All stand while one or more of the following anthems are sung or said I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand... Read More
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place therof shall know it no more. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. — What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole w... Read More
The dust shall return to the earth as it was. It is sown in corruption; it is sown in dishonour; it is sown in weakness; it is sown a natural body. — The first man is of the earth, earthy. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. — One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quie... Read More
MEMORISE: ‘So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.’ (Ps 90:12) READ: Psalm 90:12 The year 2004 may appear very long to many, but it takes wisdom to see the whole from its parts. This passage gives the average age of man on planet Earth as 70 years. This is split int... Read More
Q.1 Who is the only self-existent Being? ANSWER. God is the only self-existent Being. Ex. 3. 14; Psa. 90. 2; Isa. 45. 5, 22; Jn. 8.58. Q.2 Ought everyone to believe that there is a God? ANSWER. Everyone ought to believe that there is a God, and it is their great sin and folly who do not. Psa. 9.17; ... Read More
Genesis does not begin with any counsels nor even with the existence of God, though both are given in the New Testament. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth": this is the opening of the creation. There is nothing of counsels, but you are before the world, and also get more in the... Read More
READING 1 Passing by the numbering of the people and the redemption of the firstborn, we might begin with the laws and appointments of chapter 5; they were to keep the camp holy - put out the leper, and so on - "that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell." God's dwelling with the... Read More
Don't Forget God! by Harold Vaughan Scripture Reading --Ecclesiastes 12:1a "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." Remember now. Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow may never come; therefore, today is the time on which we must focus. The Bible tells us to redeem the time, our most valuable ... Read More
1. This Psalm is that from which the Devil dared to tempt our Lord Jesus Christ: let us therefore attend to it, that thus armed, we may be enabled to resist the tempter, not presuming in ourselves, but in Him who before us was tempted, that we might not be overcome when tempted. Temptation to Him wa... Read More
Psalm 90(89) Domine, refugium 1 O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next. 2 Before the mountains were born or the earth or the world brought forth, you are God, without beginning or end. 3 You turn men back to dust and say: "Go back, sons of men." 4 To your eyes a thousand ye... Read More
Burial of the Dead: Rite I
AUGUST 17 - evening
DECEMBER 8 - evening
NUMBER YOUR DAYS
Gadsby's Catechism
Hints on the Book of Genesis
Readings on Numbers
Don't Forget God!
Exposition on Psalm 91
Book IV