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January 3 “I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure.” (Gen. 33:14) WHAT a beautiful picture of Jacob’s thoughtfulness for the cattle and the children! He would not allow them to be overdriven even for one day. He would not lead on accordingContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

January 2 “And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breath of the house was still upward and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.” (Ezek. 41:7.)Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”

5 JANUARY (BEGUN SUNDAY EVENING 8 JANUARY 1769) Anointed eyes ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.’ Genesis 1:1SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 19:1–14 It would make plain people more sensible of the advantage of the Word of God if they knew the uncertainty and perplexity of the wisest men, who were notContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

Homeward bound ‘And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.’ 1 Chronicles 17:17SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Chronicles 17:18–27 YouContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

3 JANUARY (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S MORNING 1773 [& 1783]) Safe thus far ‘And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?’ 1 Chronicles 17:16SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Exodus 18:1–12 That thou hast brought me hitherto. HereContinue reading “365 days with Newton”