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11 FEBRUARY (PREACHED 6 FEBRUARY 1777) He hears the feeblest cry for mercy ‘What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: then hear thou in heaven thy dwellingContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

February 15 “Fret not thyself.” (Psalm 37:1.) DO not get into a perilous heat about things. If ever heat were justified, it was surely justified in the circumstances outlined in the Psalm. Evil-doers were moving about clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously every day. “Workers of iniquity” were climbing into the supremeContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

February 14 “And again I say, Rejoice.” (Phil. 4:4.)IT is a good thing to rejoice in the Lord. Perhaps you have tried this, and the first time seemed to fail. Never mind, keep right on and when you cannot feel any joy, when there is no spring, and no seeming comfort and encouragement, still rejoice,Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”

February 13 “The hill country shall be thine.” (Josh. 17:18, R. V.) THERE is always room higher up. When the valleys are full of Canaanites, whose iron chariots withstand your progress, get up into the hills, occupy the upper spaces. If you can no longer work for God, pray for those who can. If youContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

February 12 “Your heavenly Father knoweth.” (Matt. 6:32.) AVISITOR at a school for the deaf and dumb was writing questions on the blackboard for the children. By and by he wrote this sentence: “Why has God made me to hear and speak, and made you deaf and dumb?”The awful sentence fell upon the little onesContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”