"We are all as an unclean thing."—Isaiah 64:6Evening ThoughtThe believer is a new creature, he belongs to a holy generation and a peculiar people-the Spirit of God is in him, and in all respects he is far removed from the natural man; but for all that the Christian is a sinner still. He is so from t
"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again."—Ecclesiastes 1:7Evening ThoughtEverything sublunary is on the move, time knows nothing of rest. The solid earth is a rolling ball, and the great sun himself a star obedi
"She gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech."—Ruth 2:3Evening ThoughtHer hap was. Yes, it seemed nothing but an accident, but how divinely was it overruled! Ruth had gone forth with her mother's
"He began to wash the disciples' feet."—John 13:5Evening ThoughtThe Lord Jesus loves his people so much, that every day he is still doing for them much that is analogous to washing their soiled feet. Their poorest actions he accepts; their deepest sorrow he feels; their slenderest wish he hears, and
"Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation."—Luke 22:46Evening ThoughtWhen is the Christian most liable to sleep? Is it not when his temporal circumstances are prosperous? Have you not found it so? When you had daily troubles to take to the throne of grace, were you not more wakeful
"He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you."—John 16:15Evening ThoughtThere are times when all the promises and doctrines of the Bible are of no avail, unless a gracious hand shall apply them to us. We are thirsty, but too faint to crawl to the water- brook. When a soldier is wounded in batt
"Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?"—Luke 24:38Evening Thought"Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, my way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?" The Lord cares for all things, and the meanest creatures share in his universal provid
