POETRY
JESUS ~ King, Captain, Conqueror
For thy name’s sake lead me and guide me. Pull me out of the net. Psalm 31:3,4. When the ark set forward, Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. Numbers 10:35. Every one having his own particular gift, has also his own particular […]
Examine Your Faith
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith. 2 Corinthians 13:5. Many might be induced to pray for faith, if they did not presumptuously pretend to it, thinking they were not heathens, but had faith already; for such as have actually faith often doubt whether thy have any or not; and those that are without, […]
An Account of Our Stewardship
Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke 16:2. O Lord, how have I wasted my time, goods, and faculties. O pardon me for thine infinite mercy’s sake; blot out my debt by thy blood; and grant that henceforth, keeping a daily good account, and acting more prudently, faithfully, and diligently, my reckoning may not be […]
Watch and Pray
Watch ye, therefore, and pray always. Luke 21:36. Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us. Hebrews 12:1. The hearts of men are not like unto clocks, which only want to be wound up once a day; O no, the dulness and distraction is too great and dangerous. […]
The Prodigal Child
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Jer. 3:22. When he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke 15:20. Hear therefore the voice of thy loving Father and Shepherd, O thou backsliding child and lost […]
The Weight of Sin
Mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Psalm 38:4. It is a sure sign that a man is awakened out of his sleep, when he discovers the error of his dream. In the drawing up of water out of a deep well, so long as […]
The Mediator’s Fulness of Grace
Behold, we come unto thee. Jer. 3:22. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14:18. Make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house. Luke 19:4-6. O my dear Saviour, since I come to thee, and thou to me, we shall certainly meet one another. Who […]
A Ransom and an Advocate
Tell his disciples and Peter. Mark 16:7. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John 2:1,2. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees. Hebrews 12:12 Hast thou been slack, unfaithful, and fallen away? O poor soul, thou art not to make […]
Godly Conversation
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns. Eph. 5:19. Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. 3:16 If we are obliged to promote the temporal good of our neighbor, how much more the spiritual, by edifying discourses. But how is it? The children of God, when a person visits them, says a […]
Child of Grace
Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. Exodus 2:9 As Moses was ordered to be saved by the most cruel enemy’s daughter, so Satan himself, even when he meditates our destruction, must be a means of our life. So also Matt. 12:48, “Who is my mother?” […]
