James Russell Miller
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It may be that this, little book will be, accepted of the Master, and sent by him, on a mission of helpfulness, to some struggling lives.
The aim of this book is to show how doctrine should become life; how promises should be rod and staff in the climber's hand; and how the Sunday-life should pour itself through all the week-days, making every hour bright with the radiance of heaven.
It is, dedicated to those who sincerely want to follow all the...
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"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you." John 15:13-15
George MacDonald said in an address, "The longer I live, the more I am assured that the business of life, is to understand...
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James Russell Miller was born near Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Big Traverse, which according to his biographer, John T. Faris, is a merry little mill stream which drains one of the most beautiful valleys in the southern part of Beaver County. His parents were James Alexander Miller and Eleanor Creswell who were of Irish/Scottish stock.
Miller was the second child of ten, but his older sister died before he was born. James...
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A biography of the Plains Cree chief who challenged Canadian authorities and became a warrior of legend. When Big Bear was young, in the first half of the nineteenth century, he overcame smallpox and other hardships-and eventually followed in the footsteps of his father, Black Powder, engaging in warfare against the Blackfoot. The time would come for him to draw on these experiences and step into a leadership role, as the buffalo began to disappear...
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"Comfort, comfort My people. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of servitude is over, her iniquity has been pardoned, and she has received from the Lords hand double for all her sins." Isaiah 40: 2
There is need always for tender words. Always there is sorrow. Everywhere hearts are breaking. There is no one, who is not, made happier by gentle speech. Yet there is in the world, a dearth of tender words. Some people scarcely...
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Building character is the most important matter in life. Little matters the works that a man can leave in the world; your true success is measured by what you have built over the years into your very being. True character must be built according to divine standards. The life of each man is a plan of God. There is a divine purpose regarding it that we must fulfill. In the Scriptures we find the patterns for all parts of the character, not only for...
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When Terri Jeppson is informed that her ex-husband is desperately ill, she rushes to his aid. It's not until she gives him a therapeutic massage - on doctor's orders - that she realises the man at her fingertips isn't her ex at all. He's an incredibly handsome, sexy...total stranger! Terri has unwittingly found herself up close and personal with international billionaire Ben Herrick. And he has one more surprise for Terri: a shocking proposal! Their...
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One of the most significant words in the teaching of Jesus, is that in which he gives his command concerning the care of the children.
He asked Peter a question, "Do you love me?" and when he got a satisfactory answer, he said to him, "Feed my lambs."
He had in mind the figure of a shepherd. David had sung, "The Lord is my shepherd." Jesus himself had used the figure to describe his own tender watchfulness over his people.
They are his sheep. The...
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There are many ways of reading the Bible. One of the most helpful, is to read it to learn from it how to live so as to please God, attain the highest beauty of character, and leave the largest blessing in the world.
There have been many lives of Joseph written. Some of these are very valuable because of the knowledge of ancient Egypt and the Egyptians which they impart in the telling of the story. Nothing of this is attempted in the present chapters,...
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Unto the Hills leads the reader to share the same hope of Jewish pilgrims who found a safe haven in the hills in times of adversity and daily life.
He manages to keep the attention and amazement of mind reader to transmit the secrets of the heart of God, which are lines and lines of Psalm 121.
James Russell Miller In 1857, James entered Beaver Academy and in 1862 he progressed to Westminster College, Pennsylvania, which he graduated in June 1862....
11) In Perfect Peace
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"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You." Isaiah 26:3
"Perfect Peace!" That is what we all want. That, too, is what Christ offers us in his gospel. Among his farewell words, we find this bequest: "Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you."
After his return from the grave, he said to his disciples, three times repeating the same benediction, "Peace be unto you." Peace is thus part of the blessed evangel, and an essential...