“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”         —Matthew 5:9This is the seventh of the beatitudes: and seven was the number of perfection among the Hebr...  Read More

“Remember the poor.”         —Galatians 2:10Why does God allow so many of his children to be poor? He could make them all rich if he pleased; he could lay bags of gold at their doors; he co...  Read More

“Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.”         —Psalm 19:13Such was the prayer of the “man after God’s own heart.” Did holy David need to pray thus? How needful, then, m...  Read More

“I am a stranger with thee.”         —Psalm 39:12Yes, O Lord, with thee, but not to thee. All my natural alienation from thee, thy grace has effectually removed; and now, in fellowship with...  Read More

“He did it with all his heart and prospered.”         —2 Chronicles 31:21This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work...  Read More

“Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”         —2 Timothy 2:1Christ has grace without measure in himself, but he hath not retained it for himself. As the reservoir empties itself...  Read More

“I will take heed to my ways.”         —Psalm 39:1Fellow-pilgrim, say not in your heart, “I will go hither and thither, and I shall not sin;” for you are never so out of danger of sinni...  Read More

“Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”         —1 Corinthians 10:12It is a curious fact, that there is such a thing as being proud of grace. A man says, “I have great...  Read More

“Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.”         —Genesis 8:9Wearied out with her wanderings, the dove returns at length to the ark as her only r...  Read More

“Why sit we here until we die?”         —2 Kings 7:3Dear reader, this little book was mainly intended for the edification of believers, but if you are yet unsaved, our heart yearns over you...  Read More

“To whom belongest thou?”         —1 Samuel 30:13No neutralities can exist in religion. We are either ranked under the banner of Prince Immanuel, to serve and fight his battles, or we are v...  Read More

“Thou shalt love thy neighbour.”         —Matthew 5:43“Love thy neighbour.” Perhaps he rolls in riches, and thou art poor, and living in thy little cot side-by-side with his lordly mans...  Read More