_Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men_.–COL. iii. 22, 23.

Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to… Continue reading →

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.–MATT. xxvi. 41.

I want a sober mind, A self-renouncing will, That tramples down and casts behind The baits of pleasing ill; A spirit still prepared, And armed with jealous care, Forever… Continue reading →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.–PS. xxiii. 1.
They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.–PS. xxxiv. 10.

God, who the universe doth hold In his fold, Is my shepherd kind and heedful, Is… Continue reading →

_That ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God_.–ROM. xii. 2.

Thou knowest what is best; And who but Thee, O God, hath power to know? In Thy great will my trusting heart shall… Continue reading →

_In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul_.–PS. xciv. 19.
Perplexed, but not in despair; cast down, but not destroyed.–2 COR. iv. 8, 9.

Discouraged in the work of life, Disheartened by its load, Shamed… Continue reading →

_Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him_.–I KINGS xix. 18.

He went down to the great school with a glimmering of… Continue reading →

_Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord_.–MATT. xxv. 23.

O father! help us to resign Our hearts,… Continue reading →

As for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.–DEUT. xviii. 14.

Lord, for the erring thought Not into evil wrought; Lord, for the wicked will Betrayed and baffled still; For the heart from itself kept,… Continue reading →

_Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you_?–I COR. iii. 16.

Father! replenish with Thy grace This longing heart of mine; Make it Thy quiet dwelling-place, Thy sacred inmost… Continue reading →

_For Thou Invest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which Thou hast made: for never wouldest Thou have made any thing, if Thou hadst hated it. But Thou sparest all: for they are Thine, O Lord, Thou lover… Continue reading →