April 15th Could ye not watch with me one hour? Matt. 26:40. Oh! ye who sigh and languish, and mourn your lack of power, Heed ye this gentle whisper, “Could ye not watch one hour?” To fruitfulness and blessing, there is no “royal road”; The power for holy service isRead More …

April 14th My soul, wait thou only upon God. Psa. 62:5. Did it ever occur to you that if you do not hear God’8 answer to prayer, it may be not because He is dumb, but because you are deaf; not because He has no answer to give, but becauseRead More …

April 13th God… hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. 4:6. Christian! rest not until thou knowest the full, the unbroken shining of God in thy heart. To this end yield toRead More …

April 12th Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling: for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Phil. 2:12, 13. It is not your business and mine to study whether we shall get to heaven, or even toRead More …

April 11th Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Gal. 6:2. However perplexed you may at any hour become about some question of truth, one refuge and resource is always at hand: you can do something for some one beside yourself. At the times whenRead More …

April 10th A daily rate for every day. 2 Kings 25:30. One staff aids a traveler, but a bundle of staves is a heavy burden. —Spurgeon Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

April 9th He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. Psa. 23:2. This suggests the rest into which our Good Shepherd leads His flock. Life is not all toil. God gives us many quiet resting-places in our pilgrim way. Night is oneRead More …

April 8th Each one resembled the children of a king. Judg. 8:18. Frances Ridley Havergal says: “If the King is indeed near of kin to us, the royal likeness will be recognizable.” Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

April 7th We came unto the land whither thou sentest us… we saw the children of Anak there. Num. 13:27, 28. It is when we are in the way of duty that we find giants. It was when Israel was going forward that the giants appeared. When they turned backRead More …

April 6th They made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Song of Solomon 1:6. Our attention is here drawn to a danger which is preeminently one of this day: the intense activity of our times may lead to zeal in service to theRead More …