Monthly Archives: August 2009

“What comfort ought this to afford under every condition! for the Lord Jesus goes before us through the desert. He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities.” Ridley H. Herschell (1807-1864)

“And we live beneath our privilege and fail to make the required use of the great expiation which has been wrought, and want in proper appreciation of our Saviour’s work, if we do not rise up from our prostration under … Continue reading →

“Superstition is not worshipping a false God, but worshipping the true God falsely, in a way not commanded by God. It teaches and practices for doctrines the devices and commandments of men; that is to say, it worships, not according … Continue reading →

“An infirmity is this -when the purpose and inclination of the heart is upright, but a man wants strength to perform that purpose; when “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak’ (Matt. xvi. 41); when a man can … Continue reading →

“What comfort ought this to afford under every condition! for the Lord Jesus goes before us through the desert. He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities.” Ridley H. Herschell (1807-1864)

“And we live beneath our privilege and fail to make the required use of the great expiation which has been wrought, and want in proper appreciation of our Saviour’s work, if we do not rise up from our prostration under … Continue reading →

“To desire ease, therefore, is to embrace a deadly enemy. Who that knows his own heart will not feel it a matter, not of congratulation, but of deep and anxious prayer – ‘In all time of our wealth-Good Lord, deliver … Continue reading →

For to deny a man’s self, is to know he hath no power in himself to do any spiritual duty. (Thomas Hooker; 1586-1647)

“Thou holdest mine eyes waking.” “Oh, how wearisome a thing it is to spend the long night in tossing up and down in a restless bed, in the chase of sleep; which the more eagerly it is followed, flies so … Continue reading →

“Though the revelation of God in his works is sufficient to render men inexcusable, it does not follow that it is sufficient to lead men, blinded by sin, to a saving knowledge of himself. As Paul says of the law, … Continue reading →