-
IN CHRIST THERE IS NO EAST OR WEST
Amazing Grace John Oxenham, 1852–1941 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28) One of the clear teachings of the Bible is that the gospel does not presuppose the superiority of any race or culture. In the past, missionary endeavor has…
-
Morning & Evening
And canst thou not do this? Are there no mercies which thou hast experienced? What though thou art gloomy now, canst thou forget that blessed hour when Jesus met thee, and said, “Come unto me”? Canst thou not remember that rapturous moment when he snapped thy fetters, dashed thy chains to the earth, and said,…
-
THE SECOND BOOK OF MACCABEES 15
2 Maccabees 15 1 Nicanor goes about to come upon Judas on the Sabbath day. 3 The blasphemies of Nicanor. 14 Maccabeus expounding unto the the Jews was the vision, encouraged them. 21 The prayer of Maccabeus. 30 Maccabeus commanded Nicanor’s head and hands to be cut off, and his tongue to be given unto…
-
THE SECOND BOOK OF MACCABEES 14
2 Maccabees 14 Demetrius moved by Alcimus sends Nicanor to kill the Jews. 18 Nicanor makes a compact with the Jews. 29 Which he yet breaks through the motion of the King. 17 Nicanor commands Raz is to be taken, who slays himself. AFTER three years was Judas informed that Demetrius the son of Selecius…
-
FROM GREENLAND’S ICY MOUNTAINS
Amazing Grace Reginald Heber, 1783–1826 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field. (Matthew 9:37, 38) We hear many missionary sermons in our churches, but not often do we sing such a beautifully…
-
THE SECOND BOOK OF MACCABEES 13
2 Maccabees 13 1 The coming of Eupator into Judea. 4 The death of Menelaus. 10 Maccabeus going to fight against Eupator, moves his soldiers unto prayer. 15 He kills fourteen thousand men in the tents of Antiochus. 21 Rhodocus the betrayer of the Jews is taken. IN the hundredth, forty and nine year it…
