“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meetRead More …

“And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee.” (Ezek. 3:22.) DID you ever hear of any one being much used for Christ who did not have some special waiting time,Read More …

“And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil.” (Luke 4:1, 2.) JESUS was full of the Holy Ghost, and yet He was tempted. Temptation often comes upon a man with itsRead More …

“What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light.” (Matt. 10:27.) OUR Lord is constantly taking us into the dark, that He may tell us things. Into the dark of the shadowed home, where bereavement has drawn the blinds; into the dark of the lonely, desolate life,Read More …

“Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.” (Job 10:2.) PERHAPS, O tried soul, the Lord is doing this to develop thy graces. There are some of thy graces which would never have been discovered if it were not for the trials. Dost thou not know that thy faith never looksRead More …

“All these things are against me.” (Gen. 42:36.) “All things work together for good to them that love God.” (Rom. 8:28.) MANY people are wanting power. Now how is power produced? The other day we passed the great works where the trolley engines are supplied with electricity. We heard theRead More …

“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” (2 Cor. 12:10.) THE literal translation of this verse gives a startling emphasis to it, and makes it speak for itself with a forceRead More …

“Their strength is to sit still.” (Isa. 30:7.) IN order really to know God, inward stillness is absolutely necessary. I remember when I first learned this. A time of great emergency had risen in my life, when every part of my being seemed to throb with anxiety, and when theRead More …

“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me.” (Hab. 2:1.) THERE is no waiting on God for help, and there is no help from God, without watchful expectation on our part. If we ever failRead More …

“Thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons.” (2 Kings 4:4.) THEY were to be alone with God, for they were not dealing with the laws of nature, nor human government, nor the church, nor the priesthood, nor even with the great prophet of God, but theyRead More …