all this, I do feel that there is something in me that will call the dear Lord my Lord and my God. I do feel such a riddle to myself, that I often think there cannot be any body else like me. A few days ago, the dear Lord favoured me with a very blessed time in prayer. O! what I felt, and what I saw with the eyes of my understanding, I cannot express with my tongue or pen. I cried, I blessed and praised the dear Saviour for what he had done for me and all the Israel of God, and felt such a love flow out of my heart to the Lord, his people, and his ways. O! I was just in my element; yet ever since that time, (which did not last long,) I have been filled with everything but that which is good, which makes me cry out with Paul, "O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" O! the goodness of a covenant-keeping God, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever! My love to all the friends; and may the dear Lord in his infinite mercy be with thee, and keep thee, and grant thee every blessing that is needful, both spiritual and temporal. Yours in the bonds of covenant love, April 20th, 1848. W. B. SPIRITUAL FRAGMENTS. Nature is so corrupted as not to understand its own depravation. -Owen. I have questioned whether I ever knew anything of Christianity, save the letters which make up the word.—Rutherford. Creature comforts are often to the soul what suckers are to a tree; and God takes off those that this may thrive.-Ryland. When you see the refiner cast his gold into the furnace, do you think he is angry with the gold, and means to cast it away? No; he sits as a refiner. He stands warily over the fire and over the gold, and looks to it that not one grain be lost. And when the dross is severed, he will out with it presently; it shall be no longer there.-Crisp. God's own servants, Christ's own disciples, may have their hearts filled with sorrow; against this our Lord commands many preservatives. But the ground of this sorrow is often from ourselves, from our own hearts, though Satan will have a hand in it; and it comes not from humility, but from pride. Because we cannot have our wills, therefore we are discontented.-Bunyan. Election having once pitched upon a man, it will find him out, and call him home, wherever he be. It called Zaccheus out of accursed Jericho; Abraham out of the idolatrous Ur of the Chaldees; Nicodemus and Paul out of the college of the Pharisees, Christ's sworn enemies; Dionysius and Damaris out of superstitious Athens. In whatsover dunghills God's jewels are hid, election will both find them out and fetch them out.-Arrow Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayst Prosper, &c. 311 May a Living Soul join a Family in a Form of Prayer? On Tricks in Trade Editors' Review:- A Protest &c., by John Kershaw 1 31 193 315 154, 179, 213, 250 Election (The) hath obtained it, and the Rest were blinded Page 282 137, 161 289, 325, 353 .... On the Sword of Justice awakened against God's Fellow Every Heart knoweth its own Bitterness, &c. Fiery Trial, The Foundation, A Sure Fragment, A ...... 234 53 306 82 278 314 Fragments, Spiritual 32, 63, 95, 127, 191, 207, 224, 256, 288, 305, 320, Gadsby, Wm., Letters by the late 346, 348, 351, 376 94, 285 27 God at hand (Am I), and not afar off? God Faithful to his Promises. By John Rusk.. 15, 33, 71, 97, 129, 166, Invitations of the Old Testament, The Promises and Issues from death, Unto God the Lord belong the It shall be well with the Righteous 123 77 Rusk On God Faithful to his Promises, &c. .. 15, 33, 71, 97, 129, 166, 200, 225, 257 On Satan's Policy Detected, and his Craft Exposed 296, 321, 360 Liberty, Gospel Lord God (The) merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in Goodness and Truth Lord's Supper, Qualifications for the. By Ralph Erskine.... Page 172 375 ... 137, 161 243, 342, 365 267, 300, 333 361 309 243, 349, 365 144 47 193 287 1 273 31 47 279 193 137, 161 Promises (The) and Invitations of the Old Testament. Qualifications for the Lord's Supper. By Ralph Erskine .... 137, 161 Ralph Erskine On Qualifications for the Lord's Supper May a Living Soul join a Family in a Form of Prayer? Rent Vail of the Temple (The). By Ralph Erskine "A Protest, &c." By John Kershaw Righteous, It shall be well with the .... 154, 179, 213, 250 283 Rusk, John, On God Faithful to his Promises, &c. 15, 33, 71, 97, 129 166, 200, 225, 257, On Satan's Policy Detected, and his Craft Exposed 296,321, 360 Sanctified Affliction 20, 90, 239 111 Satan's Policy Detected, and his Craft Exposed. By John Rusk 296, 321,360 Sin of Unbelief, On the. By John Bunyan Soliloquy, A 58 287 106 Spiritual Fragments 32, 63, 95, 127, 191, 207, 224, 256, 288, 305, 320 ...... Sword (The) of Justice awakened against God's Fellow. By Ralph That they also may be one in Us 278 6, 38, 65, 102, 133 312 Page The Blood and Righteousness of Christ....... The Deep that Coucheth Beneath The Election hath obtained it, and the Rest were blinded The Lord God merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in Goodness and Truth The Promises and Invitations of the Old Testament. The Sword of Justice awakened against God's Fellow. By Ralph Thomas Hardy, A Letter by the late Though ye have lain among the Pots, &c. Translation of an Old Prayer Trial, The Fiery. Trying Path, A 375 193 ...... 289, 325, 353 6, 38, 65, 102, 133 51 343 47 82 87 W. J. Brook, An Unpublished Letter by the late .... 289, 325, 353 ... 94, 285 Huntington, Letters by ...... 25, 59, 86, 110, 212, 247, 350 |