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The Voice of Jesus in the Storm! By Newman Hall "When they saw Him walking on the lake, they thought He was a ghost. They cried out, because they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke to them and said: Take heart! It is I! Do not be afraid. " Mark 6:49-50 (Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-... Read More

JEWELS from JAMES (Choice devotional selections from the works of John Angell James) We must learn it by painful experience! The death of Christian friends should impress us with, even as it shows us—the vanity of the world . All that poetry ever wrote, even the most mournful, beautiful, and pensive... Read More

Spiritual Arithmetic Charles Naylor, 1918 Spiritual arithmetic is an important branch of study for the Christian. He who is not able to count properly in the spiritual life, may come to some very wrong conclusions. It is important, therefore, that he give his attention to learning how to count accur... Read More

Patience and Her Perfect Work Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, Jan. 9, 1850, by J. C. Philpot "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect a... Read More

The Golden Chain of Tribulation and Love Preached at Eden Street Chapel, on August 15, 1852, by J. C. Philpot "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; knowing, that tribulation works patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope--and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of... Read More

The Northern Iron and the Steel Preached at Trinity Chapel, on Thursday evening, August 22, 1846, by J. C. Philpot "Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?" Jeremiah 15:12 Some people object very much to the use of figures in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. They say that the truths o... Read More

A Fourfold Salvation Arthur Pink Introduction 1. Salvation from the PLEASURE of sin 2. Salvation from the PENALTY of sin 3. Salvation from the POWER of sin 4. Salvation from the PRESENCE of sin Summary INTRODUCTION In 1918 we wrote a booklet entitled "A Threefold Salvation," and in 1929 published th... Read More

Patient Waiting James Smith, 1842 "But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently." Romans 8:25 The objects of our hope are all future , all good , and all promised . We expect them because God has promised them; on His word do we hope. There is not an evil — but we hope to be ... Read More

Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon Psalm 119 INTRODUCTION This psalm has no special title, nor is any author's name mentioned. It is the longest psalm, and this is a sufficiently distinctive name for it. In size, it equals twenty-two psalms of the average length of the Songs of Degrees. It is not ju... Read More

All Joy in All Trials Charles Spurgeon Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington 02/04/1883 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting n... Read More