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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

Beyond Your Faults

Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. --PSALMS 37:8 (R. V.) To anxious, prying thought, And weary, fretting care, The Highest yieldeth nought; He giveth all to prayer. --PAUL GERHARDT DO not be disquieted about your faults. Love with.out ceasing, and much will be forgiven you, because you... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Blessed Trust

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. JEREMIAH 17:7 THUS will I live and walk from day to day, Contented, trustful, satisfied, and still; What life so shielded, or what life so free, As that within the centre of Thy will! JANE WOODFALL FOLLOW Christ in the denial ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

By His Side

Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:57 KEEP close to Christ, if conflict sore betide; Stand fast, remembering He is at your side To give you strength In battle, and the victor's palm at length. German, tr. by FRANCES E.COX IF we would endeavo... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Called to Be Sons

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. I JOHN 3:1 DOST think thy prayers He doth not heed? He knows full well what thou dost need, And heaven and earth are His; My Father and my God, who still Is with my soul in every ill. HANS SACHS BE... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Cast Every Day on Him

All things are possible to him that believeth. MARK 9:23 My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 IT is possible, I dare to say, for those who will in-deed draw on their Lord's power for deliverance and victory, to live a life in which His prom... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Caused by God

That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. DEUTERONOMY 14:29 FIRM against every doubt of Thee For all my future way,-- To walk in heaven's eternal light Throughout the changing day. Ah! such a day as Thou shalt own When suns have ceased to shine! A day of bu... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Center of the Soul

Behold, I will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. JEREMIAH 33:6 Glory, honor, and peace, to every man that work-eth good. ROMANS 2:10 TRUE peace is when the soul revolves around its centre, Almighty God, craving for nothing but what God continually supplies, its passions subdued to i... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Changing Discontent to Delight

I delight to do Thy will, 0 my God; yea, Thy law is within my heart. PSALMS 40:8 CROWN us with love, and so with peace; Transfigure duty to delight; Our lips inspire, our faith increase, Brighten with hope our darkest night. Bring us from earthly bondage free To find our heaven in serving Thee. HENR... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Chariots to Carry

Even to your old age, I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. --ISAIAH 46:4 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. --PSALMS 68:17 I HAV... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Check Those Unkind Words and Thoughts

These things I command you, that ye love one another. JOHN 15:17 YET habits linger in the soul; More grace, O Lord! more grace! More sweetness from Thy loving heart, More sunshine from Thy face! FREDERICK W. FABER IF thy disturbance of mind proceeds from a person who is so disagreeable to thee, that... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Check Your Grumbling

Do all things without murmurings and disputings! PHILIPPIANS 2:14 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. PROVERBS 25:28 BEHOLD, the paths of life are ours,--we see Our blest inheritance where'er we tread; Sorrow and danger our security, And di... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Childlikeness

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. LUKE 18:17 DEAR Soul, couldst thou become a child While yet on earth, meek, undefiled, Then God Himself were ever near, And Paradise around thee here. GERHARD TERSTEEGEN CHILDLIKEN... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Choosing Happiness

In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day. PSALMS 89:16 Now first to souls who thus awake Seems earth a fatherland: A new and endless life they take With rapture from His hand. The fears of death and of the grave Are whelmed beneath the sea, And every heart, now light and brave, May face the things... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Choosing Sin

And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin. 1 JOHN 3:5 TO choose sin is to reject Christ; to be ashamed, for fear of man, to do what Christ commands, is to deny Christ; to do, for fear of man, what Christ forbids, what is it but, with Pilate, to condemn Christ? fo... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Christ is All

Who is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 CHRIST with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ at my right hand, Christ at my left. Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life

I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. JOHN 14:6 Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. JOHN 20:29 THE Way, the Truth, the Life Thou art, This, this I know; to this I cleave; The sweet new language of my heart, "Lord, I believe." I have ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Comfort in Spirit

In God I will praise His word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. PSALMS 56:4 DO not fear circumstances. They cannot hurt us, if we hold fast by God and use them as the voices and ministries of His will. Trust Him about every one and everything, for all times and ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Common Faithfulness

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. LUKE 16:10 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. MATTHEW 5:48 PERFECTION in outward conduct consists not in extraordinary things; but ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Company of the Apostles

That He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth. --EPHESIANS 1:10 For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy name, O Jesu, be for ever blessed. Alleluia! Oh, blest communion! fellowship ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Complete Devotion

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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