• In the decades and in the history books to come, 1968 will be remembered as the year the lights flickered out -- as a year of frustrations, regressions and shattered myths. These reversions to the past -- Prague, the Vatican, Chicago -- are the manifestations of political and economic forces seeking desperately to preserve situations of which they have long since lost control.

    But the twilight descending upon the United States will have the gravest consequences of all, for it is America that sets the pace of the world, and often dictates its choices.

    As the Sixties draw to a close, the peoples of the earth, left to themselves without gods and without leaders, are awaiting new decisions. The Man of November 5 cannot escape the confrontations before him. By refusing these choices, he will leave the problems unsolved.

    Two Americans, John and Robert Kennedy, had the courage to meet these problems head on and break down the doors to the future. They were stopped by the frightened accomplices of the traditions on which they infringed.

    When John Fitzgerald Kennedy's head exploded, it was for some the signal for toasts. One November morning the cannon boomed, the Panama Canal was closed, flags everywhere flew at half-mast, and it is said that even Andrei Gromyko wept. Adlai Stevenson declared that he would bear the sorrow of his death till the day of his own, and the Special Forces added a black band to their green berets.

    Almost five years passed, and another bullet shattered the brain and stopped the heart of another Kennedy who had taken up the fight.

    There was another funeral. Once again the Green Berets formed the Honor Guard; once again the Stars and Stripes flew at half-mast. One evening in June, Robert Kennedy joined his brother beneath the hill at Arlington, and those passing by can bring them flowers.

    -James Hepburn (Pseudonym),
    "Farewell America" (1968)
    In the decades and in the history books to come, 1968 will be remembered as the year the lights flickered out -- as a year of frustrations, regressions and shattered myths. These reversions to the past -- Prague, the Vatican, Chicago -- are the manifestations of political and economic forces seeking desperately to preserve situations of which they have long since lost control. But the twilight descending upon the United States will have the gravest consequences of all, for it is America that sets the pace of the world, and often dictates its choices. As the Sixties draw to a close, the peoples of the earth, left to themselves without gods and without leaders, are awaiting new decisions. The Man of November 5 cannot escape the confrontations before him. By refusing these choices, he will leave the problems unsolved. Two Americans, John and Robert Kennedy, had the courage to meet these problems head on and break down the doors to the future. They were stopped by the frightened accomplices of the traditions on which they infringed. When John Fitzgerald Kennedy's head exploded, it was for some the signal for toasts. One November morning the cannon boomed, the Panama Canal was closed, flags everywhere flew at half-mast, and it is said that even Andrei Gromyko wept. Adlai Stevenson declared that he would bear the sorrow of his death till the day of his own, and the Special Forces added a black band to their green berets. Almost five years passed, and another bullet shattered the brain and stopped the heart of another Kennedy who had taken up the fight. There was another funeral. Once again the Green Berets formed the Honor Guard; once again the Stars and Stripes flew at half-mast. One evening in June, Robert Kennedy joined his brother beneath the hill at Arlington, and those passing by can bring them flowers. -James Hepburn (Pseudonym), "Farewell America" (1968)
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  • On the outskirts of the Bellaire, Ohio (OH) lies an old two story Victorian home known as the "Bellaire house" that has become famous over recent years both among locals as well as across the country, with some saying it could be the most haunted place in the United States if not the world. Like a mouse falling into a pit of snakes an unsuspecting family disturbed a slumbering force and became enshrouded in a fog of darkness. From paranormal activity, demonic manifestations and dark seances. There is much to this Ohio story. This is untold story of the Bellaire House and the terrifying malevolent entities that dwell within it's walls.
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    On the outskirts of the Bellaire, Ohio (OH) lies an old two story Victorian home known as the "Bellaire house" that has become famous over recent years both among locals as well as across the country, with some saying it could be the most haunted place in the United States if not the world. Like a mouse falling into a pit of snakes an unsuspecting family disturbed a slumbering force and became enshrouded in a fog of darkness. From paranormal activity, demonic manifestations and dark seances. There is much to this Ohio story. This is untold story of the Bellaire House and the terrifying malevolent entities that dwell within it's walls. https://youtu.be/A3nusSo-lZs
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  • Talking too much is one of the manifestations of fear https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1272273.shtml
    Talking too much is one of the manifestations of fear https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1272273.shtml
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    PLA's 'Taiwan lockdown' drills stun secessionists, external forces as precision strike, area denial capabilities proved
    The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday commenced the second phase of its large-scale military exercises that completely locked down the island of Taiwan, and began to use live fire following the first phase of preparations starting Tuesday evening when US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island, seriously violating China's sovereignty.
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  • The following is a very interesting case, which brings vividly before us the fact that ghosts often draw power from those who witness their manifestations—just as they draw vitality from a materializing “medium,” during a seance. As cases of this character are rare, the following is of considerable value: “It was an afternoon, last autumn, about six o’clock. I had returned from a stroll and was sitting in my own apartment on Central Park West, reading Vanity Fair. While turning over its pages I became suddenly aware of a novel and indescribable sensation

