“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out!” (Song of Solomon 4:16.) LOOK at the meaning of this prayer a moment. Its root is found in the fact that, as delicious odors may lie latent in a spice tree,Read More …

“IS.” (2 Cor. 12:9.) IT had pleased God to remove my youngest child under circumstances of peculiar trial and pain; and as I had just laid my little one’s body in the churchyard, on return home, I felt it my duty to preach to my people on the meaning ofRead More …

“Quit you like men, be strong.” (1 Cor. 16:13.) DO not pray for easy lives! Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall beRead More …

“I will make all my mountains a way.” (Isa. 49:11.) GOD will make obstacles serve His purpose. We all have mountains in our lives. There are people and things that threaten to bar our progress in the Divine life. Those heavy claims, that uncongenial occupation, that thorn in the flesh,Read More …

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time… though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” (Hab. 2:3.) IN the charming little booklet, Expectation Corner, Adam Slowman was led into the Lord’s treasure houses, and among many other wonders there revealed toRead More …

“There we saw the giants.” (Num. 13:33.) YES, they saw the giants, but Caleb and Joshua saw God! Those who doubt say, “We be not able to go up.” Those who believe say, “Let us go up at once and possess it, for we are well able.” Giants stand forRead More …

drawn from Matthew 17:8. “Left alone!” What different emotions these words bring to mind for each of us! To some they mean loneliness and grief, but to others they may mean rest and quiet. To be left alone without God would be too horrible for words, while being left aloneRead More …

December 12 “The last drops of my sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come. I have fought in the good fight; I have kept the faith.” (2 Tim. 4:6) AS soldiers show their scars and talk of battles when they come at last to spend their old ageRead 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 …

November 16 “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb… and they loved not their lives unto the death.” (Rev. 12:11.) WHEN James and John came to Christ with their mother, asking Him to give them the best place in the kingdom, He did not refuse their request, butRead More …