These peril-beset feet of mine! (Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “He will keep the feet of His saints!” 1 Samuel 2:9It is a promise for the everyday walk of my life–the walk of . . .   the soldier who pushes on, whatever enemies hinder his march;   […]

Stop bringing meaningless offerings! (Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me.  New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations–I cannot bear your evil assemblies!  Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts, My soul hates!  They have become a burden to Me; I

My dearest idol must be thrown down! (Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “They served idols, concerning which the LORD had said to them: You shall not do this thing!” 2 Kings 17:12 “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart!” Ezekiel 14:4

HTML clipboard Two gates, two ways, two ends! (Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Enter by the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leads to destruction,      and there are many who go in by it.  Because narrow is the gate, and

Christ’s sword! (Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “I did not come to bring peace, but a sword!” Matthew 10:34 Not peace, but a sword! Lord Jesus, this is a hard saying! Teach me to believe it, and to submit to the ordeal–sharp and piercing and painful though it

What, then, did He mean? (Alexander Smellie, “The Secret Place” 1907)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio“They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” John 17:16 Christ did not mean that I am to withdraw and seclude myself from society. He did not do so Himself. He came and dwelt

Ah, the thanklessness of it, the ugliness, the evil! (Alexander Smellie, “The Secret Place” 1907)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping.  ‘Could you not keep watch with Me for one hour?’ He asked.” Matthew 26:40 Every word is incisive–every syllable is an arrow whose point has been

The birds and lilies teach me better! (Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Matthew 6:26  

God weighs and measures, bounds and ordains, my sorrows! (Alexander Smellie, “The Secret Place” 1907)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at

What does the Lord require of you? (Alexander Smellie, “The Secret Place” 1907)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 Simplicity and comprehensiveness mark the requirements of my God. He can abbreviate His demands into