This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ... It is "the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness towards us through Christ Jesus,"--the moral gravitation-power of the cross, --by which His true people have ever been drawn. "I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me," (John xii. 32.) Draw me, Lord, and I will run after thee. Shew me Thy loving kindness thus enshrined and manifested in Thy dear Son. Constrain me to love Thee in Him, because Thou hast Jirst loved, and so loved, me. "HOW EXCELLENT IS THY LOVING-KINDNESS, O GOD I THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF MEN PUT THEIR TRUST UNDER THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS." SO Day. "How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, 0 God"-- "Thus saith the Lord, If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season: then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant."--Jer. ixxlii. 20, 21.
John Ross MacDuff was born May 23, 1818 in Bonhard, Scotland. He died at his home in Chislehurst, Kent, England on April 30, 1895. John Ross MacDuff was a Presbyterian minister and a prolific writer of excellent Christian books and materials. He was especially known for the practical, poetic, and devotional qualities of his work. He was also a published poet and hymn writer. John Ross MacDuff had Doctor of Divinity Degrees from the University of Glasgow and the University of New York. He served as a pastor for many years in several churches, including the Church of Scotland.
One of the hymns John Ross MacDuff wrote the words for was Christ Is Coming! - Published in 1853.
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