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Prayer Day
May the Lord give us and our children, with the congregations, a deep impression of our dependency upon the Lord, but also of our unworthiness due to the Fall in Paradise, and that, day after day, we have no right to any outward or inward blessings. It has all been sinned away, but sti ...
Never Leave Your Place Vacant
Beloved Congregation,This time I should like to direct a personal word to the parents and the children of the congregation.The regular catechism classes have again begun. May God’s richest blessing rest upon the instructions which are being given. Go ...
The Riddle Solved
Jacob’s life had been very eventful, not only before he came to Jabbok but especially after. God’s way with him went through deep waters.We know what happened to Dinah and especially what followed. What grief Jacob experienced about this. On his deathbed he had not ye ...
Prayer Day
May the Lord give us and our children, with the congregations, a deep impression not only of our dependency upon the Lord but also of our unworthiness due to the fall in Paradise and the knowledge that day after day we have no right to any outward or inward blessings. They have all bee ...
Glad Tidings
Oh, may the Lord guide my pen and grant a little light to write something about the right and true meaning of the illustrious event which we now commemorate. We read in James 1:17, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with wh ...
Christmas
Christmas is properly called “The Feast of the Father,” for from eternity the Father ordained His Son to be Surety, Mediator, and Head of the Covenant of Grace. In Isaiah 42 the Son is called “The Servant of the Father.” From eternity He was in the bosom of the Father and coessential w ...
At the Close of 1949
Beloved Friends:At the end of this year, we together may well declare: “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not” (Lamentations 3:22). May deep humility fill our hearts. In the course of this year, several members from amo ...
In Conflict with Our Confession of Faith
Beloved Congregation:The wiles of Satan are becoming increasingly greater the older the world gets, the nearer the end approaches. Everything shows plainly that Satan has only a short time left. He is doing everything in his power to draw people away from God and from ...
Meekness
God’s children are called “meek.” In Galatians 5 Paul listed it as one of the fruits of the Spirit. In true conversion, God takes away the stony heart and gives a heart of flesh. A meek and quiet spirit is precious in God’s sight. It is a blessing when the Word of God is received in me ...
The Practice of Self-Denial
The question was once put to an old minister as to how far he had progressed in the part of self-denial. He answered, “I have yet to begin with it.”Christ placed it as a requirement for his disciples in Matthew 16:24, even as a necessity for those who would follow Him ...
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