THE DAY WE LIVE IN
"Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"— Esther iv. 14. Esther the beautiful was the wife of Ahasuerus the abominable. The time…
THE BANISHED QUEEN
"Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus. On the seventh day when the heart of the king was…
SUMMER TEMPTATIONS
"Come ye yourselves apart unto a desert place and rest awhile."—Mark vi: 31. Here Christ advises His apostles to take a vacation. They have been living an excited as well…
SOLD OUT
"Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money."— Isa. lii: 3. The Jews had gone headlong into sin, and as a punishment they had been…
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Iraq (Apr. 15, 2004) - U.S. Navy Chaplain, Lt. Cmdr. Lulrick Balzora, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Fourteen (NMCB-14), prepares to baptize Construction Mechanic Kyle Ellis. Balzora baptized several members assigned to NMCB-14 and NMCB-74 using a 2.5 cubic yard front-end loader bucket as an improvised baptismal. NMCB-14 and NMCB-74 are currently deployed in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Builder 2nd Class Jerome Kirkland (RELEASED)
STRIPPING THE SLAIN
"And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa."— I. Sam.…
CASTLE JESUS
"Who have fled for refuge."— Heb. vi: 18. Paul is here speaking of the consolations of Christians. He styles them these "who have fled for refuge." Moses established six cities…
HOW HE CAME TO SAY IT
"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha."— I Cor. xvi: 22. The smallest lad in the house knows the meaning of all those…
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THE THREE RINGS
"Put a ring on his hand."— Luke xv: 22. I will not rehearse the familiar story of the fast young man of the parable. You know what a splendid home…
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THE INSIGNIFICANT
"And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was…
THE THREE GROUPS
"And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties."—Mark vi: 40. The sun was far down in the west, night was coming on, and there were five thousand…