March 6th To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Phil. 1:21. Live in Christ, and you are in the suburbs of heaven. There is but a thin wall between you and the land of praises. You are within one hour’s sailing of the shore of theRead More …

March 5th As captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. Josh. 5:14. Surely Israel might now face the foe with unwavering confidence, and sing of victory even before the battle was gained. And so may the Christian. It is to no conflict of uncertain issue thatRead More …

March 4th If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. The same moment which brings the consciousness of sin ought to bring also the confession of it and the consciousness of forgiveness. —SmithRead More …

March 3rd There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-barnea. Deut. 1:2. Eleven days, and yet it took them forty years! How was this? Alas! we need not travel far for the answer. It is only too like ourselves. How slowly we getRead More …

March 2nd Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal. 6:7. The most common actions of life, its every day and hour, are invested with the highest grandeur, when we think how they extend their issues into eternity. Our hands are now sowing seeds for that great harvest.Read More …

March 1st Come up in the morning… and present thyself unto me in the top of the mount. Ex. 34:2. The morning is the time fixed for my meeting the Lord. This very word morning is as a cluster of rich grapes. Let me crush them, and drink the sacredRead More …

February 28th Forgetting those things which are behind… I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phil. 3:13, 14. It is not by regetting what is irreparable that true work is to be done, but by making the best of whatRead More …

February 27th I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. John 14:6. Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road thither is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way. We do notRead More …

February 26th Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. Gen. 32:1. It is in the path where God has bade us walk that we shall find the angels around us. We may meet them, indeed, on paths of our own choosing, but it will beRead More …

February 25th Thy gentleness hath made me great. 2 Sam. 22:36. The gentleness of Christ is the comeliest ornament that a Christian can wear. —William Arnot Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.