psalm-90:14

"O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." Psalm 90:14 My hearers, should all the youth in this assembly express sincerely their secret wishes and inclinations, it can scarcely be doubted, that many of them would say something like this; I should wish to live ... Read More

I print the Psalms as poetry; they are so in Hebrew. G.V.W. [Publisher's note: In Present Testimony the Psalms are rendered in full as the Authorised Version, here only the notes are reproduced.] First Book (Pss. 1 - 51) "The faithful are looked at as not yet driven out from Jerusalem; hence covenan... Read More

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." The scene of the divine handiwork was twofold; and, accordingly, "in the dispensation of the fulness of times," God will display Himself again, both in heaven and on earth. I would begin my meditation on this divine subject with Genesis 1 - 47... Read More

Turn in your Bible with me, if you will, to 2 Peter chapter 3. We're coming back to part 2 in our series on the certainty of the Second Coming, as we work our way through 2 Peter. To establish again in our minds this wonderful text, I would like to read for you verses 1 through 9...2 Peter chapter 3... Read More

Direction Tenth. The Several Pieces of the Whole Armour of God. Sixth Piece--The Christian's Sword. 'And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God' (Eph. 6:17). Here we have the sixth and last piece in the Christian's panoply brought to our hand--a sword; and that of the right make--'the swo... Read More

Q-19: WHAT IS THE MISERY OF THAT ESTATE WHEREINTO MAN FELL? A: All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever. 'And were by nature children of wrath.' Eph 2:2. A... 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

The Secret of Gladness J.R. Miller, 1899 "But let all who take refuge in You be glad ; let them ever sing for joy!" Psalm 5:11 "I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High." Psalm 9:2 "I will be glad and rejoice in Your love" Psalm 31:7 " Rejoice in the LORD and b... Read More

Prayer for Divine Mercy! William Nicholson, 1862 "O satisfy us early with your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." Psalm 90:14 In prayer the mind ought always to be in a state suitable for that important exercise: a deep sense of our sinfulness and impotency; an abiding conviction ... Read More

Satisfying Mercy James Smith, 1860 Mercy is that perfection, or property in the divine nature, which prompts and moves the Most High God to pity, sympathize with, and do good to poor lost sinners. Mercy can only he shown to the miserable . Mercy never can be claimed by any. It is exercised freely by... Read More