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Say It Now
In the autumn of 1860, with war looming, America was in turmoil. Many Wisconsin residents had journeyed to Chicago for a Stephen A. Douglas rally to consider the issues of the day. Just before midnight on September 7, a palatial side-wheel steamboat named the Lady Elgin left Chicago bound for Milwaukee with about 400 attendees…
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June 30, 2026 — The Sage In Old Age
With snow on the roof, “when I am old and grayheaded” (Ps 71:18), it doesn’t mean the hearth fire is out! It isn’t just that we face crises in our time, for which we seek the Lord’s timely help. Time itself is running away with us, and our days are numbered. The two large psalms before us…
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June 30 Petition Mission
“Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments” (Ps 119:73). Here we are reminded of the Purposer and His purpose. In forming us, the Lord made us each distinct from all other creatures. God said to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew…
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June 30
“God has spoken once, twice…” (Ps 62:11). Scottish physician W.P. Mackay remembered seeing his mother in agonizing prayer over his salvation. But it did not move him, and he grew increasingly godless. Years later, he treated a badly injured laborer. The man asked that his landlady be called, and to bring him “the Book.” Mackay…
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June 29, 2026 — Hurry, Lord!
We’re all driven by the pitiless and inexorable march of time. There is only one Lord of time. Trust Him. Squeezed in between the mighty Psalms 68 and 69 on one hand and Psalms 71 and 72 on the other, Psalm 70 is a repeated fragment of a psalm. Just five verses long, with only…
