Nothing, in fact, has done more harm to Christianity than the practice of filling the ranks of Christ's army with every volunteer who is willing to make a little profession, and talk fluently of his experience. It has been painfully forgotten that numbers alone do not make strength, and that there may be a great quantity of mere outward religion, while there is very little real grace. Let us all remember this. Let us keep back nothing from young professors and inquirers after Christ. Let us not enlist them on false pretenses. Let us tell them plainly that there is a crown of glory at the end. But let us tell them no less plainly, that there is a daily cross in the way.

J.C. Ryle

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Main dish, Chili	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Bay leaf
2	c	Soaked beans (black or red)
4	ts	Cumin
4	ts	Oregano
4	ts	Paprika
1/2	ts	Cayenne ground "New Mexico" chili powder (however much looks good, few tsp.?) Gebhardt's chili powder (however much looks good, few tsp.?)
1		Chili negro or ancho peanut oil
2	lg	Onions, chopped
4		Cloves garlic, minced salt
4	c	Tomatoes, chopped (fresh/peeled or canned)
1		2 tsp
1/4	c	Red wine
1		2 Tblsp chopped chipotle chili vinegar (wine, cider, rice)

INSTRUCTIONS

Cover beans and bay leaf with 2 inches of fresh water, bring to boil. Lower
heat and simmer.  Toast cumin and oregano over med.  heat, stirring so they
don't burn.  When they're fragrant, add paprika, cayenne, and chili
powders--toast a few seconds.  Remove from heat. Then grind with mortar and
pestle.  Dry the chili negro or ancho in a hot oven (400) for a few
minutes.  Cool and remove stem, seeds, veins. Shred it and then grind in
food processor, blender, etc.  Saute onion in oil till soft, add garlic,
salt, ground herbs and chili, cook 5 min. Add tomato, juice, 1 tsp.
chipotle, and some red wine, cook about 20 min. Add to the beans and add
more water to cover beans by 1 inch. Cook till beans are soft (1 hr.) Taste
chili, add vinegar to taste. Adjust seasoning (cumin, oregano, salt, chili
powder, chipotle, vinegar.) Edited by J. White.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdjaxxx.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“God is unfeeling? Ha! Alongside him we’re as cold as stones”

The faithful and laborious clergyman of a very large and populous parish had been accustomed, for a long series of years, to preserve notes of his visits to the afflicted, with remarks on the outcome of their affliction – whether life or death, and of the subsequent conduct of those who recovered. He stated, that, during forty years, he had visited more than two thousand people apparently drawing near to death, and who revealed such signs of penitence as would have led him to indulge a good hope of their eternal safety – if they had died at that moment. When they were restored to life and health – he eagerly looked that they should bring forth fruits fit for repentance. But alas! Of the two thousand, only two people manifested an abiding and saving change! The rest, when the terrors of eternity ceased to be in immediate prospect, forgot their pious impressions and their solemn vows – and returned with new avidity to their former worldly mindedness and sinful pursuits, “as the dog returns to its vomit again, and as the sow that was washed to its wallowing in the mire.”

Gorham Abbott