(John MacDuff, “Hospice of the Pilgrim” 1891) “Oh, where can rest be found?” This is the cry of weary, care worn humanity. This is the cry embracing every nation and every climate, from the yearnings of heathendom to the longings and aspirations of the present hour. From the tumultuous sea of the world’s unrest, this […]
THE FAREWELL GIFT “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” John 14:27 No shadow of the figurative grove of Elim is more grateful to the children of […]
Oh! what a pillow on which to rest your aching head! (John MacDuff) “If need be!” 1 Peter 1:6 Three gracious words! Not one of all my tears has been shed for nothing! Not one stroke of the rod has been unneeded — or might have been spared! Your heavenly Father loves you too much, […]
THE BRIEF GOSPEL “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said,” “Only believe!” — Mark 5:36 The briefest of the “words of Jesus,” but one of the most comforting. They contain the essence and epitome of all saving truth. Reader, is Satan assailing you with tormenting fears? Is the thought of your sins — the guilty past — […]
A world without night! A heaven without a sun! (John MacDuff, “The Faithful Promiser”) “And the city has no need of sun or moon — for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light!” Revelation 21:23 “There shall be no night there!” Revelation 21:25 My soul! is it night with you here? Are you […]
“This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose Isaiah 28:12 “Whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” John 6:37 An invitation to every burdened Israelite—every way-worn pilgrim of the wilderness, to come for shelter under the branches of the Heavenly Palm! How these and such like gracious […]
(John MacDuff, “The Throne of Grace“) “The Holy Spirit helps us in our distress.” Rom. 8:26 You cannot live without the Holy Spirit. There cannot be . . . one heavenly aspiration, one breathing of love, one upward glance of faith without His gracious influences. Apart from Him, there is . . . no preciousness in […]
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2 The interpretation we propose for the adoption of the reader is that which regards the “law of the Spirit of life,” as describing the gospel of Christ, frequently denominated a “law”—and emphatically […]
Nothing can tame savage hearts! (John MacDuff) Oh, the human heart is deep in its corruptions, deep in its self-deceptions. “The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” Jeremiah 17:9 Nothing can tame savage hearts, but the regenerating power of the blessed Gospel. “I will cleanse you from […]
THE PROMISES OF GOD “For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in him.” 2 Cor. 1:20 God has made a Will, or Testament, in behalf of His people! It is signed and sealed. It cannot be altered- nothing can divest us of our inheritance. The bequest is His own “exceeding great and precious promises.” What a […]