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“When the world my heart is rending with its heaviest storm of care, My glad thoughts to heaven ascending, Find a refuge from despair. Faith’s bright vision shall sustain me Till Life’s pilgrimage is past; Fears may vex and troubles pain me, I shall reach my home at last.”

“The things which are not seen.”2 Corinthians 4:18

“In our Christian pilgrimage it is well, for the most part, to be looking forward. Forward lies the crown, and onward is …

01/25/2026: “I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us…”Isaiah 63:7

And canst thou not do this? Are there no mercies which thou hast experienced? What, though thou art gloomy now, canst thou forget that blessed hour when Jesus met thee, …

01/15/2026 – “But I give myself unto prayer.” Psalm 109:4 / Evening devotion

“Lying tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did not defend himself; he moved the case into a higher court, and pleaded before the great King himself. …

01/10/2026 – “I will be their God.” Jeremiah 31:33

“Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into …

12/30/2025 – “Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.” Ecclesiastes 7:8

“Look at David’s Lord and Master; see his beginning. He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Would you see the end? He …

12/28/2025 – “I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34)

“The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if to do the right, and to believe the true, should …

12/20/2025 – “Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” Jeremiah 31:3

“Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells his Church his love thoughts. “He does not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very presence he says, Thou …

12/14/2025 – “They go from strength to strength.” Psalm 84:7

“Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings …

12/01/2025 – “O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men.” Psalm 107:8 // Let us pray Psalm 107: “… Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love.” Psalm 107:43 (concluding verse)

“If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified. Let us daily praise God for common mercies–common as we frequently call them, …

11/30/2025 – “And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.”2 Chronicles 25:9

“A very important question this seemed to be to the king of Judah, and possibly it is of even more weight with the tried and tempted O Christian. To lose …