I'm old, and this body is worn. My flesh and my heart have been torn. Time takes its toll, And makes me old; But, praise God, in Christ I'm new-born. His Spirit transcends all the age, He has written on every page~ "My Love divine Has made you...
We, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Romans 12:5 O the blessed communion of saints; one member has the benefit of all the other members’ gifts, prayers, and ministrations. One prays for all, and all pray for one. What one...
By the grace of God I am what I am. 1 Corinthians 15:10. Born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. 1 Peter 1:23; 2:2. What made the wonderful...
Pour out your heart before God. Psalm 62:8. I have poured out my soul before the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:13. What a different view do these lively texts give of praying, when opposed to the usual expression of saying our prayers—saying what our books and our parents teach...
And thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21. Sin is the deadliest foe we have; it cast our first parents out of paradise; it defaced God’s image in man; it brought pain, sickness, and death into the world, and a...
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? Is it not in that thou goest with us? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. Exodus 33:16. Reader, do you adopt the...
Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of the law. Romans 3:28. Ye see how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. James 2:24 Both these apostles wrote by inspiration. St. Paul answers this question both...
Music is designed with a melody that runs throughout the whole piece. Other parts add harmony. The melody is the beginning, and the ending. It is what holds the piece together. Lose the melody or make it a monotone—the same tone over and over--- and it ceases to...
Whoso loveth instruction, loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish. Proverbs 12:1 Nothing can be said so bad of us, which we have not the root of in our heart. And though we are convinced of and strive against our own weakness, yet we may not strive so...