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Evening, April 10 Scripture: “For there stood by me this night the angel of God.”(Acts 27:23) Tempest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had brought the crew of the vessel into a sad case; one man alone among them remained perfectly calm, and by his word the rest were reassured. Paul was […] Evening, April 9 Scripture: “thy gentleness hath made me great.”(Psalm 18:35) The words are capable of being translated, “thy goodness hath made me great.” David gratefully ascribed all his greatness not to his own goodness, but the goodness of God. “Thy providence,” is another reading; and providence is nothing more than goodness in action. […] Evening, April 8 Scripture: “I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.”(Psalm 23:4) Behold, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a bright light may shine within us when it is all dark without! How firm, how happy, how calm, how peaceful we may be, when […] Evening, April 7 Scripture: “Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.”(Psalm 51:14) In this SOLEMN CONFESSION , it is pleasing to observe that David plainly names his sin. He does not call it manslaughter, nor speak of it as an imprudence […] Evening, April 6 Scripture: “In the name of the Lord I will destroy them.”(Psalm 118:12) Our Lord Jesus, by his death, did not purchase a right to a part of us only, but to the entire man. He contemplated in his passion the sanctification of us wholly, spirit, soul, and body; that in this […] |
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