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  1. Scarcely Saved!

    Scarcely Saved! From Timeless Grace Gems Francis Bourdillon, 1873 The Bible states that "the righteous are scarcely saved" (1 Peter 4:18.). Now how can this be? Is not such a man sure to be saved? Is not salvation promised to him? Is there any doubt about it? None whatever...

  2. Our Thoughts!

    Our Thoughts! From Timeless Grace Gems Francis Bourdillon, 1873 We do not know one another's thoughts. We walk along the street and meet a new person at every step; we look at their faces and perhaps hear their voices—but what is passing within them we cannot tell. Why this man is hurrying...

  3. Speaking to God

    Speaking to God From Timeless Grace Gems Francis Bourdillon, 1873 Prayer is speaking to God from the heart. Whenever we confess our sins to God and ask Him to forgive us; whenever we tell Him our fears, our troubles, our anxieties; whenever we lay our needs before Him and beg Him to help us—then...

  4. Have You Prayed Today?

    Have You Prayed Today? From Timeless Grace Gems Francis Bourdillon, 1873 Ever since you rose from your bed this morning, there has been an eye upon you. Wherever you have been and whatever you have been doing — that eye has seen you. It has gone with you to your work; it has seen you with your...

  5. The Best and the Cheapest

    The Best and the Cheapest From Timeless Grace Gems Francis Bourdillon, 1873 Cheap and good do not always go together. Everybody who buys, knows that. But there is a thing which is both the cheapest and the best. Do you want to know what it is? It is a book. But not a common book. It is the...

  6. Gray Hairs!

    Gray Hairs! From Timeless Grace Gems Francis Bourdillon, 1873 Are you old, or getting into old age? Are gray hairs on your head? Perhaps it has been now so for some time. Long ago a white hair or two began to show here and there, and as years went on, more and more white hairs came, until now...

  7. A Word for Invalids

    A Word for Invalids From Timeless Grace Gems Hetty Bowman, 1867 "I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks upon me." Psalm 40:17 "I am poor and needy." Just the right words for you, are they not, dear friend? You cannot take in much, for you often feel as if your mind had lost its power of grasp...

  8. Every Day!

    Every Day! From Timeless Grace Gems Author unknown, 1872 "Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before You. Each man's life is but a breath! Selah." Psalms 39:4-5...

  9. Interview and Bio With the Founder of Grace Gems

    Interview and Bio With the Founder of Grace Gems Grace Gems! From Timeless Grace Gems Interview with the Founder & Editor of Grace Gems! Posted on 11/23/2010 by Matt Blair of "The Octavius Winslow Archive" I recently had the opportunity to do an email interview with the founder and editor of the...

  10. Rejoicing in God's Salvation

    Rejoicing in God's Salvation From Timeless Grace Gems by William Nicholson, 1862 "I will rejoice in your salvation!" Psalm 9:14 The minds of the wicked find joy from the most trivial causes — causes which the Spirit of God has taught the Christian to estimate as mere "vanity and vexation of...

  11. Separation from the World

    Separation from the World From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you." 2 Corinthians 6:17 The Apostle points out a very important duty, which, if more extensively regarded, would...

  12. Death, the Believer's Gain!

    Death, the Believer's Gain! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain!" Philippians 1:21 Though the Christian may sometimes be influenced by the glittering things of earth — yet nothing appears so valuable to his mind, as religion and its...

  13. Christ, the Believer's Life!

    Christ, the Believer's Life! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain!" Philippians 1:21 It is an important question to ask ourselves: "For what am I living — and where am I tending?" Paul derived his greatest bliss from his connection...

  14. Christ, the Physician of the Soul

    Christ, the Physician of the Soul From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick." Matthew 9:12 The body is liable to numerous diseases, and anxiety and efforts to effect a cure of them, are highly important. But how possible it is to...

  15. Prayer Vanquishing Enemies

    Prayer Vanquishing Enemies From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "When I cry unto you, then shall my enemies turn back; this I know, for God is for me." Psalm 56:9 In the time of danger, it is a great privilege to have a refuge. David had this, and so have all true Christians. "God is...

  16. Heavenly Rest!

    Heavenly Rest! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "For you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God gives you." Deuteronomy 12:9 Some knowledge of Heaven is necessary. Without this, we could have . . . no desire after it, no sympathy with it, no...

  17. The Character and Dignity of Christians

    The Character and Dignity of Christians From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: This one was born in Zion!" Psalm 87:6 "You have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God!"...

  18. The Journey of God's Ransomed People to Heaven

    The Journey of God's Ransomed People to Heaven From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there, and the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion...

  19. The Expectation of Eternal Life

    The Expectation of Eternal Life From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Jude 21 This poor world is full of sin, sorrow, pain, and death. If we had this life only — we would be most...

  20. Christ, Our Example

    Christ, Our Example From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." 1 Peter 2:21 When Peter wrote his epistle, the Church was exposed to much persecution; he therefore...
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