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Evening, September 26 Scripture: “Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen.”(Zechariah 11:2) When in the forest there is heard the crash of a falling oak, it is a sign that the woodman is abroad, and every tree in the whole company may tremble lest to-morrow the sharp edge of the axe should find it […] September 26 The Unblameable Attitude “If . . thou rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee. . . .” Matthew 5:23 If when you come to the altar, there you remember that your brother has anything against you, not – If you rake up something by a morbid sensitiveness, but – “If thou […] Morning “The myrtle trees that were in the bottom.” Zechariah 1:8 The vision in this chapter describes the condition of Israel in Zechariah’s day; but being interpreted in its aspect towards us, it describes the Church of God as we find it now in the world. The Church is compared to a myrtle grove flourishing […] Among the Redeemed Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be redeemed among the nations. (Numbers 23:9) Who would wish to dwell among the nations and to be numbered with them? Why, even the professing church is such that to follow the Lord fully within its bounds is very difficult. There […] September 26 Unanswered “Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily” (Luke 18:6, 7). God’s seasons are not at your beck. If the first stroke of the […] |
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