Gen. 32:22-32 ; 33:18-20; 35:1-15. I realize, beloved brethren, I might have taken something less familiar than what I have read, but we must be led of God; and when I come to speak I feel as if the whole Bible were shut up to me, but this one portion. The lesson of Jacob's history … Continue reading Notes Of A Lecture By F. W. Grant.
A Reply to the Doctrine of A. G. 's Paper, "THE GROUNDS OF THE MONTREAL DIVISION RECONSIDERED." (Continued from page 238.) Speaking on what the Old Testament saints had, A. G. very solemnly counsels us to observe the very "significant and impressive silence of Scripture."He warns us against "essaying to pass this barrier of divine … Continue reading Quickening, New Birth, And Eternal Life.
Real independency is not of God, but always and everywhere against Him. It is to make the members of the same body say to each other, "We have no need of you," and to deny the unity of the Spirit which should pervade the body. The more we lament and refuse the sectarianism which exists, … Continue reading Independency By F. W. Grant
Box 830, Los Angeles, Cal., April 13th, 1891. My dear Brother,- Your letter has lain unanswered for some days, having been received about a week ago. I was very thankful to receive the enclosed-sum of twenty dollars from the "Missionary Collection," of the Sunday-School, not only, or chiefly for the help ministered in spreading the … Continue reading Correspondence
Our brother, Frederick C. Grant, son of F. W. Grant, has gone to be with the Lord. He was ill two weeks, and though at first it was not looked upon as serious, his heart was affected, and he sank into a coma which lasted until he passed away at 10 a.m. on Lord's Day … Continue reading In Sure And Certain Hope
"And upon His head were many crowns." (Rev. 19:12.) PREFACE. Few prefatory words can be needed to introduce to our readers the series of papers which, if God grant time and ability, may follow this. I propose to take up, in reliance upon divine grace to enable me, the personal titles and glories of our … Continue reading The Crowned Christ.
Our brother, Frederick C. Grant, son of F. W. Grant, has gone to be with the Lord. He was ill two weeks, and though at first it was not looked upon as serious, his heart was affected, and he sank into a coma which lasted until he passed away at 10 a.m. on Lord's Day … Continue reading In Sure And Certain Hope
The year was about 455 B.C. The place was Shushan in the land of Persia. Some eighty years previously, the first company of Jews had returned to Jerusalem from their captivity in Babylon. But some of the Jews still remained in the land of their captivity. One of these was a man by the name … Continue reading Answered Prayer:Grace Shown by a King
We may briefly see how this place is reached in the book of Numbers. It is in this wise:First of all, we find in the first ten chapters the principles of the camp,-God's principles for His people going through the wilderness; for the book of Numbers is the history of the wilderness,-the history of failure, … Continue reading “From The Top Of The Rocks” Numb. 23:14—24:9.
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:These things saith He that is Holy, He that is True, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works:behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man … Continue reading Holy and True
2 Timothy 2:20-22 IT IS a very simple, and yet a very important thing, to realize that the path for each of us must be an individual one. Many may, in fact, be in company with us, but to be right it must be the identity of the path that brings us together, not the … Continue reading OUR PATH and our Associations
Lecture I.-I Kings 16:29-17:1: I have just read these closing verses in the sixteenth chapter, beloved friends, in order that we may have before us in some measure the times in which Elijah stood forth. My desire is, if the Lord will, in this, or a lecture or so, to look at what, in the … Continue reading The Man Of God.
" For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you ward." (2 Cor. 1:12.). " For we are not as many which corrupt the Word … Continue reading Sincerity.
I shall be satisfied;Yea, but not here, Where sin and death abide,And every tear Proclaims the heart's unrest, The hungry, longing breast, For that which satisfies, And husheth all our cries. I shall be satisfiedWith Christ above. Whatever He hath denied,'Twas all in love.Oh, for this little while, Grant thine approving smile, And let me … Continue reading Satisfied.
CHAPTER V. (Continued from page 77.) Now may the Lord grant us to realize more fully, as we progress in our book, the awful hopelessness that weighs on man's sad being, apart from the blessed and infinitely gracious revelation of God. May he grant us-you and I, dear reader-to remember that when we look at … Continue reading Old Groans And New Songs; Or, Notes On Ecclesiastes
Unrevised Notes of an Address at Lachute, by C. C. (Matt. 5:20; Rev. 3:10). First, we have treasure in heaven, next a crown, I link them together. First the treasure. Let us have distinct thought of what the treasure is. If I were to come to you with the question, What is the treasure, I … Continue reading Treasure And Crown.
(Heb. 11:17-22.) We have presented to us in thi53 chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews the gathering up of the scriptural testimony as to the principle of faith, and its operation in the lives of God’s People from the very commencement of time. In the Jewish system all was material, and Appealed to the … Continue reading Characters Of God Linked With The Path Of Faith.
In the hour of trial Jesus be with me,Lest by base denial I depart from Thee;When Thou seest me waver,With a look recall,Nor, through fear nor favor,Suffer me to fall. With forbidden pleasures Would this vain world charm,Or with sordid treasures,Spread to work me harm?Bring to my remembrance Sad Gethsemane,Or, in darker semblance,Cross-crowned Calvary. Should … Continue reading In the hour of trial (122)
A Reply to the Doctrine of A. G.'s Paper, "THE GROUNDS OF THE MONTREAL DIVISION RECONSIDERED." (Continued from page 216.) I turn now to another doctrine. On page 21, he writes: "In this chapter (John 6:) the Lord publishes the Father's will ' that every one which seeth the Son and believeth on Him may … Continue reading Quickening, New Birth, And Eternal Life.
(Concluded from page 40 ) The subject of healing and cleansing in connection with leprosy must now command our consideration. It should be noticed that there is a distinction between these two things. Healing is not by cleansing, nor is cleansing by healing. It is the healed one who has to be cleansed. Healing is … Continue reading Leprosy.