What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. Psalm 56:3. Only the sense of God’s presence can banish the fear that, for the timid child, would make life a burden. Let him fix in his memory the promise,
Obstacles a Test of Faith
For who hath despised the day of small things? Zechariah 4:10 In rebuilding the house of the Lord, Zerubbabel had labored in the face of manifold difficulties. From the beginning, adversaries had “weakened the hands of the people of Judah,
The Voice of Experience
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all
“Give Me This Mountain”
I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me…. Now therefore give me this mountain. Joshua 14:11, 12. Before the distribution of the land had been entered upon, Caleb, accompanied by the heads
From Grave to Glory
I besought the Lord at that time, saying, … I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes,
A Safe Path
And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. Exodus 14:15. God in His providence brought the Hebrews into the mountain fastnesses before the sea, that He might
Nonidentical Twins
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. Genesis 25:27. Jacob and Esau, the twin sons of Isaac, present a striking contrast, both in