"He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble." Psalm 91:15 Oh, the precious presence of God with a man, will sweeten every fiery dispensation, and take off much of the bitterness and dreadfulness of it. In the gracious presence of God with us lies, our greatest happine... Read More
In case of illness, the Minister of the Congregation is to be notified. At the ministration, one or more parts of the following service are used, as appropriate, but when two or more are used together, they are used in the order indicated. The Lord's Prayer is always included. Part One of this servi... Read More
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not... Read More
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. — My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in tro... Read More
Be not far from me; for trouble is near. How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? — Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; le... Read More
On Spiritual Knowledge, Love and the Perfection of Living: One Hundred Texts 126:5) If you search out the Lord and patiently wait for Him until the firstlings of His righteousness grow in you, you will reap a rich crop of divine knowledge. The light of wisdom will illuminate you and you will become ... Read More
While Jeremiah was left at Jerusalem to witness the course of moral corruption there, and to warn of coming judgment, and while Ezekiel was among the remnant in the place of discipline or of righteousness on the river Chebar, Daniel is set among the Gentiles, even at Babylon, to learn the history an... 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
There are two great subjects in Scripture (when once the great thing salvation is settled,) in the ways of God, namely, the government of this world and the sovereign grace that gives people a place according to God's counsels: the Jews are the centre of the one, and the Church of the other, after C... Read More
If we look at the Book of the Revelation generally, we shall see its division into three parts:- In the first part, we find not so much the divinity or the humanity of Christ, as His personal or official glory (chap. 1). In the second part, we see Christ judging the seven churches (chaps. 2 and 3). ... Read More
I will be with him in trouble
Ministration to the Sick
APRIL 16 - evening
AUGUST 20 - evening
OCTOBER 11 - morning
The Philokalia Volume 4B
Belshazzar's Feast in its Application to the Great Exhibition
Hints on the Book of Genesis
Notes of Addresses 22-24 October, 1868 at Edinburgh
Notes on the Revelation