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ETERNITY IN THE HEART: A KEY TO ECCLESIASTES Chapter Ecc_3:11 Newberry’s rendering of this text enables us to see the meaning of this book in a clearer light." He hath set eternity in their heart, without which no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end." The word … Continue reading “0038. ECCLESIASTES”

Studies In The Psalms THE HAPPY MAN Psalm 1 This First Psalm is a fitting introduction to the sacred Psalter. It constitutes almost a perfect epitome of the whole book. Like the sermon on the mount, it begins with the word "Blessed." The word is in the plural, and has been rendered, "O the happinesses … Continue reading “0036. PSALM”

Studies in Job JOB’S CHARACTER Job_1:1-10 "My strength is as the strength of ten Because my heart is pure. "-Tennyson This book, supposed to have been first committed to writing by Moses, is regarded by many as the oldest in the world. Its object is to set before us the trial of an "upright man." … Continue reading “0035. JOB”

SOUL-STIRRING SYMPATHY. Neh_1:1-4. "How was He The blessed One made perfect? Why, by grief- The fellowship of voluntary grief- He read the tear-stained book of poor men’s souls. As I must learn to read it."-Kingsley. Nehemiah, like Moses, was singularly fitted beforehand for the work God had appointed him to do. Belonging, as he did, … Continue reading “0033. NEHEMIAH”

VASHTI, THE SELF-WILLED, REJECTED. Esther 1. "Oh let Thy sacred will All Thy delight in me fulfil! Let not me think an action mine own way; But as Thy love shall sway, Resigning up the rudder to Thy skill."-Herbert. The book of Esther belongs to the times of Ezra and Nehemiah, and was probably written … Continue reading “0034. ESTHER”

SOLOMON’S PRAYER. 2Ch_6:22-42. "A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s Heaven for?" -Browning. This is the longest prayer in the Old Testament, and may be fitly compared with the longest in the New, as recorded in John 17. Both are intercessory and provisional. This temple, prepared for God and filled with His glory … Continue reading “0031. 2 CHRONICLES”

THE STIRRED-UP SPIRIT. Ezr_1:1-11. "Not to the rich He came, and to the ruling (Men full of meat, whom wholly He abhors); Not to the fools grown insolent in fooling- Most, when the lost are dying at their doors. Nay! but to her who, with a sweet thanksgiving, Took in tranquility what God might bring; … Continue reading “0032. EZRA”

ELIJAH, THE MAN OF GOD 2Ki_1:1-16 "A king sang once Long years ago: ‘My soul is athirst for God, Yea, for the living God’-thy thirst and his Are one… Life is not enough, Nor love, nor learning-Death is not enough, Give us now, now I-to live in the life of God; Give us now, now!-to … Continue reading “0029. 2 KINGS”

THINE ARE WE. 1Ch_12:16-18. "Oh, Lord, that I could waste my life on others, With no ends of my own; That I could pour myself into my brothers, And live for them alone."-Faber. The "love of Christ" is the mightiest motive power that ever touched a human soul, in constraining to self-sacrifice for the good … Continue reading “0030. 1 CHRONICLES”

ADONIJAH; or, THE CONQUERED REBEL. 1Ki_1:5-9, 1Ki_1:41-53. "On the verge of never-ending woe Man doubting stands. Yet plum’d with pride the while, Folding his arms in self-admired repose, Cased in self-confidence."-Williams. Adonijah was a man with a beautiful name, "My Lord is Jehovah," but with a heart stuffed with grace-withering pride. David’s stormy life was … Continue reading “0028. 1 KINGS”