"Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies."—Psalms 5:8Evening ThoughtVery bitter is the enmity of the world against the people of Christ. Men will forgive a thousand faults in others, but they will magnify the most trivial offence in the followers of Jesus. Instead of vainly reg
"Evening wolves."—Habakkuk 1:8Evening ThoughtWhile preparing the present volume, this particular expression recurred to me so frequently, that in order to be rid of its constant importunity I determined to give a page to it. The evening wolf, infuriated by a day of hunger, was fiercer and more raven
"And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment."—Revelation 4:4Evening ThoughtThese representatives of the saints in heaven are said to be around the throne. In the passage in Canticles, where Solomon sings of
"The exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead."—Ephesians 1:19, 20Evening ThoughtIn the resurrection of Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short of a divine
"There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet."—Jeremiah 49:23Evening ThoughtLittle know we what sorrow may be upon the sea at this moment. We are safe in our quiet chamber, but far away on the salt sea the hurricane may be cruelly seeking for the lives of men. Hear how the death fiends howl among
"If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law."—Galatians 5:18Evening ThoughtWe who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning, but if he be a wise man he will despair at the beginning; for if we are to
"Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?"—Job 38:16Evening ThoughtSome things in nature must remain a mystery to the most intelligent and enterprising investigators. Human knowledge has bounds beyond which it cannot pass. Universal knowledge is for God alone. If this be so in the things which
