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A Golden Treasury ~ January 1, 2013 ~ HOSANNA!
( A Golden Treasury for the Children of God by C.H.V. Bogatzky is a daily devotional ~ translated from German to English, published by the American Tract Society in 1746. This new edition has been retyped in the same format here for downloading to your computer or wireless device.) A GOLDEN TREASURY For THE CHILDREN OF GOD WHOSE […]
Year-Ending Alleluia!
Alleluia! Revelation 10:1 Thou didst begin the year, O my soul, with a Hosanna, imploring the Lord’s blessing; canst thou now conclude it with an Alleluia? Surely thou canst celebrate the praise of a gracious and loving God. Take a review of the year past; hast thou not had many mercies? Have not the eyes […]
Tables of the Heart
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 2 Corinthians 3:3. The image is beautiful and instructing; “The epistle of Christ written, not in […]
The Judgment Seat
We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:10 And are there scoffers, who madly walk after their own lusts, and question the coming of the Lord? The hour hastens when infidelity shall doubt no more: “The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, […]
One Body in Christ
We, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Romans 12:5 O the blessed communion of saints; one member has the benefit of all the other members’ gifts, prayers, and ministrations. One prays for all, and all pray for one. What one has, the other enjoys also. It may […]
Pour Out Your Heart
Pour out your heart before God. Psalm 62:8. I have poured out my soul before the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:13. What a different view do these lively texts give of praying, when opposed to the usual expression of saying our prayers—saying what our books and our parents teach us—saying what we have been long used […]
A Separate People
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? Is it not in that thou goest with us? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. Exodus 33:16. Reader, do you adopt the […]
Instruction and Reproof
Whoso loveth instruction, loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish. Proverbs 12:1 Nothing can be said so bad of us, which we have not the root of in our heart. And though we are convinced of and strive against our own weakness, yet we may not strive so earnestly as conquer. Therefore God […]
Rest in the Lord
In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. Isaiah 30:15. In patience possess ye your souls. Luke 21:19 Christians must suffer patiently, and patience is their armor, while God is fighting for them. But when we are unwilling to suffer, going about to make complaints […]
The Golden Sceptre
What wilt thou, queen Esther? And what is thy request? It shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom. Esther 5:3 Dost thou want nothing, O poor soul? Hast thou nothing to ask? O yes, you say, a great deal. Well, then, draw near to thy gracious King and Bridegroom without fear. […]
