Thoughts

Will Jesus accept such a heart as mine? — this erring, treacherous, vile heart? The PAST — how many forgotten vows — broken covenants — prayerless days...

My soul! be still! You are in the hands of your Covenant God...

Blessed Spirit of all grace! How often have I grieved You! Resisted Your dealings, quenched Your strivings; and yet You are still pleading with me...

"He who believes shall not make haste." This is a rule which it is both our wisdom and welfare to heed in all the varied details of our lives. Most profitably may we apply it to our reading and study of God's Word...

There was always just a little flour and a little oil—but the supply never grew any less. After each day's food had been taken out—there was another day's left...

How this illustrates once more a principle to which we have frequently called the attention of the reader, namely, that when God works, He always works at both ends of the line...

My soul! are you at times afraid of this, your last enemy? Fear not!...

Reader! How comforting to you amid the ebbings and flowings of your changing history — to know that the change is all with you, and not with your God!...

How and where is reviving grace to be found? He gives you, in this precious promise, the key. It is on your bended knees...

There is no standing still in the life of faith. "The man," says Augustine, "who says 'Enough,' that man's soul is lost!"...