The apocryphal story is told of a young lady who was lent a book by a close friend. She tried very hard to read it through, understand and enjoy it, but failed completely. Then one day she met a young man. They became acquainted, fell in love, and were soon engaged to be married. It […]
We may enjoy the perpetual recognition of the presence of Christ. “The world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me (John 14:19). Nothing makes men so humble and yet so strong as the vision of Christ. It induces humility. When Isaiah beheld His glory more resplendent than the sheen of the sapphire throne, he […]
It was 1875. In those days Russia stood like a fortress walled up to heaven, with bars and gates. For a limited time, at a crucial period, God opened a door for evangelism. While the dawdlers were getting ready, Frederick Baedeker saw that door open and entered. His story reads like a commentary on Ephesians […]
Donald Ross, the veteran Scottish evangelist, was a tireless worker for God. Hy Pickering, in Chief Men Among the Brethren, writes: “. . . He toiled for the perishing; at fairs and races, in tents and halls, in barns and chapels, in music halls and theatres, in cottages and in the open air, he sounded […]
I was on my way up the Great North Road, home to my dear wife and two little girls, after nearly two months of working with the Lord in Kent, England. Ahead of me I saw a tramp, unsuccessfully “thumbing” for a ride. By the look on his face, he was staggered as I braked […]
We are bombarded today with the opinions of self-styled scholars. However, not everything that calls itself scholarship is worthy of all acceptation. Neither is everything that pridefully poses as intellectualism to be swallowed. The Gnostics presented themselves as “the knowing ones,” men who had superior knowledge. Yet the Apostle John told the believers that they […]