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

"Yea, He loved the people; all His saints are in Thine hand." -Deuteronomy 33:3 [KJV] My soul, here is a very blessed portion to meditate upon in the night watches, and to lie down with, reposing in the bosom of Jesus. The word yea , is a sweet scripture word, and very strong to the purpose. God's "yeas," and "amens," are firmer than all the oaths of creatures; and when Jehovah puts His yea to the love that He hath to His people, it ought to give great comfort and confidence to our faith. And Oh! what testimonies hath Jehovah, in His three-fold character of person, manifested, in the Father's love, the Redeemer's grace, and the Holy Ghost's fellowship, in proof of this affection! Blessed Lord! help me to keep it in remembrance .   But, my soul, do not stop here. Mark what the Holy Ghost hath said, as a farther testimony of it: "All His saints are in Thine hand." In whatever point of view we read these words, they become blesse

"I lead in the way of righteousness."   - Proverbs 8:20 [KJV] How does the Lord Jesus—who speaks here under the name of Wisdom— lead His saints "in the way of righteousness?" By casting a mysterious light into their souls, whereby they see what the word of God has revealed, and shedding abroad a mysterious power in their hearts, whereby faith is created, to receive, lay hold of, and credit that which God has made known. We may read the word of God for ever in vain, unless that word is made life and light to our souls; but when the Lord the Spirit, whose covenant office and work it is to take of the things of Jesus and reveal them to the heart, sheds a mysterious and blessed light upon those Scriptures which speak of Jesus as the law-fulfiller, as having brought in a glorious righteousness, and at the same moment is pleased to raise up faith and power in the heart to receive, credit, embrace, and handle what He has thus revealed, then by His own persuasive power He