“And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place.” (Luke 9:10.) IN order to grow in grace, we must be much alone. It is not in society that the soul grows most vigorously. In one single quiet hour of prayer it will often make more progress thanRead More …

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted.” (Psalm 119:71.) IT is a remarkable circumstance that the most brilliant colors of plants are to be seen on the highest mountains, in spots that are most exposed to the wildest weather. The brightest lichens and mosses, the loveliest gemsRead More …

“As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him, and, there was no strange God with him.” (Deut. 32:11, 12.) OUR Almighty Parent delights to conduct the tender nestlings ofRead More …

“In me… peace.” (John 16:33.) THERE is a vast difference between happiness and blessedness. Paul had imprisonments and pains, sacrifice and suffering up to the very limit; but in the midst of it all, he was blessed. All the beatitudes came into his heart and life in the midst ofRead More …

“I have found an atonement.” (Job 33:24, margin.) DIVINE healing is just divine life. It is the headship of Christ over the body. It is the life of Christ in the frame. It is the union of our members with the very body of Christ and the inflowing life ofRead More …

“After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.” (Acts 16:7.) WHAT a strange prohibition! These men were going into Bithynia just to do Christ’s work, and the door is shut against them by Christ’s own Spirit. I, too, have experiencedRead More …

“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his inner being shall flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:38.) SOME of us are shivering and wondering why the Holy Spirit does not fill us. We have plenty coming in, but we do not give it out.Read More …

“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord.” (Phil. 3:8.) THIS is the happy season of ripening cornfields, of the merry song of the reapers, of the secured and garnered grain. But let me hearken to the sermon of the field.Read More …

Prepare Your Mind Therefore, get your minds ready for action, being self-disciplined, and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.—1 Peter 1:13 Your mind is a wonderful thing! You can memorize life-changing passages of Scripture that can undergird youRead More …

“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord.” (Phil. 3:8.) THIS is the happy season of ripening cornfields, of the merry song of the reapers, of the secured and garnered grain. But let me hearken to the sermon of the field.Read More …