Yielding To Christianity

Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face; Here would I touch and handle things unseen; Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, And all my weariness upon Thee lean. (Horatius Bonar, 1855)
Horatius Bonar, an ordained Scottish pastor, wrote hundreds of hymns. It was said that the hymns came to him during walks beside the ocean or along a brook. Or at other times he might be inspired by the rhythmic clatter… Continue reading →

We all know that there is a part of us that no one ever gets to see, a personal, subjective individuality that we never share, something that we take with us to our grave. … As Hannah Whitall Smith wrote: “… there is something within us, behind our emotions and behind our wishes, an independent self, that, after all, decides everything and controls everything… and if God is to take possession of us, it must… Continue reading →