September 12 “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?” (S. of Sol. 8:5.) SOME one gained a good lesson from a Southern prayer meeting. A colored brother asked the Lord for various blessings—as you and I do, and thanked the Lord for many alreadyRead More …

September 11 “And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.” (Heb. 6:15.) ABRAHAM was long tried, but he was richly rewarded. The Lord tried him by delaying to fulfill His promise. Satan tried him by temptation; men tried him by jealousy, distrust, and opposition; Sarah tried himRead More …

September 10 “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.” (Psalm 138:8.) THERE is a Divine mystery in suffering, a strange and supernatural power in it, which has never been fathomed by the human reason. There never has been known great saintliness of soul which did not pass through greatRead More …

September 9 “Not much earth.” (Matt. 13:5.) SHALLOW! It would seem from the teaching of this parable that we have something to do with the soil. The fruitful seed fell into “good and honest hearts.” I suppose the shallow people are the soil without much earth—those who have no realRead More …

September 8 “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress.” (Psalm 4:1.) THIS is one of the grandest testimonies ever given by man to the moral government of God. It is not a man’s thanksgiving that he has been set free from suffering. It is a thanksgiving that heRead More …

September 7 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” (Psalm 46:1.) THE question often comes, “Why didn’t He help me sooner?” It is not His order. He must first adjust you to the trouble and cause you to learn your lesson from it. His promiseRead More …

September 6 “Thou remainest.” (Heb. 1:11.) THERE are always lone hearth-fires; so many! And those who sit beside them, with the empty chair, cannot restrain the tears that will come. One sits alone so much. There is some One unseen, just here within reach. But somehow we don’t realize HisRead More …

September 5 “Blessed are all they that wait for him.” (Isa. 30:18.) WE hear a great deal about waiting on God. There is, however, another side. When we wait on God, He is waiting till we are ready; when we wait for God, we are waiting till He is ready.Read More …

September 4 “And when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.” (Joshua 6:5.) THE shout of steadfast faith is inRead More …

September 3 “And he saw them toiling in rowing.” (Mark 6:48.) STRAINING, driving effort does not accomplish the work God gives man to do. Only God Himself, who always works without strain, and who never overworks, can do the work that He assigns to His children. When they restfully trustRead More …