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Evening, May 30 Scripture: “That henceforth we should not serve sin.”(Romans 6:6) Christian, what hast thou to do with sin? Hath it not cost thee enough already? Burnt child, wilt thou play with the fire? What! when thou hast already been between the jaws of the lion, wilt thou step a second time into […] Evening, May 29 Scripture: “Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho.”(Joshua 6:26) Since he was cursed who rebuilt Jericho, much more the man who labours to restore Popery among us. In our fathers’ days the gigantic walls of Popery fell by the power of their faith, […] Evening, May 28 Scripture: “This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.”(Lamentations 3:21) Memory is frequently the bond slave of despondency. Dispairing minds call to remembrance every dark foreboding in the past, and dilate upon every gloomy feature in the present; thus memory, clothed in sackcloth, presents to the mind a cup […] Evening, May 27 Scripture: “What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?”(2 Samuel 9:8) If Mephibosheth was thus humbled by David’s kindness, what shallwe be in the presence of our gracious Lord? The more grace we have, the less we shall think of ourselves, for grace, […] Evening, May 26 Scripture: “Continue in the faith.”(Acts 14:22) Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts. It is with a Christian as it was with the great Napoleon: he […] |
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