-
GOD MOVES IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY
“Good when He gives, supremely good, nor less when He denies. Even crosses from His sovereign hand are blessings in disguise.”
-
Morning & Evening
This morning let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: “I will help thee.” “It is but a small thing for me, thy God, to help thee. Consider what I have done already. What! not help thee? Why, I bought thee with my blood. What! not help thee? I have died…
-
ECCLESIASTICUS 45 & 46
Ecclesiasticus 45 The praise of Moses, Aaron, and Phineas. AND Moses, the beloved of God and men, brought he forth, whose remembrance is blessed. He made him like to the glorious Saints, and magnified him by the fear of his enemies. By his words he caused the wonders to cease, and he made him glorious…
-
ECCLESIASTICUS 43 & 44
Ecclesiasticus 43 the sum of the creation of the works of God. THIS high ornament the clear firmament, the beauty of the heaven so glorious to behold, The sun also, a marvelous instrument when it appears, declares, at his going out, the work of the most High. At noon it burns the country, and who…
-
ECCLESIASTICUS 41 & 42
Ecclesiasticus 41 2 Of the remembrance of death. 3 Death is not to be feared. 8 A curse upon them that forsake the Law of God. 12 Good name and fame. 14 An exhortation to give heed unto wisdom. 17 Of what things a man ought to be ashamed. O Death, how bitter is the…
-
ECCLESIASTICUS 39 & 40
Ecclesiasticus 39 2 A wise man. 16 The works of God. 24 Unto the good, good things profit, but unto the evil, even good things are evil. HE only that applies his mind to the Law of the most High, and is occupied in the meditation thereof, seeks out the wisdom of all the ancient,…
-
ECCLESIASTICUS 37 & 38
Ecclesiasticus 37 2 How a man should know friends and counselors. 12 To keep his company that fear God. EVERY friend says, I am a friend unto him also: but there is some friend, which is only a friend in name. Remains there not heaviness unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to…
-
ECCLESIASTICUS 35 & 36
Ecclesiasticus 35 2 Of true sacrifices. 14 The prayer of the fatherless, and of the widow, and him that humbles himself. WHOSO keeps the Law, brings offerings enough: he that holds fast the commandments, offers an offering of salvation. He that is thankful to them that have well deserved, offers fine flour: and he that…
-
ECCLESIASTICUS 33 & 34
Ecclesiasticus 33 The deliverance of him that fears God. 4 The answer of the wise. 13 Man is in the hand of God, as the clay is in the hand of the potter. 25 Of evil servants. THERE shall no evil come unto him that fears the Lord: but when he is in temptation, he…
-
ECCLESIASTICUS 31 & 32
Ecclesiasticus 31 1 Of covetousness. 2 Of them that take pain to gather riches. 8 The praise of a rich man without a fault. 12 We ought to flee drunkenness and follow soberness. WAKING after riches pines away the body, and the care thereof drives away sleep. This waking care breaks the sleep, as a…
