"Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant?" — Num 11:11 Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be...

"He had married an Ethiopian woman." — Num 12:1 Strange choice of Moses, but how much more strange the choice of him who is a prophet...

"Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst." — Joh 4:14 He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his...

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." — Mar 16:16 Mr. MacDonald asked the inhabitants of the island of St. Kilda how a man...

"He arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights." — 1Ki 19:8 All the strength...

"If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." — 1Jn 2:1 "If any man sin, we have an advocate." Yes,...

"At evening time it shall be light." — Zec 14:7 Oftentimes we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at...

"He himself hath suffered being tempted." — Heb 2:18 It is a common-place thought, and yet it tastes like nectar to the weary heart-Jesus...

"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" — Heb 1:14 Angels are the unseen...

"A man greatly beloved." — Dan 10:11 Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! has your unbelief made you forget that...

"The hope which is laid up for you in heaven." — Col 1:5 Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy...

"He will give grace and glory." — Psa 84:11 Bounteous is Jehovah in his nature; to give is his delight. His gifts are beyond measure...

"Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved." — Son 7:13 The spouse desires to give to Jesus all that she...

"A living dog is better than a dead lion." — Ecc 9:4 Life is a precious thing, and in its humblest form it is superior to death. This...

"Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glorious." — Psa 66:2 It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or...

"I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go." — Son 3:4 Does Christ receive us when we come to him,...

"Behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague." — Lev 13:13 Strange enough this...

"Go again seven times." — 1Ki 18:43 Success is certain when the Lord has promised it. Although you may have pleaded month after month...

"The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men." — Psa 33:13 Perhaps no figure of speech represents God in a more...

"My Beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him." — Son 5:4 Knocking was not enough, for my heart...