SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “He is able also to save them to the uttermost.” Hebrews 7:25 What, to many, would all the other “three score and ten palm-trees” avail, if they had not this one to rush to for shelter? […]

Solitude Sweetened  –  by James Meikle, 1730-1799 JUBILEE Everything that was written of old, was written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the world have come. Now, Israel, when redeemed from Egyptian bondage, had both a sabbatical year appointed them, and the great Jubilee. The first was every seventh year; and the last […]

Hope in Heaven James Smith, 1855 Many Christians have but little in hand — but they have much in hope. They have little on earth— but they have unsearchable wealth in Heaven. The present, is the worst state they will ever be in. All beyond death — is bright, beamy, and glorious. God has amply provided for them, and […]

An experimental Christian? (Winslow, “This God is Our God”) The religion of the true believer is experimental; it is the religion of the heart. He has no dealings with an unknown, imaginary God. He does not know God from the hearing of the ear, or from the reading of books, or from the religious conversation of […]

Coming up from the wilderness (J. C. Philpot, “Coming up from the Wilderness” 1857) “Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved?” Song of Solomon 8:5 To come up from the wilderness, is to come up out of OURSELVES; for we are ourselves the wilderness. It is our wilderness heart that makes the […]

Only two families inhabit earth (Henry Law, “Deuteronomy” 1858) Only two families inhabit earth. In principle, in taste, in habit, in desire— they are as separate as . . . light from darkness, cold from heat, life from death. There is the serpent’s seed. There is the heaven-born race. There is the world. There is […]

Only two families inhabit earth (Henry Law, “Deuteronomy” 1858) Only two families inhabit earth. In principle, in taste, in habit, in desire— they are as separate as . . . light from darkness, cold from heat, life from death. There is the serpent’s seed. There is the heaven-born race. There is the world. There is […]

One of the paradoxes of salvation in Christ is that it is both vast and narrow at the same time.  There is vastness in salvation by Christ.  His blood cleanses the deepest stain.  Christ saves sinners who are in the deepest depths of sin.  Christ the Good Shepherd finds and brings home the lost sheep […]

“It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the dealings of God with their souls. It was Paul’s accustomed manner, and that when tried for his life, even to open before his Judges the manner of his conversion. He would think of that day and that hour in the which he did […]

“Without Me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5 Pastor Henry Mahan I suppose the most difficult thing any believer has to learn is that ‘Without Him we can do nothing.’ This is our creed but not our experience! We will never be effectually used for God’s true glory until it becomes our experience. God will […]