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Evening, September 2 Scripture: “Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.”(John 4:48) A craving after marvels was a symptom of the sickly state of men’s minds in our Lord’s day; they refused solid nourishment, and pined after mere wonder. The gospel which they so greatly needed they would not have; the miracles […] Evening, September 1 Scripture: “Trust in him at all times.”(Psalm 62:8) Faith is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly business. It is only as we learn to trust in God for the supply […] Evening, August 31 Scripture: “If we walk in the light, as he is in the light.”(1 John 1:7) As he is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as he is whom we call “Our Father,” of whom it is written, […] Evening, August 30 Scripture: “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.”(Jeremiah 17:14)“I have seen his ways, and will heal him.”(Isaiah 57:18) It is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally healed by men, but even then the honour is to be given to God who giveth […] Evening, August 29 Scripture: “All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.”(Numbers 6:4) Nazarites had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate the obligation, they were […] |
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