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Evening, July 19 Scripture: “A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench.”(Matthew 12:20) What is weaker than the bruised reed or the smoking flax? A reed that groweth in the fen or marsh, let but the wild duck light upon it, and it snaps; let but the foot […] Evening, July 18 Scripture: “Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path.”(Joel 2:8) Locusts always keep their rank, and although their number is legion, they do not crowd upon each other, so as to throw their columns into confusion. This remarkable fact in natural history shows how thoroughly the […] Evening, July 17 Scripture: “Let not one of them escape.”(1 Kings 18:40) When the prophet Elijah had received the answer to his prayer, and the fire from heaven had consumed the sacrifice in the presence of all the people, he called upon the assembled Israelites to take the priests of Baal, and sternly cried, […] Evening, July 16 Scripture: “Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time is come. For thy servants rake pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.”(Psalm 102:13, 14) A selfish man in trouble is exceedingly hard to comfort, because the springs of his […] Evening, July 15 Scripture: “He appeared first to Mary Magdalene.”(Mark 16:9) Jesus “appeared first to Mary Magdalene,” probably not only on account of her great love and persevering seeking, but because, as the context intimates,she had been a special trophy of Christ’s delivering power. Learn from this, that the greatness of our sin before […] |
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