“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.” John 17:24 O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath...

“And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed.” Matthew 26:39 There are several instructive features in our Saviour’s...

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.” Ephesians 5:25 What a golden example Christ gives to his disciples!...

“Remember the poor.” Galatians 2:10 Why does God allow so many of his children to be poor? He could make them all rich if he pleased; he...

“I am a stranger with thee.” Psalm 39:12 Yes, O Lord, with thee, but not to thee. All my natural alienation from thee, thy grace has...

“He did it with all his heart and prospered.” 2 Chronicles 31:21 This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral...

“Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” 1 Corinthians 10:12 It is a curious fact, that there is such a thing as being...

“Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.” Genesis 8:9 Wearied out with her wanderings, the...

Why sit we here until we die?” 2 Kings 7:3 Dear reader, this little book was mainly intended for the edification of believers, but if you...

“Man ... is of few days, and full of trouble.” Job 14:1 It may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to remember this...

“Yea, he is altogether lovely.” Song of Solomon 5:16 The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired...

“Abide in me.” John 15:4 Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit...

“She called his name Benoni (son of sorrow), but his father called him Benjamin (son of my right hand).” Genesis 35:18 To every matter...

“We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” Acts 14:22 God’s people have their trials. It was never designed by...

“It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man.” Psalm 118:8 Doubtless the reader has been tried with the temptation...

“Have faith in God.” Mark 11:22 Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the...

“Before destruction the heart of man is haughty.” Proverbs 18:12 It is an old and common saying, that “coming events cast their shadows...

“Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.” Psalm 35:3 What does this sweet prayer teach me? It shall be my evening’s petition; but first let...

“Let us not sleep, as do others.” 1 Thessalonians 5:6 There are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among the rest, let me...

“I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Isaiah 48:10 Comfort thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, “I have...