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The Lord is not far from every one of us
How close and tender the love which the Lord bears to his people! Nothing is so mean as to be overlooked by the providence of God; and scarcely anything is so minute as not to be capable of either injuring or profiting the soul.
May the Mind of Christ My Savior - Hymn
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Philippians 2:5”
This is a hymn written before 1913 by Kate B. Wilkinson. It’s based on Philippians 2:5: Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.
Church and State by John Edwin Whitteker
“There is nothing more difficult, these times, than to keep the Church out of politics. And this difficulty is intensified where a Christian principle is at stake… This is not the Church’s work: it is the province of the Church to knock at men’s hearts and get the name of God written there – written there by the blood of the New Covenant…
Says Jesus, "Follow Me"
“Follow him as the Friend of sinners, who heals the broken in heart, and gives rest to weary souls, and casts out none that come unto him.” The following devotion is from Bogatzky’s Golden Treasury
Come ye thankful people come
According to an online website specializing in hymns, Come ye thankful people come appears in 608 hymnals. On the one hand it’s a song of gratitude to the Lord for the food provided in this year’s harvest.
God's Love
“We are apt to judge God by ourselves, and to imagine that because we change, He must.”
“Not only may we say that “God so loved the world," but also, God so loves the world.
God's Hand
Christians have their treasures in such a high place, even in God, that no thief can rob them; and they are sure to have enough in God.
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Jesus Shall Reign Where'er The Sun - Hymn by Isaac Watts
It will add to our appreciation of this hymn to know that on a certain occasion it was used most impressively in the South Sea Isles.
“King George, the ruler of the islands, gave his people a new constitution and exchanged the heathen for a Christian form of government.
Philip Melanchthon by Joseph Stump
In the great Reformation of the 16th Century, Melanchthon stands next to Luther alone. Yet he is unknown to many intelligent Christians.
“The brilliant intellectual gifts of Melanchthon elicited the unqualified admiration of Luther, Erasmus, and in fact of all his contemporaries.
