THE
FAITHFUL PROMISER.
BY THE AUTHOR OF
“THE WORDS OF JESUS,”“THE MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES,”ETC.
“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and preciouspromises.”—2 Pet. i. 4.
NEW YORK:
STANFORD & DELISSER,
No. 508, BROADWAY.
1858.
The Faithful Promiser.
It has often been felt a delightful exercise by the child of God, totake, night by night, an individual promise and plead it at themercy-seat. Often are our prayers pointless, from not following, inthis respect, the example of the sweet Psalmist of Israel, the RoyalPromise pleader, who delighted to direct his finger to some particular“word” of the Faithful Promiser, saying, “Remember Thy word unto Thyservant, on which thou hast caused me to hope!”
The following are a few gleanings from the Promise Treasury,—a fewcrumbs from “the Master’s Table,” which may serve to help the thoughtsin the hour of closet meditation, or the season of sorrow.
St. M——,
December, 1849.
1st Day of Month.
“He is Faithful that Promised.”
“Come now, let us reason together, saith the Lord: Though your sinsbe as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be redlike crimson, they shall be as wool.”—Isaiah i. 18.
Pardoning Grace.
My soul! thy God summons thee to His audience chamber! Infinite purityseeks to reason with infinite vileness! Deity stoops to speak to dust!Dread not the meeting. It is the most gracious, as well as wondrous ofall conferences. Jehovah himself breaks silence! He utters the besttidings a lost soul or a lost world can hear: “God is in Christreconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing unto men theirtrespasses.” What! Scarlet sins, and crimson sins! and these all tobe forgiven and forgotten! The just God “justifying” the unjust!—themightiest of all beings, the kindest of all! Oh! what is there in theeto merit such love[Pg 5]as this? Thou mightest have known thy God only as the “consuming fire,”and had nothing before thee save “a fearful looking for of vengeance!”This gracious conference bids thee dispel thy fears! It tells thee it isno longer a “fearful,” but a blessed thing to fall into His hands?Hast thou closed with these His overtures? Until thou art at peace withHim, happiness must be a stranger to thy bosom. Though thou hast allelse beside, bereft of God thou must be “bereft indeed.” Lord! I come!As thy pardoning grace is freely tendered, so shall I freely accept it.May it be mine, even now, to listen to the gladdening accents, “Son!Daughter! be of good cheer! thy sins, which are many, are all forgiventhee.”
“REMEMBER THISWORD UN BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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