18, 19. The escape of Peter had been altogether unobserved by the soldiers who guarded him. The two who were chained to him in the prison slept on till day, and those guarding the outside changed their watches at the regular hours without suspecting any thing wrong within. (18) “Now when it was day, there was no small… Read More Romans, the
Thomas Manton has us seek out, not avoid the frail… Read More Putrefaction
William Bridge says you may flee a plague… Read More Pestilence
“He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath everlasting life, and I will raise him up In the last day. For My flesh Is meat Indeed, and My blood is drink Indeed.” — John VI : 65,66. … St. Thomas says: “All the graces which our Savior Jesus Christ in His humanity brought… Read More Odors
“And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey ; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found… Read More Missing
We had ascertained at the Falls the sad fate of the Missionaries of the London Society. Our friend from Natal, Mr. Baldwin, had found them at a well in the desert suffering from hunger ; they had no horses, without which game there cannot easily be procured. They had failed to kill the rhinoceroses which… Read More Malaria
” … I believe, the first work that God puts forth upon the soul in order to its conversion, is, to raise up a spiritual light within it, to clear up its apprehensions about spiritual matters, so as to enable the soul to look upon God as the chiefest good, and the enjoyment of him… Read More Lamenting
“… The best thing we can say of this house of earth is, That it is a ruinous building, and will not be long before it tumbles into dust ; that it is not our home (we look for another house eternal in the heavens) ; that we shall not always be confined here, but… Read More Infirmities
” Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.” — St. Luke x. 42. There was great commotion in the little household of Bethany that evening. The Master had come, it may be quite unexpectedly, with several of his disciples. Martha, the bustling, anxious housekeeper, was at once full… Read More Housekeeper
SUFFERING PATIENTLY FOR CHRIST. Negrino and Paschali exercised their ministry in Calabria, in comforting the persecuted Waldenseians among the woods and mountains. But when the sufferers were closely hunted, the preachers were not likely to escape. At the instance of the inquisitor, they were both apprehended. Negrino was starved to death in prison at Cosenza.… Read More Handcuffs
Quicksand, Rocks, and Shallows 