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January 20 “Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.” (Eccles. 7:3.) WHEN sorrow comes under the power of Divine grace, it works out a manifold ministry in our lives. Sorrow reveals unknown depths in the soul, and unknown capabilities of experience and service. Gay, triflingContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 19 “Men ought always to pray and not to faint.” (Luke 18:1.) GO to the ant.” Tammerlane used to relate to his friends an anecdote of his early life. “I once,” he said, “was forced to take shelter from my enemies in a ruined building, where I sat alone many hours. Desiring to divertContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 18 “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ.” (2 Cor. 2:14.) GOD gets His greatest victories out of apparent defeats. Very often the enemy seems to triumph for a little, and God lets it be so; but then He comes in and upsets all the work of theContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 17 “O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee.” (Dan. 6:20.) HOW many times we find this expression in the Scriptures, and yet it is just this very thing that we are so prone to lose sight of. We know it is written “theContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 16 “And there arose a great storm.” (Mark 4:37.) SOME of the storms of life come suddenly: a great sorrow, a bitter disappointment, a crushing defeat. Some come slowly. They appear upon the ragged edges of the horizon no larger than a man’s hand, but, trouble that seems so insignificant spreads until it coversContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”