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Exhortation to Prayer
What various hindrances we meet
In coming to the mercy seat!
Yet who that knows the worth of prayer,
But wishes to be often there.Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw,
Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw,
Gives exercise to faith and love,
Brings every blessing fr ...
Crawling Many Years
When he was already over seventy- six years old and burdened by many ailments, Rev. J. Berridge still planned to travel to London, in the midst of winter, so he could fulfill his annual custom to preach there. For many years it was his custom to leave shortly after Christmas ...
Living in the Fear of the Lord
It is clear in the text that the poet desires to live in the fear of the Lord. To that end he wants to be delivered from the oppression of man. It is not always the same as to how we are oppressed and by whom we are oppressed. There is a common oppression which exists in the entire human race all ...
The Choice of Lot
It is probable that Abraham and Lot were standing on the high ground near Hebron. It commands a great view, both east and west. When you look to the west, the eye stretches over a large wilderness of vast extent, to where the sun sets in all its glory, in the Mediterranean. When you look to the e ...
Curatorium Announcement
We inform the consistories and congregations that the annual meeting of the Curatorium is scheduled for Wednesday, May 17, 2006, the Lord willing. The purpose of the meeting is to hear those who have received a consistorial attest for the calling either as a minister or as a missionary-minister. ...
Nehemiah’s Return
Nehemiah 13 Nehemiah traveled back to Persia, but after some time he again returned to Jerusalem. And what was the situation there? Were the people still living in the fear of God and trying to please Him in all they did? No! Nehemiah found that they had done thing ...
These Humbling Lessons (A letter to a friend)
I have been greatly comforted and encouraged by your letter, and do sincerely sympathize with you in all your tribulations, knowing that without them you cannot be a pastor after God’s own heart. How sad a thing it is to have a religion that knows nothing of communion with the Lord! How dead and ...
The Swiss Farmer and the Lord’s Day
In a fertile valley of Switzerland lived a young farmer. It was harvest time, and the golden grain swayed in the fields. On a Sunday afternoon, dark clouds gathered in the distance, a sure sign of rain. Not wanting to lose any of his crop, the young man called his helpers together, saying, “I wan ...
The Life of Ruth (12)
It was mealtime on the field. Boaz had prepared the meal by placing the bread and vinegar on the table for those who would partake of the food. As Ruth was working in the field, she saw something she had never seen before. She saw the reapers lay down their sickles and the binders bind their last ...
The Heidelberg Catechism (28) (Explained for Children)
The next three Lord’s Days speak about the Holy Supper, the second sacrament. Question 75: How art thou admonished and assured in the Lord’s Supper that thou art a partaker of that one sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross, and of all His benefits? ...
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