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

“ But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased.” -P SALM 115:3 “Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.” -P SALM 135:6 “And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou? ” -D ANIEL 4:35 [KJV] On the other hand, there is no doctrine more hated by worldlings, as the great, stupendous, but yet most certain doctrine of the Sovereignty of the infinite Jehovah! Men will allow God to be everywhere except on His throne! They will allow Him to be in His workshop to fashion worlds and make stars. They will allow Him to be in His almonry to dispense His alms and bestow His bounties. They will allow Him to sustain the earth and bear up the pillars thereof, or light the lamps of Heaven, or rule the waves of the ever-moving...

"Then opened H e their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures." -L UKE 24:45 [KJV] Blessed opening, when He that hath the key of David puts in H is hand by the hole of the door, and opens our heart to receive H is own word. Then when we go to the Word of Truth, after it has come to us, our fingers drop with sweetsmelling myrrh upon the handles of the lock. It is said that "the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live." O, to hear the voice of the Son of God in our hearts! Surely it shall make our dead hearts, cold frames, withering hopes, drooping love, dying faith, languishing prayers, and fainting minds live; yea, revive as the corn and grow as the vine. What is all religion without a divine beginning, middle, and end, commencing, carried on, and accomplished with a heavenly power, supernatural life, and spiritual unction? Well may we be ashamed and sick of, and sorry for all our thoughts...