“Cherisheth it.”–EPHESIANS 5:29 . . .think how “a nurse cherisheth her children” (I Thessalonians 2:7). That is, a “gentle” and wise one. How the little ailments are watched and attended to; how the little weary heads are laid on her shoulders and stroked to sleep; how the little meals are regulated and given; never forgotten,–who ever heard of such a…
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The Invitation.
‘Come unto Me.’–MATT. 11:28 WHAT kind, sweet words for your pillow to-night! Jesus says them to you. ‘How am I to know?’ Well, they are for every one that is weary and heavy laden. Do not you know what it is to be weary and tired sometimes? Perhaps you know what it is to feel almost tired of trying…
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THE NEW HEART
‘A new heart also will I give you.’–EZEK. 36:26 WHY does God promise this? Because our old hearts are so evil that they cannot be made any better; and so nothing will do any good but giving us a quite new heart. Because we cannot make a new heart for ourselves; the more we try, the more we shall find…
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LITTLE NORAH.*
FAR off upon a western shore, Where wildest billows roam, Beaneath the great grim rocks there stands A tiny cabin home; And in it dwells a little one, With eyes of laughing blue, And lips as red as any rose With early sparkling dew. Her father was a fisher, and Went out with every tide,…
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Light at Eventide.*
‘At evening time it shall be light.’ –ZECH. 14:7 DEAR Lord, Thy good and precious Book seems written all for me; Wherever I may open it, I find a word from Thee. My eyes are dim, but this one verse is pillow for the night, Thy promise that ‘At Evening Time it shall be’ surely ‘light.’ It…
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