Do not study the Bible as a mere history

(Octavius Winslow)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio Jesus is the one great theme both of the Old Testament and the New. The whole Bible is designed to testify of Christ, “The Scriptures point to Me!” John 5:39 In Christ the … Continued

Beneath the Cross

(George Everard, “Beneath the Cross” 1877)  LISTEN to audio!  Download Audio “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!.” Galatians 6:14 The … Continued

Under Divine instruction

(James Smith, “The Pastor’s Morning Visit”) (LISTEN to the Audio  n.b. there are two small recording errors in the following.) “I will instruct you.” Psalm 32:8 At best we know but little, and we are slow to learn. But the Lord … Continued

Receive from Him all you need.

(James Smith, “The Pastor’s Morning Visit”)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Come unto Me!” Matthew 11:28 Jesus calls you to His throne of grace. He is there waiting to hear, relieve and bless you. Go to Him as you are, … Continued

Press On

(James Smith, “The Believer’s Companion in Seasons of Affliction and Trouble” 1842) “All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. … Continued

The furnace of affliction

Octavius Winslow (LISTEN to the Audio) Isaiah 48:10, “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.” Affliction, in some of its many and varied forms, is the lot of all … Continued

Your first thought

“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

I shall follow the Lamb

(Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author, and perfecter of our faith!” Hebrews 12:2 This is how I am justified and forgiven. Not by the hopeless endeavor to … Continued

Hide in His wounded side!

“The safe refuge!“ (audio) Hide in His wounded side! “And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a … Continued

The glorious rest

Gene Fedele, edited (LISTEN to the Audio) What can be more delightful for the weary pilgrim who is hastening to his heavenly mansion, than to meditate on the unspeakable wonders of his eternal home beyond the skies? There is much … Continued