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ARTICLE I. Concerning God, and the True and Saving Knowledge of him. There is one God [Eph. 4:6; 1 Cor. 8:4,6] Who is a Spirit [John 4:24] And This is the Message which the Apostles heard of him, and declared unto the Saints, That he is Light, and in him is no Darkness at all [1 John 1:5] There are ... Read More

Concerning the Light wherewith Jesus Christ hath enlightned every Man: The Universality and Sufficiency of God's Grace to all the world made manifest therein. Question. Wherein consists the Love of God towards Fallen and Lost Man? A. For God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, th... Read More

Ingratitude to God—a Heinous but General Iniquity by Samuel Davies "Hezekiah's heart was proud—and he did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD's wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem." 2 Chronicles 32:25 Among the many vices that are at once universally decri... Read More

A Musick-Lector: OR, The Art of MUSICK (that is so much vindicated in Christendome) Discoursed of, by way of Dialogue between three men of several Judgments: The one a MUSICIAN, and Master of that Art, and zealous for the Church of England; who calls Musick The gift of God. The other a BAPTIST, who ... Read More

"What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance of all peoples and to lift us out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such and be he god or Devil we will receive him". That was the view of Henri Spaak former Secretary General of NATO, expressed at a time in ... Read More

Preached in Grove Chapel, Camberwell, Sunday Morning, June 9th, 1878 "And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for... Read More

The great difficulty, which a vast majority of Christians feel, in respect to holy living, is the lack of the constant presence and influence of a child like, affection, confiding, and obedient spirit towards God,- a spirit which perpetually cries, Abba, Father, and consists in the spontaneous flow ... Read More

The Mystery of Life Spirit, Soul and Body Life is a mystery and we have yet to find the man or woman who at one time or another has not pondered with wonderment over the fact of the spirit and soul dwelling together in the body of man. We so often say “body, soul and spirit” but the Bible records it... Read More

What do you think God wants you to do? Most people today have absolutely no idea. Indeed, most of us regard the question as meaningless. Most of us believe in God because such belief is the only reasonable way to account for the origin of the universe (or the origin of whatever made the big bang or ... Read More

A Devotional Commentary on the Gospels Arranged for family devotions, for every day in the year. By Favell Lee Mortimer (1802—1878) FEBRUARY 1 Matthew 4:8-11. The third temptation of Christ. Though Jesus had resisted two temptations, Satan was not dismayed. Here we have an instance of the persistenc... Read More