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THOUGHTS FOR THE QUIET HOUR


by John MacDuff

A treasury of godly wisdom, suitable  for personal or family devotions.


Building air-castle upon air-castle!',

One throw of the dice-',
The golden key that fits all locks!',
This most beautiful grace',
Don't grumble!',

Over-sensitiveness',

That heathen marksman',
Grievously wounded in the spiritual battle',
Encircled in the consciousness of His love',
A parent's lip kisses all fear away',

As each part does its work',

Troubles and perplexities',
Vapid, superficial, selfish pleasure',
A dirge of superhuman anguish',
But we see a more favoured spot of grass',

The father's halls, and heart, and home',

The Infinite overcome by the finite',
Happiness ',
There are no great things-',
Morbid, sullen, panic-stricken',

The fall of a leaf—',

What a magic, magnetic power',
Found in the shady nooks of the valley',
Past fainting and faltering and failures',
O dreamer of vain dreams',

Beware of wasted moments!',

Eternal pleasures',
My creation!',
That demon scramble for riches!',
Little more than a creed-',

Flaws on the sculptor's white marble',

The irreparable past',
A November drizzle',
Ignoble wounds in life's battle?',
An instinctive love of the beautiful',

A chequered life',

If the golden prize has eluded our grasp',
The world's joys',
An Infinite Friend',
The sweetest of life's curfew chimes',

It is a sad thing',

The uncaging of the spirit',
The distinctive message of the Gospels',
Yes, you are in a mazy labyrinth',
He died fighting for His enemies!',

He died fighting for His enemies!',

Temptation',
Absolute and flawless perfection!',
Personal tastes',
Fascinating dreams',

Love-shafts',

What is the lesson?',
I have no key to God's hieroglyphics',
Wounds from a friend',
Serfdom and beggardom to Satan?',

Child of sickness and pain!',

A lurking assassin',
Foul fiends or beneficent angels?',
The prayer of Agur',
The soul's best music',

Every turn in the pilgrimage path!',

Running out like the grains-',
There are many loveless-',
The soul's hardest lesson',
Kind words and holy deeds',

Nothing but a gentle,-',

True, genuine friendship',
You hypocrites!',
Truth that leads to godliness',
The tiny glow-worm-',

Remove the Bible from school-',

This spirit from the pit',
Old Testament history',
Living sacrifices',
The house collapsed-',

The grandest picture-',

The loveliest plants of the Gospel',
Little sympathies-',
Amid the discords-',
The gauntest of all gaunt spectres',

A series of strange surprises',

What is earth's greatest joy-',
The old, the weak, the decrepit-,',
I will go home to my Father',
Trust God in little things',

Praise Him, all you twinkling stars!',

And he went outside and wept bitterly!',
What will heaven be',
Helping struggling souls-',
Like a bird parting with its wings',

The gates of death',

Commonplace, everyday experiences',
It is not the cuckoo-cry of alarmists',
Orthodoxy "falsely so called"',
Home and rest in the ocean-',

Undying music',

Through the agonies of great trial',
The Great Craftsman',
The sob of universal humanity',
A wonderful satisfaction',

The epitome of the Christian life',

Desolating bereavement',
The raft of God's promises',
Gold, silver, jewels',
The choicest of the Gospel's-',

The first deflection',

What a temple for adoration and praise!',
The inheritance of the believer',
The angels of affliction',
Our life-ministries',

Habitually to realize',

War!',
Demon or angel?',
In the great game of existence',
God's dealings',