The Heartsong
When we moved into a new house--new to us, at least--the place needed some fixing up. A friend offered to help. He was a retired businessman who found his joy in helping others. His name was James Pirrie, but his...
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Songs in the Night
"Hast not Thou made an hedge about him . . . ? Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?" (Job 1:10; 3:23) Job asks how life can be considered worth living...
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Praise Changes Things
A booklet bearing the title Prayer Changes Things was written by Dr. S. D. Gordon. It has made a deep impression on multitudes of Christians. In many homes these words may be found as a motto. We are all aware...
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Selah!
The word "selah" is frequently found in the Psalms, and stands for a musical sign, meaning "rest" or "pause." Now the life of the Church and the believer resembles a psalm composed and set to music by the One who...
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Singing or Sighing: Exodus 15
What a thrilling song that Moses and the children of Israel sang on the eastern banks of the Red Sea. They "sang unto the Lord" and it was all about the Lord. The first word of the chapter indicates the circumstances...
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The Harps of God
An amazing characteristic of the Book of Revelation is its combination of joys and terrors. The book is full of this. This combination is strange to our minds. Yet thus it is. Seals are broken and judgments take their course....
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David’s Shepherd & Mine
The roots of Psalm 23 reach back deep into the rocky soil of Psalm 22. The sheep can only reach the green pastures of Psalm 23 because the Shepherd of Psalm 22 held on His way among the wasteland. The...
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The Happy Christian
There is a prevalent idea today that though the righteous may be assured of reward in the coming world, they are generally speaking, unhappy here. The unrighteous, however, are largely free from trouble, it is suggested, whatever shadows may surround...
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Back to Basics
The Church in the first blush of its love for the Man who died for them had a creed of just three words: "Christ is Lord." It told them all they had come to know since they had put their...
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