    To learn more and share it with your friends through this link.
    https://www.egypttales.com/2022/07/how-ghosts-influence-us.html
    The following is a very interesting case, which brings vividly before us the fact that ghosts often draw power from those who witness their manifestations—just as they draw vitality from a materializing “medium,” during a seance. As cases of this character are rare, the following is of considerable value: “It was an afternoon, last autumn, about six o’clock. I had returned from a stroll and was sitting in my own apartment on Central Park West, reading Vanity Fair. While turning over its pages I became suddenly aware of a novel and indescribable sensation To learn more and share it with your friends through this link. https://www.egypttales.com/2022/07/how-ghosts-influence-us.html
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    How Ghosts Influence Us
    The following is a very interesting case, which brings vividly before us the fact that ghosts often draw power from those who witness
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  • QNOMA explained
    The Hebraic Aramaic QNOMA words (singular: q’nu-mah / k’nu-mah :: plural: q’nu-meh / k’nu-meh) are UNIQUE to Aramaic ONLY, and have no direct English Equivalents. Ancient, and Aramaic Scholar Paul D. Younan, of the Church of the East, says: “my favorite mistranslated word!!” – He expresses “The problem isn’t the language of English itself, it’s just that it has no single word to describe the concept.”

    “Individuation” is probably the closest term that’s acceptable. But then people look at you weird when you say it. This is one reason why the word “Individual” is used instead of the word “Person” (though "individual" is a synonym for it), and it has a broader and more in-depth lexical meaning… 2. separate and distinct from others of the same kind. 3. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing. See attached photos.

    Software Developers will understand the concept of an “Individuation” when they apply one of the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming called “Instantiation.”

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instance_(computer_science)

    And he goes on: ”In object-oriented programming (OOP), an instance is a concrete occurrence of any object, existing usually during the runtime of a computer program. Formally, "instance" is synonymous with "object" as they are each a particular value (realization), and these may be called an instance object; "instance" emphasizes the distinct identity of the object. The creation of an instance is called instantiation.”

    #Qnoma #Qnomic #Manifestations #Individuation #Instantiation #Instance #Godhead #Aramaic
    QNOMA explained The Hebraic Aramaic QNOMA words (singular: q’nu-mah / k’nu-mah :: plural: q’nu-meh / k’nu-meh) are UNIQUE to Aramaic ONLY, and have no direct English Equivalents. Ancient, and Aramaic Scholar Paul D. Younan, of the Church of the East, says: “my favorite mistranslated word!!” – He expresses “The problem isn’t the language of English itself, it’s just that it has no single word to describe the concept.” “Individuation” is probably the closest term that’s acceptable. But then people look at you weird when you say it. This is one reason why the word “Individual” is used instead of the word “Person” (though "individual" is a synonym for it), and it has a broader and more in-depth lexical meaning… 2. separate and distinct from others of the same kind. 3. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing. See attached photos. Software Developers will understand the concept of an “Individuation” when they apply one of the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming called “Instantiation.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instance_(computer_science) And he goes on: ”In object-oriented programming (OOP), an instance is a concrete occurrence of any object, existing usually during the runtime of a computer program. Formally, "instance" is synonymous with "object" as they are each a particular value (realization), and these may be called an instance object; "instance" emphasizes the distinct identity of the object. The creation of an instance is called instantiation.” #Qnoma #Qnomic #Manifestations #Individuation #Instantiation #Instance #Godhead #Aramaic
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  • 11 JANUARY (UNDATED SERMON)

