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SPASMODIC SERVICE. There is a medicine called antispasmodic, supposed to be a remedy for spasms or convulsions. Is this not a much needed medicine for many Christian workers, who only do service for Christ now and again, and do it like one in a convulsion fit? You can easily see that they are not happy … Continue reading “0998. SPASMODIC SERVICE.”

KNIGHTED FOR SERVICE. To be a "Knight of the Bath" one had to undergo the ceremony of bathing at the inauguration, as an emblem of the purity henceforth required of him by the laws of chivalry. It takes a chivalrous man to be pure. Those washed in the blood and bathed in the love of … Continue reading “0999. KNIGHTED FOR SERVICE.”

SIN The juice of the manchineel tree is said to be so poisonous that when it touches the blood it works death with awful rapidity. Yet its appearance and fruit look most beautiful. Outwardly, it is very attractive; inwardly, it is a deadly poison. How like sin this is! Its very attractiveness is its greatest … Continue reading “0996. SIN”

FALSE AND REAL Professor Robinson once found a plant growing most luxuriantly in a coal-mine. Its form and qualities being quite new to him, he had it removed to his garden and carefully attended. But the plant soon languished and died, but from its roots there sprang up a new, fresh form of life, which … Continue reading “0997. FALSE AND REAL”

CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE. The higher the hill-top on which we stand the longer will the shadow of our presence be. The higher we climb into the light and likeness of our Lord and Master the deeper and farther will the shadow of our influence reach for Him. Autor: James Smith

TESTIMONY AND FRUIT BEARING. Every blossom does not ripen into fruit. An abundance of blossom does not always result in abundance of fruit, but a scanty blossom is sure to prove a scanty harvest. So there may be much testimony and little fruit, but where much fruit is found there is always much testimony. The … Continue reading “0995. TESTIMONY AND FRUIT BEARING.”

THE WORD OF GOD, A WEAPON. The "quinquina," a medical plant well known in Venezuela and Peru, has been extolled by Sir Samuel Baker as the African traveller’s best friend, because it is a powerful weapon against the demon host of fever and agues. The Word of God is the believer’s quinquina while in the … Continue reading “0992. THE WORD OF GOD, A WEAPON.”

FORM WITHOUT FRAGRANCE. An antholite is a flower turned into stone, still showing the form, but the fragrance is gone. Are there no antholite Christians among us who used to be fragrant for Christ, but who are now as stiff and as dead as a stone. Petrified lives, "having the form of godliness without the … Continue reading “0993. FORM WITHOUT FRAGRANCE.”

HOLINESS. An antiseptic is that which counteracts purification, but to be effective it must come into contact with it. The Holy Spirit dwelling in us is the almighty antiseptic for the lusts of the flesh. "Sin shall not have dominion over you" (Rom_6:14). Autor: James Smith

KING SIN. The "basilisk," or little king, is a fabulous serpent having a crown on its head, whose breath and look were supposed to be fatal. Sin in the heart, when loved and obeyed, is a crowned serpent whose look and breath is withering and killing. "Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death" (Jam_1:15). … Continue reading “0991. KING SIN.”