December 11 “Ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.” (Psalm 134:1, 3.) STRANGE time for adoration, you say, to stand in God’s house by night, to worship in the depthRead More …

December 10 “If I am in distress, it is in the interests of your comfort, which is effective as it nerves you to endure the same sufferings as I suffered myself. Hence my hope for you is well-founded, since I know that as you share the sufferings you share theRead More …

December 9 “For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a weight of glory.” (2 Cor. 4:17.) (Weymouth.) IS achieving for us,” mark. The question is repeatedly asked—Why is the life of man drenched with so much blood, and blistered with so many tears? TheRead More …

December 8 “Put on as the elect of God, kindness.” (Col. 3:12.) THERE is a story of an old man who carried a little can of oil with him everywhere he went, and if he passed through a door that squeaked, he poured a little oil on the hinges. IfRead More …

December 7 “Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the MoabitesRead More …

December 6 “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” (Rev. 3:11.) GEORGE MUELLER bears this testimony, “When it pleased God in July, 1829, to reveal to my heart the truth of the personal return of the Lord Jesus, and to showRead More …

December 5 “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.” (Jer. 10:23.) “Lead me in a plain path.” (Psalm 27:11.) MANY people want to direct God, instead of resigning themselves to be directed byRead More …

December 4 “He went up into a mountain apart.” (Matt. 14:23.) ONE of the blessings of the old-time Sabbath was its calm, its restfulness, its holy peace. There is a strange strength conceived in solitude. Crows go in flocks and wolves in packs, but the lion and the eagle areRead More …

December 3 “Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.” (2 Kings 4:26.) “Be strong, my soul! Thy loved ones go Within the veil. God’s thine, e’en so; Be strong. “Be strong, my soul! Death looms in view. Lo, hereRead More …

December 2 “Perfect through suffering.” (Heb. 2:10.) STEEL is iron plus fire. Soil is rock, plus heat, or glacier crushing. Linen is flax plus the bath that cleans, the comb that separates, and the flail that pounds, and the shuttle that weaves. Human character must have a plus attached toRead More …