April 5th That night they caught nothing. John 21:3. God may let the sinful world succeed in their forbid den schemes, but, blessed be His name, He does not allow His chosen ones to prosper in the path which leads them out of His holy will! He has a stormRead More …

April 4th All the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. Gen. 13:15. God’s promises are ever on the ascending scale. One leads up to another, fuller and more blessed than itself. In Mesopotamia God said, “I will show thee the land.”Read More …

April 3rd Always rejoicing. 2 Cor. 6:10. No Christian can ever know what is meant by those two little words, “always rejoicing,” but the Christian who takes up his cross and follows Jesus. —W. Hay Aitken Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

April 2nd The Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. 2:7. And so this soul of mine is a compound of two worlds—dust and deity! It touches the boundary lineRead More …

April 1st In the morning came the word of the Lord unto me. Ezek. 12:8. A quiet hour spent alone with God at the beginning of the day is the best beginning for the toils and cares of active business. A brief season of prayer, looking above for wisdom andRead More …

March 31st The children of your Father which is in heaven. Matt. 5:45. The best name by which we can think of God is Father. It is a loving, deep, sweet, heart-touching name, for the name of father is in its nature full of inborn sweetness and comfort Therefore, also,Read More …

March 30th Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. Song of Solomon 2:15. (R. V.) How numerous the little foxes are! Little compromises with the world; disobedience to the still, small voice in little things; little indulgences of the fleshRead More …

March 29th The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Prov. 4:18. Have I begun this path of heavenly love and knowledge now? Am I progressing in it? Do I feel some dawnings of the heavenly light, earnests andRead More …

March 28th God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Gen. 1:4. No sooner is there a good thing in the world than a division is necessary. Light and darkness have no communion; God has divided them, let us not confound them.Read More …

March 27th A great multitude… stood before the throne. Rev. 7:9, A station on the feet in front of the throne in heaven is the effect of being often on the knees before the throne on earth. —Selected Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.