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“Let us ease our heaviest loads of sufferings, and sweeten our bitterest cups of sorrows with the continual meditation and constant expectation of the fullness of joy in the presence of God, and of the pleasure at his right hand … Continue reading →

“Oh!  what a “fullness of joy” will it be to hear more than twelve legions of angels, accompanied with a number of happy saints which no man is able to number, all at once sing together, “Hallelujah, holy, holy, holy, … Continue reading →

“I know that there shall be a performance of those things which have been told me from the Lord, and therefore I will incessantly look for it.”  (Timothy Cruso; 1656-1697)

“The pillow is the best counselor; and there is much truth in the saying, especially if we have first committed ourselves in prayer to God, and taken a prayerful spirit with us to our bed.”  (Barton Bouchier, 1794-1865)

“Take notice not only of the mercies of God, but of God in the mercies.  Mercies are never so savory as when they savor of a Savior.”  (Ralph Venning;  1620-1673)

“No greater mercy can be bestowed upon any people, family, or person, than God to dwell among them.”  (James Janeway, 1636-1674)

“The Lord is our portion, and this is incomparably more than if we had heaven and earth; for all the earth is but as a point compared with the vastness of the heavens, and the heavens themselves are but a … Continue reading →

Some think rich men to be excellent, some think learned men to be excellent, some count men in authority so to be, but here we are taught that those are excellent who are sanctified by God’s graces.”  (Richard Greenham; 1531-1591))

“What you cannot do yourselves, give God no rest until he shall be pleased to work a cure.”  (Matthew Poole;  1624-1679)

“Christianity knows no geographical boundaries, no treaty limits, no barriers of language, customs or climes.  It recognizes no distinctions of sex or color, of estate, of education; ‘it represents us all of one blood, the offspring of a common father, … Continue reading →