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Use V. Containing a Christian Directory, or Rules about Contentment. I proceed now to an use of direction, to show Christians how they may attain to this divine art of contentation. Certainly it is feasible, others of God's saints have reached to it. St Paul here had it; and what do we think of thos... Read More

THE RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS By John MacDuff "Whenever I bring clouds over the earth — and the rainbow appears in the clouds." Genesis 9:14 SOVEREIGNTY "The Lord reigns!" Psalm 93:1 No rainbow of promise in the "dark and cloudy day" shines more radiantly than this. God, my God, the God who gave Jesus —... Read More

According to His Will J.R. Miller "It is the LORD's will—may He do what He thinks best." 1 Samuel 3:18 "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised." Job 1:21 "We do not know what we should pray for as we... Read More

SORROW FOR THE DEATH OF FRIENDS By John Angell James, on the death of his wife "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will leave this life. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Praise the name of the Lord! (Job 1:21) "See, I am the only God! There are no others. I kill , and I make ali... Read More

Christ, the Physician of the Soul William Nicholson, 1862 "It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick." Matthew 9:12 The body is liable to numerous diseases, and anxiety and efforts to effect a cure of them, are highly important. But how possible it is to attend to those needs and dise... Read More

Joy and Gladness for Mourning Souls Preached at Providence Chapel, on April 2nd, 1854, by J. C. Philpot. "To appoint unto those who mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of ri... Read More

Love to God and the Divine Approval William Nicholson, 1862 "But if any man loves God, the same is known by him." 1 Corinthians 8:3 Nothing on earth is of so much consequence to man as the Divine approbation. "He who believes has the witness in himself;" that he loves God, because he first loved him... Read More

Submission to God Arthur Pink November, 1945 "The Lord gave—and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord." Job 1:21 When some painful loss or severe calamity befalls them, there are many who bemoan the fact that they do not have the resignation which was the patriarch's—even under m... Read More

Enjoying God's Best Arthur Pink January, 1946 The above title embodies and expresses our "New Year's Wish" for our readers, that such may be the experience of each of them during 1946. In employing such language, perhaps it needs to be pointed out that we are not here accommodating one of the modern... Read More

CHRIST'S INVITATION by J. C. Ryle "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 The text which heads this paper is one which deserves to be written in letters of gold. Few verses of Scripture have done more good to the souls of people than this old fa... Read More