A PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL REVIVAL Isaiah 64:1. _Oh that Thou wouldst rend the heavens, that Thou wouldst come down, &c._ It is not into the mouth of every Israelite that the prophet puts this prayer: only the true-hearted, believing remnant could offer it. Selfish grovelling souls can, perhaps, ask c... [ Continue Reading ]
AUTUMN LEAVES Isaiah 64:6. _And we all do fade as a leaf._ Men have ever been ready to associate the seasons of the year with the periods of human life: to compare our youth with the spring time, &c. We all know we are rapidly passing away, &c. Everything tells us that we are under a law of change... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ABSENCE OF IMPORTUNATE PRAYER DEPLORED Isaiah 64:7. _There is none that … stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee._ THE SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT AND LAMENTATION. Not the neglect of ordinances, or the lack of profession, &c., but the lack of importunate prayer. How wonderful the permission and priv... [ Continue Reading ]