Category Archives: Bible

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”

Lloyd Cassel Douglas, an American minister and author, was born Doya C. Douglas. American writer who published popular novels about religious and moral issues. Douglas’s first book, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, appeared in 1929 and became a huge success. The work was rejected by two major publishers. It was issued by a small religious publishing firm andContinue reading “Lloyd C Douglas, 1877-1951”

May 20th The realm of the real In your patience possess ye your souls. Luke 21:19. When a man is born again, there is not the same robustness in his thinking or reasoning for a time as formerly. We have to make an expression of the new life, to form the mind of Christ. “AcquireContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”