"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"Thus saith the L ORD , Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: b ut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the L ORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the L ORD ." -J EREMIAH 9:23-24 [KJV] “ And THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL , that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent .” -JOHN 17:3 [KJV]

"To see T hy power and T hy glory, so as I have seen T hee in the sanctuary." -P SALM 63:2 [KJV] EVERY PLACE IS A SANCTUARY WHERE GOD MANIFESTS HIMSELF in power and glory to the soul. Moses, doubtless, had often passed by the bush which grew in Horeb; it was but a common hawthorn bush, in no way distinguished from the other bushes of the copse; but on one solemn occasion it was all "in a flame of fire," for "the angel of the L ORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire" out of the midst; and though it burnt with fire, it was not consumed. God being in the bush, the ground round about was holy, and Moses was bidden to put off his shoes from off his feet. Was not this a sanctuary to Moses? It was, for a holy God was there. Thus wherever God manifests H imself, that becomes a sanctuary to a believing soul. We want not places made holy by the ceremonies of man, but places made holy by the presence of God. Then a stable, a hovel, a hed

“ What is His work? The work which the Father gave Him to do; the work covenanted from before the world began; the work that shall crown Him with glory and honor for ever and ever; the work of fulfilling, of magnifying, and of honoring the holy law of God; the work of satisfying and of sheathing the sword of inflexible justice in His own heart; the work of vanquishing the powers of darkness, bruising the old serpent’s head, spoiling principalities and powers, taking away the sting of death, and removing the curse forever from all the election of grace. That is the work of God; that is the work of Christ, and it is freely given to the believer.” – Gospel report by preacher Joseph Irons, 1848 A.D.