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HE LEADETH ME
Amazing Grace Joseph H. Gilmore, 1834–1918 He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. (Psalm 23:2) The blessedness and awe of being led by Almighty God Himself so impressed the author of this text that he wrote these beloved words spontaneously—and these exact words have…
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Morning & Evening
Solomon’s ships had returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat’s vessels never reached the land of gold. Providence prospers one, and frustrates the desires of another, in the same business and at the same spot, yet the Great Ruler is as good and wise at one time as another. May we have grace to-day, in the remembrance…
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ECCLESIASTICUS 1 & 2
The Wisdom of Iesus the son of Sirach, called Ecclesiasticus This argument was found in a certain Greek copy This Iesus was the son of Sirach, and Sirach’s father was also called Iesus, and he lived in the latter times, after the people had been led away captive, and brought home again, and almost after…
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THE WISDOM OF SALOMON 17 & 18
Salomon 17 The judgments of God against the wicked. FOR thy judgements are great, and can not be expressed: therefore men do err, that will not be reformed. For when the unrighteous thought to have thine holy people in subjection, they were bound with the bands of darkness, and long night, and being shut up…
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JESUS, SAVIOR, PILOT ME
Amazing Grace Edward Hopper, 1818–1888 Thou wilt show me the path of life. In Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. (Psalm 16:11 KJV) “Lord, save us; we perish,” the disciples cried, and instantly Christ arose to rebuke the winds of the storm and calm the sea.…
