Mary Wilder Tileston
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201.) Obey the Call
Choose life, . . . that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him; for He is thy life, and the length of thy days.
--DEUTERONOMY 30:19,20
GOD gently calls us every day:
Why should we then our bliss delay?
He calls to heaven and endless light;
Why should we love the drear ...read more
202.) Obeying the Truth
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit.
1 PETER 1:22
THY wonderful grand will, my God!
Triumphantly I make it mine;
And faith shall breathe her glad "Amen"
To every dear command of Thine.
JEAN SOPHIA PIGOTT
YOU little think how much the life of all your graces depends upon your ready and cordia ...read more
203.) Occupations of Every Day
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delighteth in his way.
PSALMS 37:23
SO her life was full of sunshine, for in toiling for the Lord
She had found the hidden sweetness that in common things lies stored;
He has strewn the earth with flowers, and each eye their brightness sees;
But He filled their cups with honey for His ...read more
204.) Oh, To Be With Christ
They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
ACTS 4:13
O HEARTS of love! O souls that turn
Like sunflowers to the pure and best!
To you the truth is manifest;
For they the mind of Christ discern
Who lean like John upon His breast.
JOHN G. WHITTIER
WILT thou with St. John rest on the loving heart of our Lord Jesus Chris ...read more
205.) On Through the Darkness
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
JOB 24:13
Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power.
PSALMS 110:3
SEE, in Thy hands I lay them all--
My will that fails, my feet that fall;
My heart that wearies everywhere,
Yet finds Thy yoke too hard to bear. ...read more
206.) Open Your Treasures and Give
And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
MATTHEW 2:11
GIVE yourselves anew to God and to God's service, and He will give you the desire and the power to open your treasures; to give to Him, it may be wealth, it may be time, it may be personal service, it may be life itself. ...read more
207.) Our Citizenship
They that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
HEBREWS 11:14 For our citizenship is in heaven.
PHILIPPIANS 3:20 (R. V.)
GREEN are the fields of the earth, holy and sweet her joys;
Take, and taste, and be glad--as fruit and blossom and bird,
But still as an exile, Soul; then, hey, with a singing voice,
For the stars ...read more
208.) Our Failure
The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you.
1 THESSALONIANS 3:12
IF we love God, we know what loving is,
For love is God's, He sent it to the earth,
Half-human, half-divine, all glorious!--
Half-human, half-divine, but wholly His;
Not loving God, we know not love's ...read more
209.) Our Role and God's Role
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are judgment; a God of truth, and without iniquity, just and right is He.
DEUTERONOMY 32:4
We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
PSALMS 100:3
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for T ...read more
210.) Our Strong Salvation
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
PSALMS 27:1
GOD is my strong salvation,
What foe have I to fear?
In darkness and temptation,
My light, my help, is near.
Though hosts encamp around me,
Firm to the fight I stand,
What terror can confound me
With G ...read more
211.) Overcome by Melancholy
Thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
PSALMS 59:16
COMMIT thy way to God,
The weight which makes thee faint;
Worlds are to Him no load,
To Him breathe thy complaint.
Up! up! the day is breaking,
Say to thy cares, good-night!
Thy troubles from thee shaking,
Like dreams in day's fresh light.
PAUL GERHARDT
W ...read more
212.) Parting Blessing
And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
LUKE 24:51
LIFT up our thoughts, lift up our songs,
And let Thy grace be given,
That while we linger here below,
Our hearts may be in heaven.
C. F. ALEXANDER
THE parting blessing of our Lord was changed in the moment of its utterance into ...read more
213.) Past Faults
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
--ROMANS 8:1
IT may be that recollections of the past hinder you, but you must reject them; anxious thoughts may arise, put them away; your faults seem to raise up a barrier, but no past faults can separate a loving h ...read more
214.) Peace from Wearying Labor
Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
JOB 12:21
DON'T be unwise enough to think that we are serving God best by constant activity at the cost of headaches and broken rest. I am getting to be of the opinion that we may be doing too much. We want at least this is my own want--a higher quality of wor ...read more
215.) Peace in God's Daily Presence
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His covenant.
PSALMS 25:14
THEN shall my days be Thine,
And all my heart be love;
And joy and peace be mine,
Such as are known above.
Come, Holy Spirit, quickly come,
And make my heart Thy lasting home.
ANDREW REED
IT is a sign that the soul is living in God, ...read more
216.) Peace in Suffering
Fear not, neither be discouraged.
DEUTERONOMY 1:21
HAPPY are they that learn, in Thee,
Though patient suffering teach,
The secret of enduring strength,
And praise too deep for speech,--
Peace that no pressure from without,
No strife within, can reach
ANNA L. WARING
ONE of the greatest trials and miseries of this life seems to me to ...read more
217.) Peace in the Bustle of Life
God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:8
O LOVE, Thy sovereign aid impart
To save me from low-thoughted care;
Chase this self-will through all my heart,
Through all its latent mazes there;
Make me Thy duteous child, that I
Ceasel ...read more
218.) Peace of Heart
Do Thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto Thee.
JUDGES 10:15
DEAR Lord, whose mercy veileth all
That may our coming days befall,
Still hide from us the things to be,
But rest our troubled hearts in Thee.
HARRIET MCEWEN KIMBALL
PEACE of heart lies in perfect resignation to the will of God. What you need is true simplicity, a certa ...read more
219.) Peace With Ourselves
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 15:13
DO, I entreat you, drive away all these anxious thoughts which hinder your soul, and try to serve God cheerfully. Be resolute in overcoming self, and in hearing with your mental troubles whatever they ...read more
220.) Peaceful Time
Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; for unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
--PSALMS 86:4
AH, dearest Lord! to feel that Thou art near,
Brings deepest peace, and hushes every fear;
To see Thy smile, to hear Thy gracious voice,
Makes soul and body inwardly rejoice
With praise and thanks!
--CHRISTIAN GREGOR
PRAYER is a habit; ...read more