PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Morning Bells; Or, Waking Thoughts for Little Ones
Havergal, Frances Ridley, 1836-1879 · 12,860 words · 16 reading sections
MORNING BELLS
Or, Waking Thoughts for the Little Ones By…
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To The Twin Brothers, Willie and Ethelbert With Aunt Fanny's Love. Contents. Morning Bells 1. "Thy Holy Child Jesus" 2. "Even Christ pleased not Himself" 3. "Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe" 4. "Bear ye one another's burdens" 5. "Yield your members as instruments of righteousness unto God" 6. "Then the people r…
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Perhaps it seems a rather melancholy "morning bell" to you, tolling instead of chiming! But if you really wish to be like Christ, you will soon find that its music is as sweet as any, and that its quiet chime will come to you again and again with a wonderful sweetness and power, helping you over all sorts of difficulti…
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Perhaps you never thought that any one around you had any! Then if you want to fulfill this law of Christ, the first thing will be to find out who has any burdens, and which of them you could bear instead. You will not have to watch long! There are very few without any. Little backs can not bear great burdens, but some…
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See what came of offering willingly to the Lord--they "rejoiced," and everything they did, even eating and drinking, was "with great gladness." Never is any one so happy as those who offer their own selves willingly to the Lord. He gives them a thousandfold return for the worthless little self and weak little members w…
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Oh, what wonderful "kindness and love of God our Saviour!" Let the remembrance of it be like a silver bell, ringing softly and clearly whenever you are going to do, or letting yourself feel or think, something that is not right. "Put _that_ on mine account!" Yes, that sin that you were on the very edge of committing! t…
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Think a little this morning of God's great kindness to you. How _very_ good He is to you! I know one of His dear children who looks up many, many times a day, and says, "_Good_ Lord Jesus!" or "_Kind_ Lord Jesus!" She does not set herself to say it, but it seems as if she could not help saying it, just because He _is_ …
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This was because they loved their king. They watched him, not as the wicked Pharisees watched the Lord Jesus that they might find something against Him; but with the watching of admiration and love, taking notice of the kind and gracious things he did and said. Do you thus take notice of what your King does? Does it pl…
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Many years ago a good clergyman wrote a tiny prayer, so short that no one could help remembering it if they once heard it. God seemed to set that little prayer "upon wheels," so that it might run everywhere. It was printed on large cards and hung up, and it was printed on small ones and kept in Bibles and pocket-books.…
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When the Lord Jesus said to Simon the Pharisee, "Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee;" he answered, "Master, say on!" When God was going to speak to Samuel, he said, "Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth." Has the Lord Jesus said anything like this for us? He says, "I have yet many things to say unto you." What thi…
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When the wild snow-storms rage round the eyrie, and the mountain cold is felt, that is death to an unprotected sleeper, how warm the little eaglets are kept! Not an arrow of the keen blast reaches them, poor little featherless things, not a snowflake touches them. So warm shall you be kept "under His wings," when any c…
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Why did David ask this? He goes on to say why--"For Thou art my God." If God is really _our_ God, we too shall wish to do the thing that pleaseth Him. David did not think he could do it of himself, for he says next, "Let Thy loving Spirit lead me." That loving Spirit will lead you too, dear child, and show you how beau…
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Are you a soldier? You ought to be, for you have been chosen to be a soldier in the glorious army of Jesus Christ. You ought to be, for you have been "received into the congregation of Christ's flock" at your baptism, and engaged "manfully to fight under His banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continu…
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Another way is by those whom He has set over you. He has told you once for all to "obey your parents," and to "obey them that have the rule over you." So, when they tell you to do something, it is the Lord Jesus Himself that you have to obey in obeying them. Now "whatsoever He saith unto you, do it!" Yes, "whatsoever,…
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Try for yourself to-day what was such great and long help to Moses. Ask God, before you go down-stairs, for faith, "the eye of the soul," so that you may walk all day long "as seeing Him who is invisible." When you are tempted to indulge in something wrong,--idleness or carelessness, or selfishness,--this will help you…
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31. Thirty-first Day. I will love Thee "I will love Thee, O Lord."--Ps. xviii. 1. Yes, even if I have never loved Thee before, I will love Thee, O Lord, now! I will love Thee, Lord Jesus, because Thou hast loved me, and because Thou art loving me now, and wilt love me to the end. Oh, forgive me for not having loved…
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Public domain in the USA; original historical text digitized by Project Gutenberg.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.