• Robert Hawker's Poor Man's Morning Portions

    August 17—Morning Devotion

    "The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live."—John 5:25 What a promise is here, and what an encouragement for every dead sinner to hope, and for every living saint, who is interested for dead sinners, not to despair? Observe, my soul, the extensiveness of the mercy: it is the dead. Why,…

  • Robert Hawker's Poor Man's Morning Portions

    August 16—Morning Devotion

    “I am black, but comely."—Song of Solomon 1:5 See, my soul, whether thine experience corresponds to that of the church. Hast thou learnt from God the Spirit what thou art in thyself? Art thou truly sensible of the many sins and corruptions which lurk under fair appearances; and that, from carrying about with thee a body of sin and death,…

  • Robert Hawker's Poor Man's Morning Portions

    August 15—Morning Devotion

    "The good will of him that dwelt in the bush."—Deuteronomy 33:16 And who is this, my soul; who indeed can it be but Jesus? Surely he is the glorious person. It was good will, in the highest possible instance of it, that prompted his infinite mind, from everlasting, to love his people, to engage for them in suretyship engagements, and…

  • Robert Hawker's Poor Man's Morning Portions

    August 14—Morning Devotion

    "And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily."—Luke 18:7,8 My soul, mark for thy encouragement, in all thine approaches to a throne of grace, what Jesus here speaks, and never lose sight of it. Remember how well acquainted…