    A woman of a sorrowful spirit

    ‘Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit.’ 1 Samuel 1:15
    SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Jeremiah 45:1–5

    Affliction and suffering are not proofs of sonship, for ‘Many sorrows shall be to the wicked’; and yet, where there are great tribulations, it often happens that there are great manifestations of the divine favour. There is a ‘sorrow of the world’ that ‘worketh death’, a sorrow which springs from self-will, and is nurtured in rebellion, and is therefore an evil thing, because it is opposed to the divine will. There is a sorrow which ‘will eat as doth a canker’, and breeds yet greater sorrows, so that such mourners descend with their sorrowful spirits down to the place where sorrow reigns supreme, and hope shall never come. Think of this, but never doubt the fact that a sorrowful spirit is in perfect consistency with the love of God, and the possession of true godliness.

    It is freely admitted that godliness ought to cheer many a sorrowful spirit more than it does. It is also admitted that much of the experience of Christians is no Christian experience, but a mournful departure from what true believers ought to be and feel. There is very much that Christians experience which they never ought to experience. Half the troubles of life are homemade, and utterly unnecessary. We afflict ourselves perhaps, ten times more than God afflicts us. We add many thongs to God’s whip: when there would be but one we must make nine. God sends one cloud by his providence, and we raise a score by our unbelief.

    But taking all that off, and making the still further abatement that the Gospel commands us to rejoice in the Lord always, and that it would never bid us do so if there were not abundant causes and arguments for it, yet, for all that, a sorrowful spirit may be possessed by one who most truly and deeply fears the Lord. Never judge those whom you see sad, and write them down as under the divine anger, for you might err most grievously and most cruelly in making so rash a judgment. Fools despise the afflicted, but wise men prize them.

    FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no. 703 v. 4—Horatius Bonar, 1856)
    ‘Take Thou my cup, and it with joy or sorrow fill;
    As ever best to Thee may seem, choose Thou my good and ill.’


    Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5), ed. Terence Peter Crosby, (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 16.
    11 JANUARY (UNDATED SERMON) A woman of a sorrowful spirit ‘Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit.’ 1 Samuel 1:15 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Jeremiah 45:1–5 Affliction and suffering are not proofs of sonship, for ‘Many sorrows shall be to the wicked’; and yet, where there are great tribulations, it often happens that there are great manifestations of the divine favour. There is a ‘sorrow of the world’ that ‘worketh death’, a sorrow which springs from self-will, and is nurtured in rebellion, and is therefore an evil thing, because it is opposed to the divine will. There is a sorrow which ‘will eat as doth a canker’, and breeds yet greater sorrows, so that such mourners descend with their sorrowful spirits down to the place where sorrow reigns supreme, and hope shall never come. Think of this, but never doubt the fact that a sorrowful spirit is in perfect consistency with the love of God, and the possession of true godliness. It is freely admitted that godliness ought to cheer many a sorrowful spirit more than it does. It is also admitted that much of the experience of Christians is no Christian experience, but a mournful departure from what true believers ought to be and feel. There is very much that Christians experience which they never ought to experience. Half the troubles of life are homemade, and utterly unnecessary. We afflict ourselves perhaps, ten times more than God afflicts us. We add many thongs to God’s whip: when there would be but one we must make nine. God sends one cloud by his providence, and we raise a score by our unbelief. But taking all that off, and making the still further abatement that the Gospel commands us to rejoice in the Lord always, and that it would never bid us do so if there were not abundant causes and arguments for it, yet, for all that, a sorrowful spirit may be possessed by one who most truly and deeply fears the Lord. Never judge those whom you see sad, and write them down as under the divine anger, for you might err most grievously and most cruelly in making so rash a judgment. Fools despise the afflicted, but wise men prize them. FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no. 703 v. 4—Horatius Bonar, 1856) ‘Take Thou my cup, and it with joy or sorrow fill; As ever best to Thee may seem, choose Thou my good and ill.’ Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5), ed. Terence Peter Crosby, (Leominster: Day One Publications, 2010), 16.
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  • Winston Churchill

