For sisters only (!) - especially single sisters...She whose heart is virginal abides aloft and aloof in spirit. Her Maker is her Husband, endowing her with a name better than of sons and daughters...
Faith in GodWe cannot take any true step without faith. Faith is reckoning on God where there is nothing visible...
Holy ZealDo you know anything of this zeal, which many waters could not quench? See that, like your Lord’s, it be steady, sober, consistent, undeviating...
SubjectionJesus as the God-man had omnipotence slumbering in his arms. He had the hoarded treasures of eternity in his grasp ...
Dependence, the proof of progressOn every recurring anniversary we ought to be conscious of two things...
The blessedness of pleasing HimWhen we consult Christ’s tastes, instead of our own, we are not less ready to spend and be spent for Him, but we serve in another way...
Devotedness to GodEach has some appointed work to perform, some little niche in the spiritual temple to occupy. Yours may be no splendid services, no flaming or brilliant actions to blaze and dazzle in the eye of man...
Usefullness and DevotednessNo right-minded Christian would wish to be useless, but usefulness may usurp the place of devotedness ...
Precious seedsIn Northampton, Massachusetts, stands the old cemetery where David Brainerd is buried. Brainerd, a pioneer American missionary, died in 1747 at the age of twenty-nine ...
Christ our supreme exampleHe suffered an atoning death upon the cross, without which there could be no example. The question of sin must be settled, a righteous relationship with God must be established first. Then the example comes in...