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Evening, October 7 Scripture: “Now on whom dost thou trust?”(Isaiah 36:5) Reader, this is an important question. Listen to the Christian’s answer, and see if it is yours. “On whom dost thou trust?” “I trust,” says the Christian, “in a triune God. I trust the Father, believing that he has chosen me from before the […] Evening, October 6 Scripture: “He had married an Ethiopian woman.”(Numbers 12:1) Strange choice of Moses, but how much more strange the choice of him who is a prophet like unto Moses, and greater than he! Our Lord, who is fair as the lily, has entered into marriage union with one who confesses herself to be […] Evening, October 5 Scripture: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.”(Mark 16:16) Mr. MacDonald asked the inhabitants of the island of St. Kilda how a man must be saved. An old man replied, “We shall be saved if we repent, and forsake our sins, and turn to God.” “Yes,” said a middle-aged female, […] Evening, October 4 Scripture: “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”(1 John 2:1) “If any man sin, we have an advocate.” Yes, though we sin, we have him still. John does not say, “If any man sin he has forfeited his advocate,” but “we have an advocate,” […] Evening, October 3 Scripture: “He himself hath suffered being tempted.”(Hebrews 2:18) It is a common-place thought, and yet it tastes like nectar to the weary heart－Jesus was tempted as I am. You have heard that truth many times: have you grasped it? He was tempted to the very same sins into which we fall. Do […] |
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