“When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.” Psalm 63:6
Memory is never so busy as in the quiet time while we are waiting for sleep; and never, perhaps, are we more tempted to useless recollections and idle reveries than in the night watches. Perhaps we have regretfully struggled [...]
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Fill Your Mind With Him {Havergal}
Posted in Devotions, Francis Havergal, Opened Treasures on 02/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Debtors to Mercy Alone {Havergal}
Posted in Francis Havergal, Poetry on 18/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing to pay; yes, nothing to pay!
Jesus has cleared all the debt away;
Blotted it out with His bleeding hand!
Free and forgiven and loved you stand.
Hear the voice of Jesus say,
“Verily thou hast nothing to pay!
Paid is the debt, and the debtor free!
Not I ask thee, lovest thou Me?”
Be Not Weary {Havergal}
Posted in Francis Havergal, Poetry on 02/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Daily Strength {Havergal}
Posted in Francis Havergal, Poetry on 23/09/2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘As thy day thy strength shall be!’
This should be enough for thee;
He who knows thy frame will spare
Burdens more than thou canst bare.
When thy days are veiled in night,
Christ shall give thee heavenly light;
Seem they wearisome and long,
Yet in Him thou shalt be strong.
Cold and wintry though they prove,
Thine the sunshine of His love;
Or, [...]
This Same Jesus {Havergal}
Posted in Francis Havergal, Poetry on 20/09/2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘This same Jesus!’ Oh! how sweetly
Fall those words upon the ear,
Like a swell of far off music,
In a nightwatch still and drear!
He who healed the hopeless leper,
He who dried the widow’s tear;
He who changed to health and gladness
Helpless suffering, trembling fear;
He who wandered, poor and homeless,
By the stormy Galilee;
He who on the night-robed mountain
Bent [...]
God the Provider {Havergal}
Posted in Francis Havergal, Poetry on 02/09/2008 | Leave a Comment »
My God shall supply all your need,
according to His riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19
Who shall tell our untold need,
Deeply felt, though scarely known!
Who the hungering soul can feed,
Guard, and guide, but God alone?
Blessed promise! while we see
Earthly friends must powerless be,
Earthly fountains quickly dry:
‘God’ shall all your need supply.
He hath said it! so [...]
