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Evening, January 5 Scripture: “And God saw the light.”(Genesis 1:4) This morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord’s dividing it from the darkness, we now note the special eye which the Lord had for the light. “God saw the light”－he looked at it with complacency, gazed upon it with […] Evening, January 4 Scripture: “And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.”(Genesis 42:8) This morning our desires went forth for growth in our acquaintance with the Lord Jesus; it may be well to-night to consider a kindred topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph’s knowledge of us. This was most blessedly perfect long before […] Evening, January 3 Scripture: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”(Luke 3:4) The voice crying in the wilderness demanded a way for the Lord, a way prepared, and a way prepared in the wilderness. I would be attentive to the Master’s […] Evening, January 2 Scripture: “Let the people renew their strength.”(Isaiah 41:1) All things on earth need to be renewed. No created thing continueth by itself. “Thou renewest the face of the year,” was the Psalmist’s utterance. Even the trees, which wear not themselves with care, nor shorten their lives with labour, must drink […] Evening, January 1 Scripture: “We will be glad and rejoice in thee.”(Song of Solomon 1:4) We will be glad and rejoice in thee. We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and the high sounding cymbals […] |
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