Ever-present help!

(Jared Waterbury, “Meditations and Prayers” 1840)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble!” Psalm 46:1 “Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards!”  The world in which … Continued

The great secret

(Cornelius Tyree, “The Moral Power of a Pious Life“)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio A higher degree of personal piety, will promote a higher degree of personal happiness. Sin and sorrow are bound together by adamantine chains! Hence man increases … Continued

Mark these contrasts

  (William Bacon Stevens, “Follow Me!”)   LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this … Continued

As infinite as His being

(by Octavius Winslow) AS INFINITE AS HIS BEING What a source of joy you have in Jehovah amid the joyless, sorrowful path you may tread. There is everything in Him to make you happy. Everything to win your confidence, to … Continued

Working for your good

(James Smith, “Comfort for Christians!”)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose!” Romans 8:28 All … Continued

You are Mine!

(James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Do not be afraid, for I am with you!” Isaiah 43:5 The presence of a friend in trouble is cheering and consoling. But … Continued

Profound spiritual wisdom

“My voice shall You hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto You, and will look up.” Psalm 5:3 (from Octavius Winslow’s, “Morning Thoughts”) “The first thing I do when I awake in … Continued

If I live unto God

(James Smith, “The Way of Salvation Set Forth”)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio My soul is immortal–it can never cease to be. It is destined by the immutable decree of God, to exist eternally. O eternity! Who can conceive your … Continued

Genuinely happy

(James Smith, “The Way of Salvation Set Forth”)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio Sin is the seed, the source, the essence of unhappiness. “There is no peace to the wicked”–nor is there any happiness for the sinner in his sins. … Continued

I will not forsake them!

(John Newton’s Letters) My Dear Friend, My history is briefly expressed in the following verses: “In a desert land He found him–in a waste howling wilderness. He shielded him and cared for him–He guarded him as the apple of his … Continued