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Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 10th Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers! —Psalms 37:1 This to me is a Divine command; the same as “Thou shalt not steal.” Now let us get to the definition of fretting. One good definition is, “Made rough on the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 9th Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you (Isaiah 30:18). Where showers fall most, there the grass is greenest. I suppose the fogs and mists of Ireland make it “the Emerald Isle”; and whenever you find great fogs of trouble, and mists…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 8th Do not begin to be anxious (Philippians 4:6, PBV). Not a few Christians live in a state of unbroken ,anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly. To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily life is a secret worth knowing. What is the use of…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 7th Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? He that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah and rely upon his God” (Isa. 50:10, RV). What shall the believer do in times of…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 6th He opened not his mouth (Isaiah 53:7). How much grace it requires to bear a misunderstanding rightly, and to receive an unkind judgment in holy sweetness! Nothing tests the Christian character more than to have some evil thing said about him. This is the file that…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 5th The education of our faith is incomplete if we have not learned that there is a providence of loss, a ministry of failing and of fading things, a gift of emptiness. The material insecurities of life make for its spiritual establishment. The dwindling stream by which…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 4th So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning (Job 42:12)J Through his griefs Job came to his heritage. He was tried that his godliness might be confirmed. Are not my troubles intended to deepen my character and to robe me in graces…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 3rd And after the earthquake a fire; and after the fire a sound of gentle stillness” (1 Kings 19:12, RV margin.) A soul, who made rapid progress in her understanding of the Lord, was once asked the secret of her easy advancement. She replied tersely, “Mind the checks.”…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 2nd And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place (Luke 9:10). In order to grow in grace, we must be much alone. It is not in society that the soul grows most vigorously. In one single quiet hour of prayer it will often make more progress…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman October 1st It is good for me that I have been afflicted (Ps. 119:71). It is a remarkable circumstance that the most brilliant colors of plants are to be seen on the highest mountains, in spots that are most exposed to the wildest weather. The brightest lichens and mosses,…