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    Divine Comfort!

    Divine Comfort! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "As a mother comforts her child — so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem." Isaiah 66:13 The condescending love of God to sinners is most astonishing. Though he is the High and Lofty One — yet he knows...
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    Personal Ambition Hinders Christian Life and Ministry

    Personal Ambition Hinders Christian Life and Ministry From Timeless Grace Gems by E. M. Bounds "For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake!" 2 Corinthians 4:5 "Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and...
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    Ministerial Pride

    Ministerial Pride From Timeless Grace Gems by Richard Baxter One of our most heinous and palpable sins is PRIDE. This is a sin which has too much sway in most ministers, but which is more hateful and inexcusable in us than in other men. Yet is it so prevalent in some of us, that it fills our...
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    PASTORAL COUNSELS

    PASTORAL COUNSELS From Timeless Grace Gems (The nature, importance, duties and qualifications of the pastor. By James Meikle, 1730-1799) Do not contract many worldly acquaintances. Learn to be abused without becoming angry. Do not meddle much with the affairs of this life. Argue coolly, and...
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    Grateful Acknowledgment of Divine Goodness

    Grateful Acknowledgment of Divine Goodness From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "The Lord has done great things for us; whereof we are glad." Psalm 126:3 A deep sense of entire dependence upon God as the source of all true enjoyment, will ever pervade the mind of the Christian. I. A...
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    The Happiness of Being with Christ...

    The Happiness of Being with Christ, Preferable to Continuance on Earth From Timeless Grace Gems by William Nicholson, 1862 "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body — and to be present with the Lord." 2 Corinthians 5:8. When the path of the traveler is very rough...
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    The Refiner!

    The Refiner! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "He will be like a refiner's fire! He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver!" Malachi 3:2-3 In the context, Malachi predicts the coming of the Messiah, which, to...
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    Fears Dispelled!

    Fears Dispelled! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you, declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel!" Isaiah 41:14 Vast is the difference between God and man. God is so glorious that nothing...
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    God, the Refuge of His People!

    God, the Refuge of His People! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble." Psalm 46:1 "The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor," the wicked. This remark will hold good in reference to moral character and...
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    The Will of Christ!

    The Will of Christ! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "Father, I will those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world." John 17:24 "Never a man spoke like this man!" And never...
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    The Sacrifice of Christ!

    The Sacrifice of Christ! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed!" 1 Peter 2:24 These words are full of joyful interest to the people of God...
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    Jordan and Canaan Typical of Death and Heaven

    Jordan and Canaan Typical of Death and Heaven From Timeless Grace Gems by William Nicholson, 1862 "For you shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God gives you; and you shall possess it, and dwell therein." Deuteronomy 11:31 The design of this chapter is to...
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    Approaching Mortality!

    Approaching Mortality! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "Only a few years will pass, before I go on the journey of no return." Job 16:22 The sun rises daily, and we think little of it. Just so, the frequency and commonness of death, causes it to be little thought of. Every day...
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    God's Jewels!

    God's Jewels! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "They will be Mine," says the LORD Almighty, "in the day when I make up My jewels!" Malachi 3:17 However the children of God may be despised by the carnally-minded — yet they are beloved of the Lord. The appellations by which He...
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    The Sacrifice of Christ!

    The Sacrifice of Christ! From Timeless Grace Gems William Nicholson, 1862 "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed!" 1 Peter 2:24 These words are full of joyful interest to the people of God...
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    The World a Sorry Comforter

    The World a Sorry Comforter From Timeless Grace Gems George Mylne, 1871 The Preacher speaks of some who "had no comforter," because, as we infer that they sought comfort wrongly — on earthly, and not on heavenly grounds. And so it is too often with the bereaved — people try to cure their broken...
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    The Death of Children

    The Death of Children From Timeless Grace Gems George Mylne, 1871 Oh! what a world we live in! How full of painful facts and harrowing incidents! How many souls are ushered into life; each one the offspring of a parent — each one tied to the native stock, by bonds of strictest intimacy! And thus...
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    The First Break in the Family

    The First Break in the Family From Timeless Grace Gems George Mylne, 1871 A break in the family! Did I say the first? Yes; for there are families where death, as yet, has never entered — no breach has occurred in the fair circle of domestic happiness — children and parents, parents and children...
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    BEREAVEMENT

    BEREAVEMENT From Timeless Grace Gems George Mylne, 1871 Bereavement! What a word it is — a word of many-headed woes! A word telling . . . of families made desolate; of wounded hearts; of weeping eyes; of closest bonds abruptly torn asunder; of social fellowship extinguished; of life's fondest...
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    What is Your Burden?

    What is Your Burden? From Timeless Grace Gems George Mylne, 1864 Who has not a burden to bear in this world of burdens? All men have some burden or another — and they have the heaviest burden who think that they have none to bear. Do you ask me, reader, what I mean? Why, is not sin a burden —...
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