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  1. No Comparison!

    No Comparison! From Timeless Grace Gems James Smith, 1862 "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us!" Romans 8:18 The mortification of sin - proves that we have the life of God; the life of God...

  2. Sighing for Jesus!

    Sighing for Jesus! From Timeless Grace Gems James Smith, 1858 "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God! My soul thirsts for God, for the living God! When can I go and meet with God?" Psalm 42:1-2 I have just been reading of the last days of a...

  3. The Lord Our Shepherd

    The Lord Our Shepherd From Timeless Grace Gems Francis Bourdillon, 1864 Psalm 23. "The LORD is my shepherd — I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his...

  4. Affliction, Light and Short!

    Affliction, Light and Short! From Timeless Grace Gems Francis Bourdillon, 1864 "Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment — is working for us a far more...

  5. Two Ways of Rising

    Two Ways of Rising From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 The human passions are like water — left unconfined, their tendency is always downward. You can carry water upward or force it upward with a pump — but in order to do so you must confine it in a vessel or a pipe. The...

  6. How to Work God's Joy-machine

    How to Work God's Joy-machine From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 It was a bright, sunny morning as Brother Littlejoy walked down the street toward the railway-station. But somehow the brightness of the morning was not reflected in Brother Littlejoy's face. He seemed gloomy...

  7. Self-made Barriers

    Self-made Barriers From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 It seems strange that anyone should build barriers in his own way, and lay hindrances in his own path. But that is just what many people are doing. They wish to accomplish something; they desire to do something for the...

  8. The Big End of Trouble

    The Big End of Trouble From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 I once saw the following in a paper: "Trouble has a way of coming Big end first; And when seen at its appearing, Looks its very worst." Many people are always...

  9. Sponges and Watering-cans

    Sponges and Watering-cans From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 It was Jesus' custom to draw spiritual lessons from the things surrounding him — and by some similitude, to impress upon his hearers a profitable truth. In the same way, we may get many valuable thoughts from the...

  10. Joy in Trials

    Joy in Trials From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 A Christian sister wrote to me recently, desiring me to tell her how she might find sweetness and joy in her trials. She seemed to have in her mind an ideal experience in which she could be joyous and calm and sweetly...

  11. Use What You Have!

    Use What You Have! From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 Few people really are and do their best. Nature has blessed a few with great talents and abilities. These people often become proud, self-centered, and feel themselves to be superior — and for that reason many times they fail to...

  12. Stumbling-stones — or Stepping-stones?

    Stumbling-stones — or Stepping-stones? From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 Things may either be stumbling-stones or stepping-stones to us. They may be hindrances or helps — trials or blessings. What they prove to be, depends not so much on their nature — as upon our attitude...

  13. Do You Need Patience?

    Do You Need Patience? From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 Have you not often heard people say, "My greatest need is more patience"? Possibly you feel just that way yourself. There is probably no lack that so quickly and persistently manifests itself, as lack of patience —...

  14. The Miserable State of a Man Without Christ

    The Miserable State of a Man Without Christ From Timeless Grace Gems by Christopher Love I will show you the eight particular properties of a man without Christ: 1. Every man without Jesus Christ, is a base man. 2. Every man without Jesus Christ, is a slave...

  15. The Living Bible!

    The Living Bible! From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 The Bible is a living book. What it is to us, depends on what we are to it. If we approach it with unbelief and sneers — then it shudders like a wounded thing and closes up its heart, and we gaze only on a cold and hard exterior...

  16. Three Necessary Rations

    Three Necessary Rations From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 The soul, like the body, must have something to nourish and strengthen it — to give it vigor and vitality. An army will have neither the strength nor the courage to fight, unless it has its rations. And if I may be...

  17. My Dream Message

    My Dream Message From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 Solomon says that dreams come "A dream comes when there are many cares." Ecclesiastes 5:3. Our night thoughts are like our day thoughts, except that our faculties being partly asleep, our dreams usually lack the coherence...

  18. Baptized with Fire!

    Baptized with Fire! From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 John the Baptist said, when speaking of the work of the coming Messiah, "He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." The symbolic tongues of fire which sat on the believers on the day of Pentecost...

  19. Blowing the Clouds Away!

    Blowing the Clouds Away! From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 I had been passing through a period of sore conflict. For several days I had had gloomy and distressing feelings. I had struggled with all my might against them. I had tried to draw near the Lord and to get special...

  20. Home-made Clouds!

    Home-made Clouds! From Timeless Grace Gems Charles Naylor, 1920 Louise stood looking out of the window with unseeing eyes. There was a troubled expression upon her face. There were tears in her eyes, and a lump in her throat. What was the trouble? An hour before she had been singing as...
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