Sermons & Devotionals by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Mary Wilder Tileston
Turn Your Whole Heart to God
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them that are sanctified. ACTS 20:32 ONLY the rays of God can cure the heart, Purge it of evil; there's no other way Except to turn with the whole heart to G... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Unfailing Love
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10 I saw a little child, with bandaged eyes, Put up its hands to feel its mothers' face; She bent, and took the tender groping palms, And pressed them to her lips a little spac... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Useful Life
Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. ISAIAH 51:3 If thou art living a righteous and a useful life, doing thy duty orderly and cheerfully where God has put thee, then thou art making sweeter melody in the ears of the Lord Jesus Christ, than if thou hadst the... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Wait for Light
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. --PSALMS 130:6 The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. --PSALMS 18:28 A SOUL that is patient waits with calm endur.ance for light before acting, and in virtue of this calm an... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Wait on the Lord
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord. PSALMS 27:14 WITH smile of trust and folded hands, The passive soul in waiting stands To feel, as flowers in the sun and dew, The One true Life its own renew. JOHN G. WHITTIER THE whole duty and bles... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Wait! Your Wings Are Not Grown
The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. LAMENTATIONS 3:25 BE patient till your wings are grown. I fear very much that you are too vehement and headlong in your wishes and attempts to fly. You see the beauty of spiritual light and good resolutions; you fancy that y... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Waiting or Doing
As his share is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his share be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall share alike. --1 SAMUEL 30:24 (R. V.) WORSHIP or service,--which? Ah, that is best To which He calls us, be it toil or rest,-- To labor for Him in life's busy stir, Or seek His feet, a silent ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
We Are Changed
Now, 0 Lord, Thou art our Father; we are the clay, and Thou our potter; and we all are the work of Thy hand. ISAIAH 64:8 To be conformed to the image of His Son. ROMANS 8:29 THOU shalt do what Thou wilt with Thine own hand. Thou form'st the spirit like the moulded clay; For those who love Thee keep ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
We Are Remembered
Love never faileth. 1 CORINTHIANS 8:8 (R.V.) Your heart shall live for ever. PSALMS 22:26 DEATH has no bidding to divide The souls that dwell in Thee; Yes, all who in the Lord abide Are of one family. THOMAS H. GILL WILL not our own lamented and beloved be there, in the array of happy spirits? Will ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
We Shall Do Valiantly
Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is that shall tread down our enemies. PSALMS 60:12 Create in me a clean heart, 0 God; and renew a right spirit within me. PSALMS 51:10 IF any man compares his own soul with the picture drawn in the New Testament of what a Christian ought to be; if any man... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Weariness into Joy
Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; let such as love Thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. PSALMS 40:16 Then will I go unto the altar of God; unto God, my exceeding joy. PSALMS 43:4 WE doubt the word that tells us: Ask, And ye shall have your prayer; We turn our... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
What Can We Offer
Hereby know we love, because He laid down His life for us. 1 JOHN 3:16 (R. V.) LOVE which outlives All sin and wrong, Compassion which forgives To the uttermost, and Justice whose clear eyes Through lapse and failure look to the intent, And judge our frailty by the life we meant. JOHN G. WHITTIER IN... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
What to Do?
Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? ACTS 10:6 EVERY task, however simple, sets the soul that does it free; Every deed of love and mercy, done to man is done to Me. HENRY VAN DYKE FOR each one of us, whether on a bed of pain, in feebleness and uncertainty of purpose such as comes with ill-health or o... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
What We Can Bear
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. PSALMS 119:54 My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 4:19 HOW must the pilgrim's load be borne? With staggering limbs and look forlorn? His Guide chose all that load within; There'... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Where We Are
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee. And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with thee. DEUTERONOMY 6:17,18 WE ought to become holy in the state in whi... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Why Praise God?
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O most High: to show forth Thy lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night. --PSALMS 92:1,2 PRAISE to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most s... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Why We Fight
From thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum, and The Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. ACTS 28:15 THROUGH the night of doubt and sorrow Onward goes the pilgrim band, Singing songs of expectation, Marching to the promised l... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Withhold Not Good
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. PROVERBS 3:27,28 DO not only take occasions of doing good when they are thrust upon you; but study how to ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Within the Ranks
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings. --1 PETER 4:12, 13 NOT more than I can bear I know Thou, dearest Lord, wilt on me lay, And I can learn of Th... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston
Work to Abide
The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. PSALMS 84:11 JUST to trust Him, this is all! Then the day will surely be Peaceful, whatsoe'er befall, Bright and blessed, calm and free. FRANCES R. HAVERGAL WHAT we sho... Read More
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