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Mary Wilder Tileston

Mary Wilder Tileston

Very little is known about the author of Joy and Strength, Mary Wilder (Foote) Tileston (1843-1934), except her love of spiritual literature. Although she lived in the 19th century, her devotional selections capture biblical truths and values that will always endure. Joy and Strength is a compilation of thoughts and writings from giants of the faith including St. Augustine, Thomas a Kempis, Frederick William Faber and hundred of others. A previous book compiled by Tileston, Daily Strength for Daily Needs, shares the same love of literature and insight presented in Joy and Strength.
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Mary Wilder Tileston

Loving Others

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. --JAMES 2:8 DO you feel yourself alone and empty-hearted? Then you have necessity indeed for fortitude and brave endurance, but above all and before all you must get out of your solitude. You ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Loving Our Neighbor on Our Knees

Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord, in ceasing to pray for you. I SAMUEL 12:23 MORE things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a b... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Made For a Purpose

I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. --ISAIAH 48:17 JUST as God leads me I would go; I would not ask to choose my way; Content with what He will bestow, Assured He will not let me stray. So as He leads, my path I make, And step by... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Maintaining Trust

Teach me Thy way, 0 Lord; I will walk in Thy truth; unite my heart to fear Thy name. PSALMS 86:11 IF thou but suffer God to guide thee, And hope in Him through all thy ways, He'll give thee strength, whate'er betide thee, And bear thee through the evil days; Who trusts in God's unchanging love, Buil... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Make It Your Problem

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men. GALATIANS 6:10 She hath done what she could. MARK 14:8 VERY consoling words, if we can be sure they apply to us. Very pungent condemnation if they apply not, and we suffer opportunities to go by. The rule de.mands no impossibilities; but... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Marching Together

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? --HEBREWS 1:14 NEAR you in sympathy the angels stand, Their unseen hosts encompass you around; Strong and unconquerable the glorious band, And loud their songs and hymns of victory sound. And near ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Meeting God Daily

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord. Zephaniah 3:8 That you might be filled with all the fulness of God. Ephesians 3:19 What is our work when God a blessing would impart? To bring the empty vessel of a needy heart. RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH In praying, we are often occupied with ourselves, with ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Members of the Kingdom

Who hath delivered us from the power of dark-ness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son. COLOSSIANS 1:13 IT is right that we should have an aim of our own, determined by our individuality and our surround-ings; but this may readily degenerate into exclusive narrowness, unless it h... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

More Value

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? LUKE 12:6 Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. MATTHEW 10:31 The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon which He hath planted; where the birds make their nests; as... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Moving Forward With God

I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong, and of a good courage. JOSHUA 1:5,6 And all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do. EXODUS 24:3 OUR Lord teaches us not to shrink from the consequences which we may see to be involved in any c... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Music of the Lord

Our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name. --PSALMS 33:21 ON our way rejoicing as we homeward move, Hearken to our praises, O Thou God of love! Is there grief or sadness? Thine it cannot be! Is our sky beclouded? Clouds are not from Thee! On our way rejoicing as we hom... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

No Change

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also with all that therein is. DEUTERONOMY 10:14 FATHER, there is no change to live with Thee, Save that in Christ I grow from day to day; In each new word I hear, each thing I see, I but rejoicing hasten on my way. JONES ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

No Fear on the Journey

Let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them. DEUTERONOMY 20:3 SON of the living God! Oh, call us Once and again to follow Thee, And give us strength, whate'er befall us, Thy true disciples still to be. And if our coward hearts deny Thee, In inmost... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

No Matter the Circumstances

I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. --ISAIAH 45:3 GOD! Thou art Love! I build my faith on that! I know Thee, Thou hast kept my path and made Light for me in the dark... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Not As We Will

Not as I will, but as Thou wilt. MATTHEW 26:39 THY will, not mine, 0 Lord, However dark it be! Lead me by Thine own hand, Choose out the path for me. I dare not choose my lot; I would not, if I might; Choose Thou for me, my God; So shall I walk aright. HORATIUS BONAR CHOOSE but the will of God, and ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Not Attained

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Jesus Christ. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 LET no man think that sudden in a minute All is accomplished and the work is done;-- Though with thine earliest dawn t... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Not Despised

My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. PSALMS 73:26 O, LITTLE heart of mine! shall pain Or sorrow make thee moan, When all this God is all for thee, A Father and thine own? FRUERICK W. FABER MAKE allowance for infirmities of the flesh, which are ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Not Separated from Service

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. PSALMS 119:111 GIRT with the love of God on every side, Breathing that love as heaven's own healing air, I work or wait, still following my Guide, Braving each foe, escaping every snare. HORATIUS SONAR THE ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Not the Asking, But the Kneeling

I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of Thy wings. --PSALMS 61:4 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel. --PSALMS 16:7 WOULD it not be possible for every man to double his intellectual force by keeping much in the company of Infinite Wisdom? --E. P. TENNEY I ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Obey the Call

Choose life, . . . that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him; for He is thy life, and the length of thy days. --DEUTERONOMY 30:19,20 GOD gently calls us every day: Why should we then our bliss delay? He calls to heaven and endle... Read More

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