Category Archives: Bible

22 MAY Called to leave ‘Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee.’ Genesis 12:1SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Matthew 10:32–39 The Lord called Abraham to leave his father’s house. By this is signified theContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

May 21st Divine reasonings of faith But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33. Immediately we look at these words of Jesus, we find them the most revolutionary statement human ears ever listened to. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God.”Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

May 21 “I call to remembrance my song in the night.”(Psalm 77:6.) I HAVE read somewhere of a little bird that will never sing the melody his master wishes while his cage is full of light. He learns a snatch of this, a bar of that, but never an entire song of its own untilContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

21 MAY The God of glory ‘The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia.’ Acts 7:2SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Acts 7:1–8 When Abraham was in a state of ignorance, and probably an idolater, God revealed himself unto him (Acts 7:2) as the God of glory. Thus the work begins inContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

Missionaries in Japan and founders of the Oriental Missionary SocietyCharles and Lettie Cowman from The ScriptoriumBorn in Toulon, Illinois, Charles Cowman moved with his family to Thayer, Iowa, birthplace of Lettie Burd, when he was two years old. They became childhood sweethearts and were married in 1889. They moved to Chicago and were converted atContinue reading “Charles Elmer Cowman 1864-1924”