“His soul entered into iron.” (Psalm 105:18.) TURN, that about and render it in our language, and it reads thus, “Iron entered his soul.” Is there not a truth in this? That sorrow and privation, the yoke borne in the youth, the soul’s enforced restraint, are all conducive to anRead More …

“Sit ye here while I go and pray yonder.” (Matt. 26:36.) OT is a hard thing to be kept in the background at a time of crisis. In the Garden of Gethsemane eight of the eleven disciples were left to do nothing. Jesus went to the front to pray; Peter,Read More …

“His name shall be called Emmanuel…. God with us.” (Matt. 1:23.) “The Prince of Peace.” (Isa. 9:6.)   “There’s a song in the air! There’s a star in the sky! There’s a mother’s deep prayer, And a baby’s low cry! And the star rains its fire While the beautiful sing,Read More …

“And Isaac went out to meditate in the fields at eventide.” (Gen. 24:63.) WE should be better Christians if we were more alone; we should do more if we attempted less, and spent more time in retirement, and quiet waiting upon God. The world is too much with us; weRead More …

“The journey is too great for thee.” (1 King 19:7.) AND what did God do with His tired servant? Gave him something good to eat, and put him to sleep. Elijah had done splendid work, and had run alongside of the chariot in his excitement, and it had been tooRead More …

“Lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.” (Gen. 15:12.) THE sun at last went down, and the swift, eastern night cast its heavy veil over the scene. Worn out with the mental conflict, the watchings, and the exertions of the day, Abraham fell into a deep sleep, andRead More …

“To him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon… because he hath wholly followed the Lord.” (Deut. 1:36.) EVERY hard duty that lies in your path, that you would rather not do, that it will cost you pain and struggle or sore effort to do, has aRead More …

“Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” (John 16:32.) IT need not be said that to carry out conviction into action is a costly sacrifice. It may make necessary renunciations and separations which leave one to feel a strange sense both of deprivation and loneliness. ButRead More …

“It shall turn to you for a testimony.” (Luke 21:13.) LIFE is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody “call back and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill. We are all climbers together, and we must help one another. This mountain climbing isRead More …

“In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Rom. 8:37.) THE Gospel is so arranged and the gift of God so great that you may take the very enemies that fight you and the forces that are arrayed against you and make them stepsRead More …