to bring us to Christ; but the final victory is effected by lovingkindness. The prodigal set out to his father’s house from a sense of need; but hisRead More …

Evening “I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.” Isaiah 44:22 Attentively observe the instructive similitude: our sins are like a cloud. As clouds are of many shapes and shades, so are our transgressions.Read More …

Morning “I know how to abound.” Philippians 4:12 There are many who know “how to be abased” who have not learned “how to abound.” When they are set upon the top of a pinnacle their heads grow dizzy, and they are ready to fall. The Christian far oftener disgraces hisRead More …

Evening “Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil [or, the evil one].” Luke 11:4 What we are taught to seek or shun in prayer, we should equally pursue or avoid in action. Very earnestly, therefore, should we avoid temptation, seeking to walk so guardedly in the pathRead More …

Morning “And David enquired of the Lord.” 2 Samuel 5:23 When David made this enquiry he had just fought the Philistines, and gained a signal victory. The Philistines came up in great hosts, but, by the help of God, David had easily put them to flight. Note, however, that whenRead More …

Evening “He shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 Many persons, if they are asked what they understand by salvation, will reply, “Being saved from hell and taken to heaven.” This is one result of salvation, but it is not one tithe of what is contained in thatRead More …

Morning “Thou shalt call his name Jesus.” Matthew 1:21 When a person is dear, everything connected with him becomes dear for his sake. Thus, so precious is the person of the Lord Jesus in the estimation of all true believers, that everything about him they consider to be inestimable beyondRead More …

Evening “And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.” Revelation 11:12 Without considering these words in their prophetical connection, let us regard them as the invitation of our great Forerunner to his sanctified people. In due time there shall be heard “a great voiceRead More …

Morning “Arise, and depart.” Micah 2:10 The hour is approaching when the message will come to us, as it comes to all–“Arise, and go forth from the home in which thou hast dwelt, from the city in which thou hast done thy business, from thy family, from thy friends. Arise,Read More …