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October 6 “He opened not his mouth.” (Isa. 53:7.) HOW much grace it requires to bear a misunderstanding rightly, and to receive an unkind judgment in holy sweetness! Nothing tests the Christian character more than to have some evil thing said about him. This is the file that soon proves whether we are electro-plate orContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

6 OCTOBER Sin cries out ‘And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.’ GenesisContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

October 5th The bias of degeneration Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. Romans 5:12. The Bible does not say that God punished the human race for one man’s sin; but that the disposition of sin,Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

October 5 “It came to pass … that the brook dried up.”(1 Kings 17:7.) THE education of our faith is incomplete if we have not learned that there is a providence of loss, a ministry of failing and of fading things, a gift of emptiness. The material insecurities of life make for its spiritual establishment.Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”

5 OCTOBER Faithful in teaching others ‘For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgement; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.’ Genesis 18:19SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Deuteronomy 6:1–25Continue reading “365 days with Newton”