Miscellanea

Brethren, we shall never see much change for the better in our churches till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.

Dear Lord, the idol self dethrone And from our hearts remove And let no zeal by us be shown But that which springs from love

There is too much in [Psalm 103], for a thousand pens to write, it is one of those all-comprehending Scriptures which is a Bible in itself, and it might alone almost …

I would ask you to pray for us, if I were sure you prayed for yourself; but whether you will thank me for it or not I must tell you that I pray for you often. Oh! how …

A. 104: The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him …

And when hypocrites and distempered Christians are quarreling with the imperfections of the speaker, or congregation, the mode of worship, do you rather make it your …

We need more singing! Sing more and murmur less! Sing more and slander less! Sing more and cavil less! Sing more and mourn less!

Brother, if any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him. For you are worse than he thinks you to be.

When it is very dark with us, let brave spirits say, ‘Come, let us sing the forty-sixth Psalm.’

Yet it is, perhaps, one of the hardest struggles of the Christian life to learn this sentence-‘Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name be glory.’ It is a lesson which …