66 Precious Gems from the Gospel Mine. APRIL.-PRAYER. I. Pray to thy Father which is in secret."-Matt. vi. 6. 2. "Men ought always to pray."-Luke xviii. 1. 3. "Lord, teach us to pray."-Luke xi. I. 4. "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities."-Rom. viii. 26. 5. "We know not what we should pray for as we ought."— Rom. viii. 26. 6. "Let your requests be made known unto God."-Phil. iv. 6. 7. "Continuing instant in prayer."-Rom. xii. 12. 829 8. 9. 66 Pray without ceasing."-1 Thess. v. 17. "Ask in faith, nothing wavering."-James i. 6. 10. "Ask, and it shall be given you."-Matt. vii. 7. II. In the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee."-Psa. v. 3. "The Lord fulfil all thy petitions."-Psa. xx. 5. 12. 66 13. Before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear."-Isa. lxv. 24. 14. "I sought the Lord, and He heard me."-Psa. xxxiv. 4. 15. "He shall call upon Me, and I will answer Him."-Psa. xci. 15. 16. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength."Isa. xl. 31. 17. "In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and He heard me." ---Psa. cxx. I. 66 18. God be merciful to me a sinner."-Luke xviii. 13. 19. "Hear me, for I am poor and needy."—Psa. lxxxvi. 1. 20. "He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him."--Psa. cxlv. 19. 21. "The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him."Psa. cxlv. 18. 22. "Their prayer came up to 2 Chron. XXX. 27. His holy dwelling-place." 23. "O Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come." 24. "He will regard the prayer of the destitute."-Fsa. cii. 17. 25. "I give myself unto prayer."-Psa. cix. 4. 26. "The prayer of the upright is His delight.”—Prov. xv. 8. 27. "The prayer of faith shall save the sick."-James v. 15. 28. "All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive."-Matt. xxi. 22. 29. "Call ye upon Him while He is near."-Isa. lv. 6. 30. "Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer."-Isa. lviii. 9. 'o talk to Jesus as a loving Friend, То Upon whose faithfulness we can depend; Thy golden promises, so rich and sweet, Jesus, we thank Thee for Thy loving care, CONCERNING THE FIRST COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. III. Yea, Mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of My bread, hath lifted up his heel against Me.”Psalm xli. 9. "Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray Me. He that dippeth his hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray Me.”—Matthew xxvi. 21, 23; Mark xiv. 18. "The hand of him that betrayeth Me is with Me on the table."-Luke xxii. 21. "That the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with Me hath lifted up his heel against Me."-John xiii. 18. "Reproach hath broken My heart; and I am full of heaviness."-Psalm lxix. 20. "Smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered."– Zechariah xiii. 7. "Then cometh Jesus . semane, unto a place called Gethand began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith He, . . . My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death."-Matthew xxvi. 36-38. "All the disciples forsook Him, and fled."-Matthew xxvi. 56; Mark xiv. 50. "For it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.”—Matthew xxvi. 31. "He was taken from prison and from judgment.”—Isaiah liii. 8. "The band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound Him, and led Him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, which was the high-priest that same year. Now Annas. sent Him bound unto Caiaphas. . . . Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment."-John xviii. 12, 13, 24, 28. 66 ." And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate."-- Mark xv. 1. 66 “And as soon as he (Pilate) knew that He belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod. . . . . And Herod with his men of war set Him at nought, and mocked Him, and arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him again to Pilate."-- Luke xxiii. 7, 11. "He delivered Jesus to their will."-Luke xxii. 25. "He is despised and rejected of men."--Isaiah liii. 3. "False witnesses did rise up, they laid to My charge things that I knew not."--Psalm xxxv. 11. "He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth."-Isaiah liii. 7. "Pilate..... brought Jesus forth, and . . . . saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him. We have no king but Cæsar."-John xix. 13-15. ... "Many bare false witness against Him."-Mark xiv. 56. "When He was accused of the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto Him, Hearest Thou not how many things they witness against Thee? And He answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly."-Matthew xxvii. 12-14. 66 I gave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not My face from shame and spitting"-Isaiah 1. 6. "He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed."-Isaiah liii. 5. "When they had blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote Thee ?"Luke xxii. 64. "And they smote Him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon Him.”—Mark xv. 19. "And the servants did strike Him with the palms of their hands."-Mark xiv. 65. “Pilate . . . . took Jesus, and scourged Him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote Him with their hands."John xix. 1-3. "They pierced My hands and My feet.”—Psalm xxii. 16. "He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”— Isaiah liii. 12. "They part My garmenis among them, and cast lots upon My vesture."--Psalm xxii. 18. "When they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him.”—Luke xxiii. 33. With Him they crucify two thieves; the one on His right hand, and the other on His left. And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And He was numbered with the transgressors."--Mark xv. 27, 28. "Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”—Luke xxiii. 34. "The soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be.”—John xix. 23, 24. .... "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did they cast lots."-Matthew xxvii. 35. (To be continued.) |