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Divine Expulsion Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. (Joshua 17:18) It is a great encouragement to valor to be assured of victory, for then a man goes forth to war in confidence and ventures where else he had been afraid to go. Our warfare is […] World Concord And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isaiah 2:4) Oh, that these happy times were come! At present the nations are heavily armed and are inventing weapons more and more terrible, as […] Nothing Old And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. (Revelation 21:5) Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was rolled up and laid aside, and that creation put on […] Evening Brightens into Day It shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. (Zechariah 14:7) It is a surprise that it should be so; for all things threaten that at evening time it shall be dark. God is wont to work in a way so much above our fears and beyond […] A Quiet Heart In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. (Isaiah 30:15) It is always weakness to be fretting and worrying, questioning and mis-trusting. What can we do if we wear ourselves to skin and bone? Can we gain anything by fearing and fuming? Do we not unfit ourselves for action and unhinge […] |
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