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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

Selfish Conversation

Thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee. --JEREMIAH 7:27 HIS eyes were bright with intelligence and trained powers of observation; and they were beautiful with kindliness, and with the well-bred habit of giving com.plete attention to other people and their affai... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Serenity in Christ

Make me to go in the path of Thy commandments, for therein do I delight. --PSALMS 119:35 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. --JOHN 14:27 THEN may Thy glorious, perfect will Be evermore ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Serve His Will

And, whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. COLOSSIANS 3:23 IF you love Him as I want you to do, you will offer Him the whole use of your day, as you open your eyes to the light of each morning, to be spent in active service or silent suffering, according to His good ple... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Short Time for God

It is good for me to draw near to God. PSALMS 73:28 AND the sea of care grows still In the shining of Thy smile; And Thy love's all-quickening ray Chases night and pain away, That my heart grows light the while. WOLFGANG CHRISTOPH DESSLER IF we believe that God is always at hand, always ready to hea... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Singleness of Heart

He that in these things serveth Christ is accept.able to God, and approved of men. --ROMANS 14:18 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all Thy commandments. --PSALMS 119:6 TRUE fidelity consists in obeying God in all things, and in following the light that points out our duty, and t... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Small Things Give Anxiety

The Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times in all ways. 2 THESSALONIANS 3:16 (R. V.) Thou shalt hide them in the secret of Thy presence. PSALMS 31:20 LET my life be hid in Thee, Life of life and Light of light! Love's illimitable sea,,br> Depth of peace, of power the height! Let my life b... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Source of Peace

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in His ways . . . Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. PSALMS 128:1,2 WE think it a gallant thing, to be fluttering up to heaven with our wings of knowledge and speculation; whereas the highest mystery of a divine life here, an... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Spirit's Leading

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. GALATIANS 5:25 He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness. JOHN 8:12 NO, my dear Lord, in following Thee, Not in the dark, uncertainly, This foot obedient moves; 'Tis with a Brother and a King, Who many to His yoke will bring; Who ever l... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Spring of Life

Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. PSALMS 145:16 THERE'S not a craving in the mind Thou dost not meet and still; There's not a wish the heart can have Which Thou dost not fulfil. FMERICK W. FABER YOU will see the truth about the eternal life soon; I don't think... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Stay Close to God

According to your faith be it unto you. MATTHEW 9:29 Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? JOHN 11:40 FIND that while faith is steady nothing can disquiet me, and when faith totters nothing can establish me. If I ramble out among means and creatur... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Staying By the Way

That they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glori-fied. ISAIAH 61:3 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 PETER 1:11 HAST thou a sense of the way to the Father? ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Staying Near the Power

Nevertheless, I am continually with Thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand. --PSALMS 73:23 FAITH is a grasping of Almighty power; The hand of man laid on the arm of God; The grand and blessed hour In which the things, impossible to me, Become the possible, O Lord, through Thee. --ANNA E. HAMILTO... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Steady Prayer

Continuing steadfastly in prayer. ROMANS 12:12 (R. V.) PRAYER is a preparation for danger, it is the armor for battle. Go not into the dangerous world without it. You kneel down at night to pray and drowsiness weighs down your eyelids. A hard day's work is a kind of excuse, and you shorten your pray... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Stones God is Shaping

Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. EPHESIANS 2:20-22 WHEN God afflicts thee, think He hews a rugged stone, Which mu... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Strength For the Weary Heart

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. PSALMS 31:24 Lord, all my desire is before Thee. PSALMS 39:9 THINK not again the wells of Life to fill, By any conscious act of your own will; Retire within the silence of your soul, And let God's Spirit enter, and... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Strength For What Comes

Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me. 2 TIMOTHY 4:17 TO His own the Saviour giveth Daily strength; To each troubled soul that liveth, Peace at length. KARL RUDOLPH HAGE... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Strength in Christ

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. PHILIPPIANS 4:13 Let him take hold of my strength. ISAIAH 27:5 THOU canst o'ercome this heart of mine, Thou wilt victorious prove; For everlasting strength is Thine, And everlasting love. CHARLES WESLEY WE are conscious of our own weakness a... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Strength to Walk

Blessed are all they that wait for Him. ISAIAH 30:19 I WILL trust again His love, His power, Though I cannot feel His hand to-day; To His help anew I will betake me, Though His countenance seems turned away! Though without one smile, one gracious token, Through the flames and floods my path must go,... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Strengthen or Remove

According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue. --2 PETER 1:3 WE often try in vain to cut up our errors by the roots, to fight evil hand to hand on its own ground, where it has us ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Strong in Christ

Strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. EPHESIANS 3:16,17 MAY we not only be delivered from the outward act or word that grieves Thee, but may the very springs of our nature be purified! F. B. MEYER TAKE the last transient swell of petty... Read More

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