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January 11—Morning Devotion
"I am the bright and morning Star."—Revelation 22:16 How oft, in some dark wintry morning, like the present, have I bebeld the morning star shining with loveliness, when all the other lights of heaven were put out! But how little did I think of thee, thou precious light and life of men! Thou art indeed the bright and morning Star…
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1 Thessalonians: Chapter 5, Verse 10
“Who died for us, etc.]” The elect of God, who are not appointed to wrath, but to salvation by Christ, on which account he died for them; not merely as a martyr to confirm his doctrine, or only by way of example, but as a surety, in the room and stead of his people; as a sacrifice for their sins,…
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101 Directory
DIRECTORY A kind of regulation for the performance of religious worship, drawn up by the assembly of divines in England, at the instance of the parliament, in 1644. It was designed to supply the place of the Liturgy, or Book of Common Prayer, the use of which they had abolished. It consisted of some general heads, which were to be…
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January 10—Morning Devotion
"My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies."—Song of Solomon 6:2 Wonderful condescension! Jesus, the beloved of all his people, is indeed come down into his garden, the church; for he loves the sacred walks of a spot so near and so dear to him, which…
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100 Creed
CREED A form of words in which the articles of faith are comprehended. The most ancient form of creeds is that which goes under the name of the Apostles' Creed (see below;) besides this, there are several other ancient forms and scattered remains of creeds to be met with in the primitive records of the church; as, 1. The form…
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1 Thessalonians: Chapter 5, Verse 9
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, etc.]” To destruction and ruin, the effect of wrath; though there are some that are vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction, of old ordained to condemnation, and who are reserved for the day of evil; but there are others who are equally children of wrath, as deserving of the wrath of God…
