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

"Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain." -I SAIAH 40:4 [KJV]   IF IN YOUR ROAD HEAVENWARD, no valley ever sank before you; if no mountain and hill ever rose up in sight; if you encountered no crooked path through the dense wood; and no rough places, with many a rolling stone and many a thorny briar in the tangled forest, it would not seem that you were treading the way which the saints of God have ever trod, nor would it appear as if you needed special help from the sanctuary, or any peculiar power to be put forth for your help and deliverance. But being in this path, and that by God's own appointment , and finding right before your eyes valleys of deep depression which you cannot raise up; mountains and hills of difficulty that you cannot lay low; crooked things which you cannot straighten; and rough places which you cannot make smooth; you are compe

Poor, weak and sinful though I am, I have a heav’nly Friend; Christ Jesus is His precious Name, He loves me without end. Though I was ruined by the fall, Christ bore my guilt and blame; He died and saved my sinful soul, His praise I will proclaim. In seeking grace my Brother-Friend Pursued this wand’ring sheep; He rescued me from sin and death, And He my soul will keep. Each day new blessings from above, My Friend supplies for me; He fills my heart with joy and peace, And guides unerringly. Someday my life on earth shall end And I will leave this place; Then shall the greatest joy be mine, To see my dear Friend’s face. Tune to "O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES" CM Words by JIM BYRD

"I will give thee the treasures of darkness." - ISAIAH 45:3 [KJV] Is not this a strange expression? "Treasures of darkness!" How can there be darkness in the City of Salvation of which the Lord the Lamb is the eternal light? The expression does not mean that the treasures themselves are darkness, but that they were hidden in darkness till they were brought to light. The treasures of Belshazzar, like the Bank bullion, were buried in darkness till they were broken up and given to Cyrus. It is so in a spiritual sense. Are there not treasures in the Lord Jesus? Oh! what treasures of grace in His glorious Person! What treasures of pardon in H is precious blood! What treasures of righteousness in H is perfect obedience! What treasures of salvation in all that H e is and has as the great High Priest over the house of God! Yet, all these treasures are "treasures of darkness," so far as they are hidden from our eyes and hearts, till we are brought by