“The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.” Psalm 19:8 There is a kind of order wherein God Himself is generally pleased to use these means in bringing a sinner to salvation. One goes senselessly on in his own way. God comes upon him unaware—by an awakening sermon or conversation, an…

The Lord is my strength and song and He has become my salvation. Exodus 15:2 “Yes,” say some, “but God has appointed another way: ‘Stand still ad see that salvation of God.’” Let us examine the Scriptures t which you refer. The first of them, with the context, runs thus: “10 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites…

O merciful GOD, by whose bounty alone it is, that this day is added to my life, I beseech thee so to guide me in it by thy grace, that I may do nothing which may dishonor thee, or wound my own soul, but that I may diligently apply myself to all such good works…

“Eat this bread and drink this cup.” 1 Corinthians 11:26 All who desire an increase of the grace of God are to wait for it, thirdly, in partaking of the Lord’s Supper, for this also is a direction the Lord Himself gave. “The same night which He was Betrayed (He) took bread; and…broke it and…

“All Scripture is given…of God.” 2 Timothy 3:16 Hearing, reading, and meditating on the scriptures is a means whereby god no only gives, but also confirms and increases, true wisdom. St. Paul wrote to Timothy: From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation though faith which…

“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” Isaiah 55:6 Suppose one knows this salvation to be the gift and the work of God, and suppose further that he or she is convinced also that they do not have this gift, how might they attain to it. If…

O holy LORD, who art a merciful embracer of true penitents, but yet a consuming fire towards obstinate sinners; be you pleased to soften and melt this hard heart, that I may bewail the iniquities of my life. Strike this rock, O LORD, that the waters may flow out. My drowsy soul has too long…

O merciful LORD, who has made of one blood, and redeemed by one ransom, all nations of men, let me never harden my bowels against any that partake of the same nature and redemption with me, but grant me charity towards all men. Give me, O you Father of compassions, such a tenderness and meltingness…

Agreeable to this his one desire, is the one design of his life, namely, “not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent him.” His one intention at all times and in all things is, not to please himself, but Him whom his soul loveth. He has a single eye. And…