?EXPOSITION Verse 150. They draw nigh that follow after mischief. He could hear their footfalls close behind him. They are not following him for his b...
The Book of GenesisChapter 15Chapter Overview:In this chapter we have a solemn treaty between God and Abram, A general assurance of God's kindness an...
X. The Second Conference of Abbot Isaac.X. The Second Conference of Abbot Isaac.On Prayer. Chapter I. Introduction.Among the sublime customs of the an...
Ezra viii. 22, 23, 31, 32. I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; because we ...
CHAPTER IV: PIPIN AND CHARLES THE GREAT (AD 741-814) PART ITowards the end of St. Boniface's life, a great change took place inthe government of ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 6. The LORD is on my side, or, he is for me. Once his justice was against me, but now he is my reconciled God, and engaged on my beh...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 3. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Before the actual conflict, while as yet the battle is untried, ...
Psalm CXXI. Psalm CXXI. 1. ...Let them lift up their eyes to the hills whence cometh their help (ver. 1). What meaneth, The hills have been lightened?...
PSALM 18 Psalms 18:1-50 . The servant of the LORD, which in the Hebrew precedes David, is a significant part of the title (and not a mere epi...
MAHANAIM: THE TWO CAMPS 'And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met htm. And when Jacob saw them, he said. This is God's host: and he calle...
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God?a host; and he called the name of that place ...
XL. PEACE, BE STILL! 1 As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee. O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the liv...
CHAPTER 21 Isaiah 21:1-10 . REPETITION OF THE ASSURANCE GIVEN IN THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CHAPTERS TO THE JEWS ABOUT TO BE CAPTIVES IN B...
?EXPOSITION Verse 5. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait. Expecting him to come to me in love, I quietly wait for his appearing; I wait upon him in...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 17Chapter Overview: Goliath challenges the armies of Israel, ver. 1 - 11. David coming into the camp, hears his challeng...
Chapter?144The four preceding psalms seem to have been penned by David before his accession to the crown, when he was persecuted by Saul; this seems t...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 3. My tears have been my meat day and night. Salt meats, but healthful to the soul. When a man comes to tears, constant tears, plente...
Twenty-second Day. WAITING ON GOD: 3ts Certaints of Messing. 'Thou slialt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for Me.'...
?EXPOSITION Verse 9. Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies. Many foes beset us, we cannot overcome them, we cannot even escape from them; but Jehovah ...
CHAPTER 15 The Oppression of Jabin and Sisera - Deborah and Barak - The Battle of Taanach - The Song of Deborah (JUDGES 4, 5) DARKER and darker are ...