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Evening, August 28 Scripture: “Sing, O barren.”(Isaiah 54:1) Though we have brought forth some fruit unto Christ, and have a joyful hope that we are “plants of his own right hand planting,” yet there are times when we feel very barren. Prayer is lifeless, love is cold, faith is weak, each grace in the garden […] Evening, August 27 Scripture: “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”(Psalm 31:5) These words have been frequently used by holy men in their hour of departure. We may profitably consider them this evening. The object of the faithful man’s solicitude in life and death is not […] Evening, August 26 Scripture: “The people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.”(Mark 9:15) How great the difference between Moses and Jesus! When the prophet of Horeb had been forty days upon the mountain, he underwent a kind of transfiguration, so that his countenance shone with exceeding brightness, and […] Evening, August 25 Scripture: “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.”(Acts 8:37) These words may answer your scruples, devout reader, concerning the ordinances. Perhaps you say, “I should be afraid to be baptized; it is such a solemn thing to avow myself to be dead with Christ, and buried with him. I should […] Evening, August 24 Scripture: “If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”(Exodus 22:6) But what restitution can he make who casts abroad the fire-brands of error, or the coals of […] |
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