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| 1. | Old Christian's Estimation of the Holy Scriptures, An |
| " All Scripture is given by inspiration of God." 1 TIMOTHY. 3:16. |
| 2. | God in Everything |
| "Even so Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight." MATTHEW. 11:26. |
| 3. | Useful Word of Exhortation, A |
| What is your example? Christ. You must give yourself up entirely, because Christ did. If you are always grieving the Spirit, the Spirit must occupy you with your state. If I say I am in Christ, I say Christ is in me, and my business is to show, Christ, |
| 4. | Deliverance and Standing |
| EXTRACT FROM A LETTER. |
| 5. | Extract From an Unpublished Letter |
| " MY LOVED BROTHER. ―I think I have had my mind more occupied of late than ever with the subject which your letter suggests―the being with the Lord. I am sure it is deeper, happier, fuller acquaintance with himself that our hearts need; and then we should long and desire |
| 6. | Christ Is Coming |
| He is coming, coming quickly! |
| 7. | Work for the Lord |
| Now, as to work for the Lord. The simple inquiry, and recorded as the first utterance of Paul to our Lord, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" is the duty and expression of every one distinctly awakened to the claim Christ has on him. This inquiry cannot be |
| 8. | Fragments |
| How emphatically Christ is the truth. Not His work merely, but Himself-His own blessed self. We speak of the preciousness of His blood, and of all He has done for us, [and right, all right to do so], but after all we must have Himself―we cannot do without Himself. |
| 9. | Conformity to the World in Dress, Part of a Letter on |
| We most cordially agree with you in deploring the sad conformity to the world as exhibited in the dress of many professing Christians. It is most sad, and evidences but too plainly the bent of the heart, the tone of the mind, and the moral condition of the soul. We |
| 10. | Mixed Marriages and the Government of God |
| [The following remarks were made on a particularly solemn instance, where a young sister (converted in 1853) fell into the snare of accepting an offer of marriage made by a worldly man. |
| 11. | Since I Belong to Thee |
| SINCE I belong to Thee, my Savior God, |
| 12. | Abraham Believed God |
| Such a thing as personal connection with God would never have entered into our minds unless He had revealed Himself. We see in Abraham's history how God comes to him, and introduces Himself as a living Person to his soul, drawing him out of his own country and from his |
| 13. | Mixed Marriages and the Government of God |
| Is that which you find in your heart the thought of one that loves God? Is it a thought in accordance with the will of God-a thought suitable to one whom Christ has so loved as to humble Himself even to death for? Stop, poor soul, and ask yourself if |
| 14. | Faithful Word, A |
| MY DEAR M., |
| 15. | Shining Face, A |
| To have Christ,―I mean practically to walk with Him and after Him, to have communion with the Father and the Son, to walk in unfeigned obedience and lowliness: to live i n realized dependence on Christ and have His secret with us, and realize a Father's love; to have our |
| 16. | "Nearer" |
| ", Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed." Romans. 13:11. |
| 17. | Pleasant Land Despised, The |
| Beloved, do our hearts indeed say " We are on our way to God?" |
| 18. | "Them That Are Perfect" |
| A perfect Christian is a full-grown man in one sense; it is the same word as the " perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." And what is that? It is certainly not being like what Christ was when He was down here; for there |
| 19. | Extracts |
| " Before we are in the glory, we are never on a level with the position we hold, while we have only this position to sustain us. We must look above our path to be able to walk in it. A Jew who had the secret of the Lord |
| 20. | "My Desire for Thee" |
| That thou mayest daily gather fresh droppings of His love, |
| 21. | Teach Me to Live |
| TEACH me to live! 'Tis easier far to die― |
| 22. | Accepted in the Beloved and One Spirit With the Lord |
| Fellow-believer, do you know in your soul, as taught of God from His word, the above two blessings that are ours through grace. |
| 23. | Discipleship |
| 23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (Luke 9:23)We have here an important lesson, indeed, more than one lesson. First the Christian needs to understand well that the way which leads to glory and to heaven, the way in which Christ Himself walked, and in which He wishes us to follow Him, is a way in which |
| 24. | "I'd Rather Suffer Loss" |
| " It was that very spot, sir," said a working shoemaker, pointing to a place in his little workshop; " Yes, in that very place, sir, six years ago, that the Lord spoke peace to my troubled soul; and how good and gracious He is." Such was almost the beginning |
| 25. | Positiveness of Life in Christ, The |
| 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. (1 John 3:1-10)If we weigh the state of the church, we shall find a great deal of what is negative in the Christian life, and contentedness with what is negative. For example, a man sees sin, he takes for granted that there must be sin in him, and it is true |
| 26. | "All! Now My Heart Is Won" |
| Ah! now my heart is won, |
| 27. | Positiveness of Life in Christ, The |
| " Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not," and whosoever eats His flesh and drinks His blood abides in Christ and Christ in him; that is, if I am eating Christ and occupied with Christ, I do not commit sin, nor is my mind living in the sphere in which it |
| 28. | God for Us |
| 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:31-39)In this portion of scripture the apostle sums up the exercise of heart, and the work of grace, first in these exercises of heart, and then in the revelation of real liberty through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, which we enjoy as redeemed from all that we |
| 29. | Parting Word, A |
| 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:58)I have one word to press on you before going away " Be ye steadfast, un moveable." Hour hearts are not close to Christ, we are apt to get weary in the way. All is a vain show around us; but that which is inside abides, is true, |
| 30. | A Letter on Giving up Oneself Entirely to the Ministry of the Word |
| VERY DEAR BROTHER,―G., who told me that you are now settled in―, begged me to write
you a few lines, which I do very willingly: indeed, it was on my asking him for news of you that he spoke to me of you, and told me that you had some |
| 31. | Fragments |
| W hat is the mark of the action of the Holy Ghost on the soul? The Lord Jesus gets a place which He had not before, and if you are full of the Holy Ghost, you will have no object but Christ, no thought but Christ, no end but Christ, |
| 32. | "Upon Thy Heart, Lord Jesus" |
| Upon Thy. heart, Lord Jesus, |
| 33. | Eternal Life, The |
| 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) (1 John 1:1-2)The Epistle of John is the eternal life manifested in Jesus, and imparted to us-the life which was with the Father, and which is in the Son....
This life is so precious, manifested as it is in the person of Jesus, that the epistle has in this respect quite |
| 34. | "Seen of Angels" |
| In earlier days the angels had desired to look into the things of Christ, (1 Peter 1:12 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (1 Peter 1:12)). When these things themselves were manifested and accomplished, this desire was answered; for in the history, as we find it in the Evangelists, the angels are set to be eye-witnesses of that |
| 35. | Prayer and the Word of God, Remarks on |
| As Mentioned Together in Scripture. |
| 36. | Praying and Working |
| " We will give ourselves continually to Prayer and the Ministry of the Word."-Acts 6:4 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. (Acts 6:4). |
| 37. | Word Precious Above Everything, or an Offense, The |
| 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. (Mark 4:17)Note, how vital root is―secret life. If the word has given life, only the word can satisfy it. The rain which cometh oft upon it will be relished. And needed, too, for as there is no power of life in the heart, so there is no source |
| 38. | This Wondrous Man |
| Self-emptying obedience, subjection of a kind quite its own, is, therefore, to be seen in every stage and action of such an One. And what was that course of service in the esteem of Him to whom it was rendered? As the born One, the circumcised One, the |
| 39. | Why Speak Ye Not of Jesus? |
| Ye are speak ing of the Sovereign, |
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