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Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

January 14   Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever         Ps. 145:2 There is a very beautiful device by which the Japanese are accustomed to express their wishes for their friends. It is the figure of a drum in which the birds have built their nest. The story told of it is that once there lived a good king, so anxiously concerned for the welfare of his people that at the palace gate he set a drum, and whoever had any wrong to be redressed or any want, should beat the drum, and at once, by day or night, the king would grant the suppliant an audience and relief. But throughout the land there reigned such prosperity and contentment that none needed to appeal for anything, and the birds built their nests within it and filled it with the music of their song. Such gracious access is granted to us even by the King of Heaven, and day and night His ready hearing and His help are within the reach of all that come to Him...

Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

January 6   Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord         Exod. 14:13 Often God seems to place His children in positions of profound difficulty—leading them into a wedge from which there is no escape; contriving a situation which no human judgment would have permitted, had it been previously consulted. The very cloud conducts them thither. You may be thus involved at this very hour. It does seem perplexing and very serious to the last degree; but it is perfectly right. The issue will more than justify Him who has brought you hither. It is a platform for the display of His almighty grace and power . He will not only deliver you, but in doing so He will give you a lesson that you will never forget; and to which, in many a psalm and song in after days, you will revert. You will never be able to thank God enough for having done just as He has. F. B. Meyer Hardman, Samuel G., and Dwight Lyman Moody. Thoughts for the Quiet...

Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

December 22   Be not doubtful, but followers of them also, through faith and patience, inherit the promises         Heb. 4:12 God makes a promise. Faith believes it. Hope anticipates it. Patience quietly awaits it. Selected Hardman, Samuel G., and Dwight Lyman Moody. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour. Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997. Print.

Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

December 16   He [Thomas] … said, Except I shall see … I will not believe … Jesus … said … But not faithless, but believing         John 20:25 , John 20 : 27 Every doubt in the heart of a Christian is a dishonor done to the Word of God, and the sacrifice of Christ. Selected Hardman, Samuel G., and Dwight Lyman Moody. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour. Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997. Print.

Thoughts for the Quiet Hour.

December 15   Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love         1 Cor. 13:13 (R.V.) Love is the greatest thing that God can give us: for Himself is Love; and it is the greatest thing we can give to God: for it will give ourselves, and carry with it all that is ours. Jeremy Taylor Hardman, Samuel G., and Dwight Lyman Moody. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour. Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997. Print.