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  Morning, November 5 Go To Evening Reading “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.” —Isaiah 54:17 This day is notable in English history for two great deliverances wrought by God for us. On this day, the plot of the Papists to destroy our Houses of Parliament was discovered in 1605. “While for our princes, they prepare In caverns deep, a burning snare, He shot from heaven a piercing ray, And the dark treachery brought to the day.” Second, today is the anniversary of King William III's landing at Torbay, which quashed the hope of Popish ascendancy and secured religious liberty in 1688. This day should be celebrated not by the saturnalia of striplings but by the songs of saints. Our Puritan forefathers most devoutly made it a particular time of thanksgiving. There is extant a record of the annual sermons preached by Matthew Henry on this day. Our Protestant feeling and love of liberty should make us regard its anniversary with holy gratitude. Let our he

  Morning, November 4 Go To Evening Reading “For my strength is made perfect in weakness.” —2 Corinthians 12:9 A sense of weakness is a primary qualification for serving God by doing God’s miracle, working well, and having any amount of success. When God’s warrior marches forth to battle, strong in his own might, when he boasts, “I know that I shall conquer, my own right arm and my conquering sword shall get unto me the victory,” defeat is not far distant. God will not go forth with that man who marches in his own strength. He who reckoneth on victory thus has reckoned wrongly, for “it is not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” They who go forth to fight, boasting of their prowess, shall return with their gay banners trailed in the dust and their armor stained with disgrace. Those who serve God must serve him in his own way and strength, or he will never accept their service. God can never own that which man doth, unaided by divine strength. The m

Morning, November 2 Go To Evening Reading “I am the Lord, I change not.” —Malachi 3:6 It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect, One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows. All things else have changed—all things are changing. The sun itself grows dim with age; the world is waxing old; the folding up of the worn-out vesture has commenced; the heavens and earth must soon pass away; they shall perish, they shall wax old as doth a garment; but there is One who only hath immortality, of whose years there is no end, and in whose person there is no change. The delight that the mariner feels when, after having been tossed about for many a day, he steps again upon the solid shore is the satisfaction of a Christian when, amidst all the changes of this troublous life, he rests the foot of his faith upon this truth—“ I am the Lord, I change not .” The stability that the anchor gives the ship

  Morning, November 1 : Go To Evening Reading “The church in thy house.” —Philemon 2 Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members of it? Or are some still unconverted? Let us pause here and let the question go around— Am I a member of the Church in this house ? How would father’s heart leap for joy and mother’s eyes fill with holy tears if all were saved from the eldest to the youngest! Let us pray for this great mercy until the Lord shall grant it to us. It was probably the dearest object of Philemon’s desire to have all his household saved, but it was not at first given to him in its fullness. He had a wicked servant, Onesimus, who, having wronged him, ran away from his service. His master’s prayers followed him, and at last, as God would have it, Onesimus was led to hear Paul preach; his heart was touched, and he returned to Philemon, not only to be a faithful servant but a beloved brother, adding another member to the Church in Philemo