October 22 Flee into Egypt. Matt. 2:13. Why? Because there is a cruel king who will seek the young child’s life. Is Christ born in thee? Is thy life like that manger—precious as a casket, because of what it holds? Then have a care; for, craftier and more unscrupulous thanRead More …

October 21 Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. 2:10. There is a heaven at the end of every faithful Christian’s journey. —Cuyler Thoughts for the Quiet Hour – October 21

October 20 Who is among you that feareth the Lord… that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. Isa 50:10. “In fierce storms,” said an old seaman, we can do but one thing, there is only oneRead More …

October 19 The Lord set a mark upon Cain. Gen. 4:15. We speak of the mark of Cain as if it was the mark of a curse. In reality it was the mark of God’s mercy, a defence against his enemies. —D. J. Burrell Thoughts for the Quiet Hour –Read More …

October 18 Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. Psa. 91:3. He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. That is, from the little things, the hidden traps and nets that are set for us. Great sins frighten where little snares entangle. It isRead More …

October 17 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity. Jer. 22:21. We shade our eyes with the hand to shut out the glare of the strong daylight when we want to see far away. God thus puts, as it were, His hand upon our brows, and tempers the glow ofRead More …

October 16 The word of our God shall stand forever. Isa. 40:8. The Word of God is the water of life; the more ye lave it forth, the fresher it runneth. It is the fire of God’s glory; the more ye blow it, the clearer it burneth. It is theRead More …

October 15 Let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 1 Thess. 5:8. Faith, love, hope—these three form the defensive armor that guards the soul; and these three make self-control possible. Like aRead More …

October 14 I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me. Gal. 2:20. The man who lives in God knows noRead More …

October 13 Now therefore, hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Deut. 4:1. “Hearken” and “do,” that ye mayRead More …