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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 […] August 25 The Fruitfulness Of Friendship “I have called you friends.” John 15:15 We never know the joy of self-sacrifice until we abandon in every particular. Self-surrender is the most difficult thing – I will if . . . ! Oh, well, I suppose I must devote my life to God. There is none […] Morning “His fruit was sweet to my taste.” Song of Solomon 2:3 Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: “Look unto me and be ye saved.” It is hearing: “Hear, and your soul shall live.” Faith is smelling: “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and […] Food and Rest I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 34:15) Under the divine shepherdry saints are fed to the full. Theirs is not a windy, unsatisfying mess of mere human “thought,” but the Lord feeds them upon the solid, substantial truth of […] August 25 Patience in the Routine “Be thou there till I bring thee word” (Matt. 2:13). “I’ll stay where You’ve put me; I will, dear Lord, Though I wanted so badly to go; I was eager to march with the ‘rank and file,’ Yes, I wanted to lead them, You know. I planned to keep […] |
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