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Letter to a new convert by Jonathan Edwards , 1741 My dear young friend, As you desired me to send you, in writing, some directions how to conduct yourself in your Christian course , I would now answer your request. The sweet remembrance of the great things I have lately seen at your church, incline... Read More

The Tears of Jesus! George Everard, 1884 Thrice Jesus wept. He wept at Bethany. He wept on Olivet. He wept in Gethsemane. What lessons may we learn from these tears of Jesus? We shall see. But first let us turn to another thought. Let us think of the tears of others . When was the first tear shed, a... Read More

Victory over the World! George Everard, 1866 "Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life!" Revelation 2:10 The promises in Scripture are made to conquerors . Grace in the heart conquers a believer's foes — and then grace places on his head the crown of life. In the Epistles to th... Read More

Human Life a Vapor! Edward Griffin, 1807 "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes!" James 4:14 This moral reflection was introduced by the apostle to reprove those calculations and forms of speech which... Read More

Aim High! Edward Griffin, 1807 "Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind an... Read More

JEWELS from JAMES (Choice devotional selections from the works of John Angell James) You will die this year! This is what the Lord says: "I am going to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year! " Jerem. 28:16 This may be the case with any one of the readers of the present addres... 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

A NEW YEARS SOLEMN WARNING by John Angell James This is what the Lord says: "I am going to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year! " Jeremiah 28:16 Standing as you now do upon the threshold of another year, and looking with something of curiosity and suspense, if not with anxi... Read More

ONE THING I DO! A sermon preached on occasion of the Centenary of the Tabernacle, at Bristol, November 25, 1853, by John Angell James "The memory of the just is blessed." "The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance." All nations have held in honor the names and deeds of the illustrious de... Read More

THE CHIEF END OF LIFE A new year's address to the Young Men's Christian Association, by John Angell James, 1850 " This one thing I do . Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God i... Read More