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Mary Wilder Tileston

Mary Wilder Tileston

Very little is known about the author of Joy and Strength, Mary Wilder (Foote) Tileston (1843-1934), except her love of spiritual literature. Although she lived in the 19th century, her devotional selections capture biblical truths and values that will always endure. Joy and Strength is a compilation of thoughts and writings from giants of the faith including St. Augustine, Thomas a Kempis, Frederick William Faber and hundred of others. A previous book compiled by Tileston, Daily Strength for Daily Needs, shares the same love of literature and insight presented in Joy and Strength.
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Mary Wilder Tileston

Obeying the Truth

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit. 1 PETER 1:22 THY wonderful grand will, my God! Triumphantly I make it mine; And faith shall breathe her glad "Amen" To every dear command of Thine. JEAN SOPHIA PIGOTT YOU little think how much the life of all your graces dep... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Occupations of Every Day

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delighteth in his way. PSALMS 37:23 SO her life was full of sunshine, for in toiling for the Lord She had found the hidden sweetness that in common things lies stored; He has strewn the earth with flowers, and each eye their brightness sees; Bu... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Oh, To Be With Christ

They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. ACTS 4:13 O HEARTS of love! O souls that turn Like sunflowers to the pure and best! To you the truth is manifest; For they the mind of Christ discern Who lean like John upon His breast. JOHN G. WHITTIER WILT thou with St. John rest on the l... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

On Through the Darkness

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. JOB 24:13 Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power. PSALMS 110:3 SEE, in Thy hands I lay them all-- My will that fails, my feet that fall; My heart that wearies everywhere, Yet ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Open Your Treasures and Give

And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. MATTHEW 2:11 GIVE yourselves anew to God and to God's service, and He will give you the desire and the power to open your treasures; to give to Him, it may be wealth, it may be time, it may be... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Our Citizenship

They that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. HEBREWS 11:14 For our citizenship is in heaven. PHILIPPIANS 3:20 (R. V.) GREEN are the fields of the earth, holy and sweet her joys; Take, and taste, and be glad--as fruit and blossom and bird, But still as an exile, Soul; then, hey... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Our Failure

The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you. 1 THESSALONIANS 3:12 IF we love God, we know what loving is, For love is God's, He sent it to the earth, Half-human, half-divine, all glorious!-- Half-human, half-divine, but wholly His... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Our Role and God's Role

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are judgment; a God of truth, and without iniquity, just and right is He. DEUTERONOMY 32:4 We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. PSALMS 100:3 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shado... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Our Strong Salvation

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? PSALMS 27:1 GOD is my strong salvation, What foe have I to fear? In darkness and temptation, My light, my help, is near. Though hosts encamp around me, Firm to the fight I stand,... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Overcome by Melancholy

Thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble. PSALMS 59:16 COMMIT thy way to God, The weight which makes thee faint; Worlds are to Him no load, To Him breathe thy complaint. Up! up! the day is breaking, Say to thy cares, good-night! Thy troubles from thee shaking, Like dreams in day... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Parting Blessing

And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. LUKE 24:51 LIFT up our thoughts, lift up our songs, And let Thy grace be given, That while we linger here below, Our hearts may be in heaven. C. F. ALEXANDER THE parting blessing of our Lord was changed ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Past Faults

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. --ROMANS 8:1 IT may be that recollections of the past hinder you, but you must reject them; anxious thoughts may arise, put them away; your faults seem to raise up a barrier,... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Peace from Wearying Labor

Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. JOB 12:21 DON'T be unwise enough to think that we are serving God best by constant activity at the cost of headaches and broken rest. I am getting to be of the opinion that we may be doing too much. We want at least t... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Peace in God's Daily Presence

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His covenant. PSALMS 25:14 THEN shall my days be Thine, And all my heart be love; And joy and peace be mine, Such as are known above. Come, Holy Spirit, quickly come, And make my heart Thy lasting home. ANDREW REED IT is a sign... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Peace in Suffering

Fear not, neither be discouraged. DEUTERONOMY 1:21 HAPPY are they that learn, in Thee, Though patient suffering teach, The secret of enduring strength, And praise too deep for speech,-- Peace that no pressure from without, No strife within, can reach ANNA L. WARING ONE of the greatest trials and mis... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Peace in the Bustle of Life

God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. 2 CORINTHIANS 9:8 O LOVE, Thy sovereign aid impart To save me from low-thoughted care; Chase this self-will through all my heart, Through all its latent mazes there; M... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Peace of Heart

Do Thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto Thee. JUDGES 10:15 DEAR Lord, whose mercy veileth all That may our coming days befall, Still hide from us the things to be, But rest our troubled hearts in Thee. HARRIET MCEWEN KIMBALL PEACE of heart lies in perfect resignation to the will of God. What yo... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Peace With Ourselves

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. ROMANS 15:13 DO, I entreat you, drive away all these anxious thoughts which hinder your soul, and try to serve God cheerfully. Be resolute in overcoming self, and in hea... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Peaceful Time

Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; for unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. --PSALMS 86:4 AH, dearest Lord! to feel that Thou art near, Brings deepest peace, and hushes every fear; To see Thy smile, to hear Thy gracious voice, Makes soul and body inwardly rejoice With praise and thanks! --CHRISTIA... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Peer Pressure

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear Him and keep His commandments, and obey His voice, and ye shall serve Him, and cleave unto Him. --DEUTERONOMY 13:4 GOD visits a soul when He brings before it a new vision of truth or duty, a new range of opportunities, a new endowment of force as well ... Read More

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