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Evening, February 19 Scripture: “He first findeth his own brother Simon.”(John 1:41) This case is an excellent pattern of all cases where spiritual life is vigorous. As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others. I will not believe that thou hast tasted of the honey of the gospel […] Evening, February 18 Scripture: “Father, I have sinned.”(Luke 15:18) It is quite certain that those whom Christ has washed in his precious blood need not make a confession of sin, as culprits or criminals, before God the Judge, for Christ has for ever taken away all their sins in a legal sense, so […] Evening, February 17 Scripture: “Whereas the Lord was there.”(Ezekiel 35:10) Edom’s princes saw the whole country left desolate, and counted upon its easy conquest; but there was one great difficulty in their way－quite unknown to them－“The Lord was there”; and in his presence lay the special security of the chosen land. Whatever may […] Evening, February 16 Scripture: “Thy good Spirit.”(Nehemiah 9:20) Common, too common is the sin of forgetting the Holy Spirit. This is folly and ingratitude. He deserves well at our hands, for he is good, supremely good. As God, he is good essentially. He shares in the threefold ascription of Holy, holy, holy, which […] Evening, February 15 Scripture: “Whereby they have made thee glad.”(Psalm 45:8) And who are thus privileged to make the Saviour glad? His church－his people. But is it possible? He makes us glad, but how can we make him glad? By our love. Ah! we think it so cold, so faint; and so, indeed, […] |
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