THE INDISCRIMINATE DANCE
It is the anniversary of Herod's birthday. The palace is lighted. The highways leading thereto are ablaze with the pomp of invited guests. Lords, captains, merchant princes, and the mightiest…
AFTER MIDNIGHT
When night came down on Babylon, Nineveh, and Jerusalem, they needed careful watching, otherwise the incendiary's torch might have been thrust into the very heart of the metropolitan splendor; or…
THE POWER OF CLOTHES
One cannot always tell by a man's coat what kind of a heart he has under it; still, his dress is apt to be the out-blossoming of his character, and…
WINTER NIGHTS
The inhabitants of one of the old cities were told that they would have to fly for their lives. Such flight would be painful, even in the flush of spring-time,…
The Curtain Lifted
THE ABOMINATIONS OF MODERN SOCIETY. BY REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE, AUTHOR OF "CRUMBS SWEPT UP" 1872. PREFACE. This is a buoy swung over the rocks. If it shall keep…
Blessed Promises For Dying Outcasts
"For I will restore health unto you, and I will healyou of your wounds, says the Lord; because they called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man…
MY CALLING
So often we forget that we live in Africa – living in a city, howbeit a very small city with its tarred roads and nearby Farms, if it weren’t for…
THE LUTHER SERMON AT EXETER-HALL
"O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, and the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds." Psalm 116:16. I HAVE been wondering whether I…
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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)
On Humbling Ourselves before God
"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time." 1 Peter 5:6. PRIDE is so natural to fallen man that it springs…
Accepted of the Great Father
"He has made us accepted in the Beloved." Ephesians 1:6. A FEW Sabbath mornings ago I spoke to you upon those memorable words of the great Father, "This is My…