Mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Psalm 38:4. It is a sure sign that a man is awakened out of his sleep, when he discovers the error of his dream. In the drawing up of water out of a deep well, so long as the bucket...
Behold, we come unto thee. Jer. 3:22. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14:18. Make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house. Luke 19:4-6. O my dear Saviour, since I come to thee, and thou to me, we shall certainly meet...
Tell his disciples and Peter. Mark 16:7. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John 2:1,2. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees. Hebrews 12:12 Hast thou been slack, unfaithful, and fallen...
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns. Eph. 5:19. Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. 3:16 If we are obliged to promote the temporal good of our neighbor, how much more the spiritual, by edifying discourses. But how is it? The...
Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. Exodus 2:9 As Moses was ordered to be saved by the most cruel enemy’s daughter, so Satan himself, even when he meditates our destruction, must be a means of our life. So also Matt. 12:48, “Who...
I live by the faith of the Son of God. Galatians 2:20 In spiritual things we are too often living upon self. We seek in frames, forms, creatures, and animal life, that inward peace and stability of mind which is only to be found in the Redeemer. Outward duties are...
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7, 8. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16. O my dear soul, draw nigh to God in prayer, and he will draw nigh to thee; be...
Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Psalm 25:15. Happy is the man that feareth always. Prov. 28:14. O how long can some enemies hide themselves with their nets before our eyes, and draw in all on a sudden. It is...
My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. John 5:17. O my poor soul, is not the blessed Trinity, thy God in three persons, able to destroy the works of the devil, and fulfil his good will in thee? O yes, he works both to will and to do: and the very thing which is...