_Now it came to pass, when the wall was built._ THE GUARDIAN OF THE HOLY CITY I. His care for Jerusalem’s protection. It is a beneficent law of our nature that the more true affection is exercised it increases in strength, and knits the heart to its object in firmer bonds. This beautiful law, of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_For he was a faithful man, and feared God above many._ FAITHFULNESS I. Consider the meaning of faithfulness. It is the reverent and constant acceptance of those duties springing out of the relations in which I inevitably stand. Man is a being set in relations. When the ivy climbs up ruins and bin... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women._ CHURCH MUSIC The captives in the text had music left in them, and if they could find, amid all their trials, two hundred and forty and five singing men and singing women, then in this day of gospel sunlight and freedom from al... [ Continue Reading ]
_And that which the rest of the people gave._ THE REST OF THE PEOPLE GAVE It is a great misfortune when any Christian effort is supported by the contributions of the few and not of the many. All should be encouraged to contribute so far as they are able. Workers, too, should, as their means admit... [ Continue Reading ]