"This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope." — Lam 3:21 Memory is frequently the bond slave of despondency. Dispairing minds call...

"Whom he justified, them he also glorified." — Rom 8:30 Here is a precious truth for thee, believer. Thou mayest be poor, or in...

"What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?" — 2Sa 9:8 If Mephibosheth was thus humbled by David's...

"So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet." — 2Sa 9:13...

"Continue in the faith." — Act 14:22 Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of...

"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee." — Psa 55:22 Care, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried...

"And they rose up the same hour, and returned Jerusalem ... and they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of...

"Forsake me not, O Lord." — Psa 38:21 Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too...

"Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ." — Php 1:27 The word "conversation" does not merely mean our talk and...

"Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer." — Psa 66:20 In looking back upon the character of our prayers, if we do it...

"Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money." — Isa 43:24 Worshippers at the temple were wont to bring presents of sweet perfumes to be...

"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." — Psa 138:8 Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a...

"Behold, thou art fair, my Beloved." — Son 1:16 From every point our Well-beloved is most fair. Our various experiences are meant by our...

"He led them forth by the right way." — Psa 107:7 Changeful experience often leads the anxious believer to enquire "Why is it thus with...

"There is corn in Egypt." — Gen 42:2 Famine pinched all the nations, and it seemed inevitable that Jacob and his family should suffer...

"If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious." — 1Pe 2:3 If:-then, this is not a matter to be taken for granted concerning every...

"I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." — Hos 11:4 Our heavenly Father often draws us with the cords of love; but ah! how...

"Marvellous lovingkindness." — Psa 17:7 When we give our hearts with our alms, we give well, but we must often plead to a failure in this...

"And he requested for himself that he might die." — 1Ki 19:4 It was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God...

"I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." — Ecc 10:7 Upstarts frequently usurp the highest...