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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

God So Loved

God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. JOHN 3:16 LET your love be wide as His, With the whole world around His knees; Gather into your warm heart All His creatures,--not a part; So your love shall be li... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

God Will Be Acknowledged

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. ROMANS 12:11 LET us begin from this moment to acknowledge Him in all our ways, and do everything, whatsoever we do, as service to Him and for His glory, depending upon Him alone for wisdom, and strength, and sweetness, and patience, and ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

God Will Take Care Of You

Great peace have they which love Thy law; and they have none occasion of stumbling. --PSALMS 119:165 (R. V.) IN Thy might all things I bear, In Thy love find bitter sweet, And with all my grief and care, Sit in patience at Thy feet. --A. H. FRANCKE WHAT you need to do, is to put your will over compl... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

God's Commands are Not a Burden

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not grievous. 1 JOHN 5:3 His commandments grievous are not, Longer than men think them so; Though He send me forth, I care not, Whilst He gives me strength to go. FRANCIS QUARLES FOR nothing is grievous or burdensom... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

God's Own Work Done By Us

In the shadow of His hand hath He hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in His quiver hath He hid me; and said unto me, Thou art my servant, 0 Israel, in whom I will be glorified. ISAIAH 49:2,3 THE glory is not in the task, but in The doing it for Him. JEAN INGELOW IT is wholly impossible to live ac... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

God's Peace for Our Anxieties

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 4:6,7 (RV) JUST think of having His wonderful ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

God's Purpose Revealed

That the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:11 THE fretting friction of our daily life, Heart-weariness with loving patience borne, The meek endurance of the inward strife, The painful crown of thorn, Prepare the heart for God's own dwelling-place, Adorn w... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Good Cheer

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer. ACTS 27:22 I will be glad and rejoice in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, 0 Thou most High. PSALMS 9:2 IF you have a murmuring spirit, you cannot have true cheerfulness; it will generally show in your countenance and your voice. Some little fretfulness ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Good is His Will

Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee. PSALMS 70:4 LORD! along this earthly way Thou Thy pilgrim greetest; To Thy thankful child each day Thou Thy love repeatest; Thou dost bid me weep no more, Thou dost teach this song to soar, Thou dost all the sweetness pour When my life is swe... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Growing Without Willing

Behold the fowls of the air ... consider the lilies of the field. MATTHEW 6:26,28 WAS in the act of kneeling down before the Lord my God, when a little bird came and perched near my window, and thus preached to me: "O thou grave man, look on me, and learn something, if not the deepest lesson, then a... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Growth in Holiness

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. --2 CORINTHIANS 2:14 FIGHT the good fight With all thy might; Christ is thy Strength, and Christ thy Right; Lay hold on life, And it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally. --J. B. S. MONSELL LET the first act on waking be to place ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

Happiness of God

Art Thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. HABAKKUK 1:12 My meditation of Him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the Lord. PSALMS 104:34 THE more our ideas about God are multiplied, the more various our thoughts, and images, and recollections of things which have t... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

He Awaits An Invitation

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me. REVELATION 3:20 0 LOVE Divine!--whose constant beam Shines on the eyes that will not see, And waits to bless us, while we dream Thou leavest us because w... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

He Knows More

He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him. DANIEL 2:22 TAKE it on trust a little while; Soon shalt thou read the mystery right In the full sunshine of His smile. JOHN KEBLE GOD is too wise not to know all about us, and what is really best for us to be, and to have. And He i... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

He Longs for Our Love

Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. JEREMIAH 31:3 MY song is love unknown; My Saviour's love to me; Love to the loveless shown, That they might lovely be. SAMUEL CROSSMAN HE so governs and shapes all the circumstances of life, that if we ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

He Loves the Effort

But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. EPHESIANS 2:4,5 LORD, to Thy call of me I bow, Obey like Abraham; Thou lov'st me becaase Thou art Thou, And I am what I am. Doubt whispers, "thou art such ... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

He Will Give Light

The Lord will lighten my darkness. 2 SAMUEL 22:29 Upon whom doth not His light arise? JOB 25:3 HOPE, then, though woes be doubled, Hope, and be undismayed; Let not thy heart be troubled, Nor let it be afraid. This prison where thou art, Thy God will break it soon, And flood with light thy heart In H... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

He Will Hear

We know not what we should pray for as we ought. ROMANS 8:26 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do. DANIEL 9:19 GRANT us not the ill We blindly ask; in very love refuse Whate'er Thou know'st our weakness would abuse. JOHN KEBLE WE know not precisely what is best for us. We know not w... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

He Will Help You!

Let not your hearts faint; fear not, and do not tremble. DEUTERONOMY 20:3 THOU wilt be near me, Father, when I fail, For Thou hast called me now to be Thy son, And when the foe within me may assail, Help me to say in Christ, "Thy will be done;" This ever calms, this ever gives me rest; There is no f... Read More
Mary Wilder Tileston

He Will Teach His Ways

That which I see not teach Thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more. JOB 34:32 He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths. ISAIAH 2:3 YES, take my heart, and in it rule; Direct it as it pleaseth Thee; I will be silent in Thy school, And learn whate'er Thou teachest me.... Read More

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