“And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.” (Mark 1:12.) IT seemed a strange proof of Divine favor. “Immediately.” Immediately after what? After the opened heavens and the dove-like peace and the voice of the Father’s blessing, “Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” ItRead More …

“In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft: in his quiver hath he hid me.” (Isa. 49:2.) “IN the shadow.” We must all go there sometimes. The glare of the daylight is too brilliant; our eyes become injured, and unable to discernRead More …

“This thing is from me” (1 Kings 12:24.) “Life’s disappointments are veiled love’s appointments.”—Rev. C. A. Fox. MY child, I have a message for you today; let me whisper it in your ear, that it may gild with glory any storm clouds which may arise, and smooth the rough placesRead More …

“He giveth quietness.” (Job 34:29.) QUIETNESS amid the dash of the storm. We sail the lake with Him still; and as we reach its middle waters, far from land, under midnight skies, suddenly a great storm sweeps down. Earth and hell seem arrayed against us, and each billow threatens toRead More …

“I will be as the dew unto Israel.” (Hosea 14:5.) THE dew is a source of freshness. It is nature’s provision for renewing the face of the earth. It falls at night, and without it the vegetation would die. It is this great value of the dew which is soRead More …

“… God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.” (Psa. 46:2, 3, 5.) “SHALL not be moved”—what an inspiring declaration! Can it be possible that we, who are so easily moved by the things of earth, can arriveRead More …

“I am jealous over you with God’s own jealousy.” (2 Cor. 11:2.) (Weymouth.) HOW an old harper dotes on his harp! How he fondles and caresses it, as a child resting on his bosom! His life is bound up in it. But, see him tuning it. He grasps it firmly,Read More …

“Stablish, strengthen, settle you.” (1 Peter 5:10.) IN taking Christ in any new relationship, we must first have sufficient intellectual light to satisfy our mind that we are entitled to stand in this relationship. The shadow of a question here will wreck our confidence. Then, having seen this, we mustRead More …

“I have begun to give;…. begin to possess.” (Deut. 2:31.) A GREAT deal is said in the Bible about waiting for God. The lesson cannot be too strongly enforced. We easily grow impatient of God’s delays. Much of our trouble in life comes out of our restless, sometimes reckless, haste.Read More …

“Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” (Psa. 23:4.) AT my father’s house in the country there is a little closet in the chimney corner where are kept the canes and walking-sticks of several generations of our family. In my visits to the old house, when my father andRead More …