September 21 “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 ofRead More …

“And the rest, some on boards, some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land.” (Acts 27:44.) THE marvelous story of Paul’s voyage to Rome, with its trials and triumphs, is a fine pattern of the lights and shadesRead More …

July 21 “Let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece.” Judges 6:39 THERE are degrees to faith. At one stage of Christian experience we cannot believe unless we have some sign or some great manifestation of feeling. We feel our fleece, like Gideon, and if itRead More …

July 18 “The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.” (2 Chron. 16:9) GOD is looking for a man, or woman, whose heart will be always set on Him, andRead More …

June 20 “Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying:, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” (Isa. 30:21.) WHEN we are in doubt or difficulty, when many voices urge this course or theRead More …

June 19 “Bread corn is bruised.” (Isa. 28:28.) MANY of us cannot be used to become food for the world’s hunger until we are broken in Christ’s hands. “Bread corn is bruised.” Christ’s blessing ofttimes means sorrow, but even sorrow is not too great a price to pay for theRead More …

June 18 “Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.” (Heb. 12:12, 13.) THIS is God’s word of encouragement to us toRead More …

 June 17 “And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.” (Ezek. 1:25.) THAT is the letting down of the wings? People so often say, “How do you get the voice of the Lord?” Here is theRead More …

June 16 “My expectation is from him.” (Psalm 62:5.) OUR too general neglect of looking for answers to what we ask, shows how little we are in earnest in our petitions. A husbandman is not content without the harvest; a marksman will observe whether the ball hits the target; aRead More …

June 15 “For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” (Gen. 41:52.) THE summer showers are falling. The poet stands by the window watching them. They are beating and buffeting the earth with their fierce downpour. But the poet sees in his imaginings more than theRead More …