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This is the True Grace of God! James Smith "This is the true grace of God, wherein you stand." 1 Peter 5:12 The grace of God is a subject which, of all others, demands our most serious attention. God's grace is nothing less, than the free, sovereign, and eternal favor of God toward poor sinners in C... Read More

Salvation by Grace! James Smith, 1842 "By grace you are saved!" Ephesians 2:8 Salvation is confessedly a matter of the greatest importance — a matter in which we are all interested; but yet it is a subject which is much neglected . Not but there is much said and written about it; but now few are the... Read More

To the Bereaved James Smith, 1856 "The Lord gave — and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord!" Job 1:21 So spoke the patriarch Job, when stripped of all his property and bereaved of all his children in one day. Reduced at once from affluence — to poverty, from the highest elevati... Read More

A Great Savior! James Smith, 1842 "He shall send them a Savior, and a great one, and He shall deliver them!" Isaiah 19:20 SIN is a dreadful evil! It is in our nature — we are all the subjects of it. It has brought us into a wretched, ruined, lost condition. Sin is the procuring cause of all the affl... Read More

Life Through Believing James Smith, 1842 "He who believes on the Son has everlasting life!" John 3:36 A believer on the Lord Jesus Christ is one who has been convinced of his totally ruined, wretched, and lost estate. He has heard the everlasting gospel, or the glad tidings of a Savior, who is able ... Read More

A Source of Comfort James Smith "The Lord will give grace." Psalm 84:11 No one knows what lies ahead of him, nor is it possible for human foresight to provide against the evils which may arise; but this is the Christian's comfort — his God knows and has provided for all, and will give him grace acco... 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

Faith, What Is It? How Can It Be Obtained? Charles Spurgeon Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington 07/17/1881 "By grace are you saved through faith."— Ephesians 2:8. I MEAN to dwell mainly upon that expression, "Through faith." I call attention, however, first of all, to the fountain head of our salvati... Read More

Body of Practical Divinity By Thomas Watson CHOICE EXCERPTS Mirror and fountain The Scripture is a mirror to show us our sins; Christ's blood is a fountain to wash them away. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A lamp for my feet "Teach me Your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to Your truth!" Psalm 86:11 Let us lead... Read More

The Christian's Charter Showing the Privileges of a Believer by Thomas Watson "All things are yours!" 1 Corinthians 3:21 Chapter 13. The eighth Royal Privilege—The bodies of the saints shall be enameled with glory! "So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable... Read More