Some have an art to flatter and deceive

Truth in our words, is opposed to all deceit. The heart and tongue should go together, as the dial goes exactly with the sun. To speak fair to one’s face, and not to mean what one speaks, is no better than a lie. His words were smoother than oil —- but war was...

Kill Yourself With Worry?

When we wonder what God is doing with us, and are ready to kill ourselves with worry -— let us rest in God’s wisdom. He knows best what he has to do. “Your way went through the sea, and Your path through the great waters, but Your footprints were...

Wounding the Saints

The wicked make wounds in the backs of the saints and then pour in vinegar; but God writes down their cruelty. Believers are a part of Christ’s mystical body; and for every drop of a saint’s blood spilt — God puts a drop of wrath in his vial! —...

The Faithfulness of God

What a word is that in Psalm 36:5, Thy mercy, “O Lord, is in the heavens; and Thy faithfulness unto the clouds.” Far above all finite comprehension is the unchanging faithfulness of God. Everything about God is great, vast, incomparable. He never forgets,...