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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

Strong in His Strength

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. --PSALMS 60:4 MY cloud of battle.dust may dim, His veil of splendor curtain Him; And, in the midnight of my fear, I may not feel Him standing near: But, as I lift mine eyes above, His banner over me is lo... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Strong to the End

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13 STAND then in His great might, With all His strength endued; But take, to arm you for the fight, The panoply of God. Leave no unguarded place, No weakness of the soul; Take every virtue, every grace, And fortify the... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Submission, Not Fretting

His heart fretteth against the Lord. PROVERBS 19:3 I know, 0 Lord, that Thy judgments are right and that Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me PSALMS 119:75 AND my soul complaineth not, For no pain or fears dismay her; Still she clings to God in faith, Trusts Him though lie seem to slay her. 'Tis w... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Surrender in Faith

Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. LUKE 1:38 OH, let my thought, my actions, and my will Obedient solely to Thy impulse move, My heart and senses keep Thou blameless still, Fixed and absorbed in Thine unbounded love. Thy praying, teaching, striving, in my heart, Le... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Take It to the Lord

Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you. 1 PETER 5:7 HOW gentle God's commands! How kind His precepts are! Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, And trust His constant care. His goodness stands approved Down to the present day; I'll drop my burden at His feet, And bear a song away. PHIL... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Take Up Wings

Oh, that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. PSALMS 55: 6 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles. ISAIAH 40:31 IS there no way of escape for us when in trouble or distress? Must we just plod wearily through it... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Tell Him Your Thoughts

My soul is also sore vexed; but Thou, 0 Lord, how long? Return, 0 Lord, deliver my soul; oh, save me for Thy mercies' sake. PSALMS 6:3, 4 I LAY my head upon Thy infinite heart, I hide beneath the shelter of Thy wing; Pursued and tempted, helpless, I must cling To Thee, my Father; bid me not depart, ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Telling the Truth

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord, but they that deal truly are His delight. PROVERBS 12:22 Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor; for we are members one of another. EPHESIANS 4:25 IT seems to me, that the shortest way to check the darker forms of deceit is to s... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Temptations Can Be Opportunities

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. JAMES 1:2,3 TEMPTATION is surely an assault to be withstood, but at the same time it is an opportunity to be seized. Viewed in this light, life becomes inspiring, not in ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Thankfulness, Not Longing

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. --EXODUS 16:12 SAVE our blessings, Master, save From the blight of thankless eye, Teach us for all joys to crave Benediction pure and high, Own them given, endure them gone, Shrink from their hardening touch, yet prize them won, Prize them as ri... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Acceptance of the Divine

I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. ISAIAH 16 WHEN over dizzy heights we go, One soft hand blinds our eyes,... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Best Thing

Rejoice in the Lord alway; and again I say, Rejoice. PHILIPPIANS 4:4 REJOICE in hope and fear; Rejoice in life and death; Rejoice when threatening storms are near, And comfort languisheth: When should not they rejoice Whom Christ His brethren calls,-- Who hear and know His guiding voice When on thei... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Call to Live in Him

Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you; abide ye in my love. --JOHN 15:9 (R. V.) ABIDE IN ME: These words are the command of love, which is ever only a promise in a different shape. Think of this until all feeling of burden and fear and despair pass away, and the first thought that ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Christian Service

Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? --1 CHRONICLES 29:5 My blessed task from day to day Is humbly, gladly, to obey. --HARRIET MCEWEN KIMBALL THE only way to restore a weakened will is by exercising itself in details of duty, it may be in small.est acts of obedience,... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Correct Perspective

My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work. --JOHN 4:34 THEY who tread the path of labor follow where My feet have trod; They who work without complaining do the holy will of God. --HENRY VAN DYKE WHENCE comes it that we have so many com.plaints, each saying that his occup... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Divine Example

He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked. I JOHN 2:6 SINCE our way is troublesome and obscure, He commands us to mark His footsteps, tread where His feet have stood, and not only invites us forward by the argument of His example, but He hath trodden down much ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Divine Shepherd Hears His Sheep

He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee. ISAIAH 30:19 THAT Was the Shepherd of the flock; He knew The distant voice of one poor sheep astray; It had forsaken Him, but He was true, And listened for its bleating night and day. And thou, fa... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Endurance of God

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. --REVELATION 2:10 Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for Thy law is my delight. --PSALMS 19:77 O BLESSED life! the heart at rest When all without tumultuous seems; That trusts a higher Will, and deems That higher Will, not mine, t... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Eternal End

That we . . . may grow up in all things into Him, which is the head, even Christ; from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itse... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

The Fullest Peace

To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. LUKE 1:77-79 BELIEVE... Read More

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