August 13 “If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth.” (Eccles. 11:3.) WHY, then, do we dread the clouds which now darken our sky? True, for a while they hide the sun, but the sun is not quenched; he will be out again before long.Read More …

August 12 “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises.” (2 Peter 1:4.) WHEN a shipwright builds a vessel, does he build it to keep it upon the stocks? Nay, he builds it for the sea and the storm. When he was making it, he thought of tempestsRead More …

August 11 “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: yet IRead More …

August 10 “When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.” (John 11:6.) IN the forefront of this marvelous chapter stands the affirmation, “Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,” as if to teach us that atRead More …

August 9 “Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee… who passing through the valley of weeping, make it a well.” (Psalm 84:5, 6.) COMFORT does not come to the light-hearted and merry. We must go down into “depths” if we would experience this most precious of God’s gifts—comfort,Read More …

August 8 “Thou art my king, O God: Command deliverance (victories, margin) for Jacob.” (Psalm 44:4, R. V.) THERE is no foe to your growth in grace, no enemy in your Christian work, which was not included in your Savior’s conquests. You need not be afraid of them. When youRead More …

August 7 “And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and they spake the word of God with boldness. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection. (Acts 4:31, 33.) CHRISTMAS EVANSRead More …

August 6 “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out!” (Song of Solomon 4:16.) LOOK at the meaning of this prayer a moment. Its root is found in the fact that, as delicious odors may lie latent in aRead More …

August 5 “IS.” (2 Cor. 12:9.) IT had pleased God to remove my youngest child under circumstances of peculiar trial and pain; and as I had just laid my little one’s body in the churchyard, on return home, I felt it my duty to preach to my people on theRead More …

August 4 “And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.” (John 11:41.) THIS is a very strange and unusual order. Lazarus is still in the grave, and the thanksgiving precedes the miracle of resurrection. I thought that the thanksgiving would haveRead More …