    ZIONISM versus BOLSHEVISM

    The conflict between good and evil which proceeds unceasingly in the breast of man nowhere reaches such an intensity as in the Jewish race. The dual nature of mankind is nowhere more strongly or more terribly exemplified. We owe to the Jews in the Christian revelation a system of ethics which, even if it were entirely separated from the supernatural, would be incomparably the most precious possession of mankind, worth in fact the fruits of all other wisdom and learning put together. On that system and by that faith there has been built out of the wreck of the Roman Empire the whole of our existing civilisation.

    And it may well be that this same astounding race may at the present time be in the actual process of producing another system of morals and philosophy, as malevolent as Christianity was benevolent, which, if not arrested, would shatter irretrievably all that Christianity has rendered possible. It would almost seem as if the gospel of Christ and the gospel of Antichrist were destined to originate among the same people; and that this mystic and mysterious race had been chosen for the supreme manifestations, both of the divine and the diabolical.

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    Winston Churchill ZIONISM versus BOLSHEVISM The conflict between good and evil which proceeds unceasingly in the breast of man nowhere reaches such an intensity as in the Jewish race. The dual nature of mankind is nowhere more strongly or more terribly exemplified. We owe to the Jews in the Christian revelation a system of ethics which, even if it were entirely separated from the supernatural, would be incomparably the most precious possession of mankind, worth in fact the fruits of all other wisdom and learning put together. On that system and by that faith there has been built out of the wreck of the Roman Empire the whole of our existing civilisation. And it may well be that this same astounding race may at the present time be in the actual process of producing another system of morals and philosophy, as malevolent as Christianity was benevolent, which, if not arrested, would shatter irretrievably all that Christianity has rendered possible. It would almost seem as if the gospel of Christ and the gospel of Antichrist were destined to originate among the same people; and that this mystic and mysterious race had been chosen for the supreme manifestations, both of the divine and the diabolical. https://www.nationalists.org/library/jews/zionism-versus-bolshevism.html
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  • There is absolutely no doubt they are trying to usher in EXACTLY what they did in #China! And for the same reason! China has been the global model!

    The United States is absolutely NOT what you THINK IT IS!
    The federal Government is under the control of the very same #Communist #Bolshevik #Jews that murdered Czar Nicholas 2 in the Soviet Union along with his ENTIRE FAMILY!

    Shortly thereafter they facilitated the attacks against the German People that brought Germany into WW2! I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY!!!

    But Adolph Hitler ACTUALLY DID DESIRE PEACE! Do a SEARCH for
    "Hitler wanted peace" RIGHT NOW and you'll see that I'm right! I could not believe it myself! I was divinely led to that information, seriously!

    Now was he a choir boy? I doubt it, but he DID desire peace! Winston Churchill warned us of these same people, just before they bought his soul with money!

    Here's a quote from Churchill: (I'll share the source in my next post)

    And it may well be that this same astounding race may at the present time be in the actual process of producing another system of morals and philosophy, as malevolent as Christianity was benevolent, which, if not arrested, would shatter irretrievably all that Christianity has rendered possible. It would almost seem as if the gospel of Christ and the gospel of Antichrist were destined to originate among the same people; and that this mystic and mysterious race had been chosen for the supreme manifestations, both of the divine and the diabolical.

    Folks... THIS IS THE "SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN" FROM THE BIBLE! And they essentially control the world! At least the world's money supply, food supply, and every country on Earth with few exceptions! And they ARE ushering in the END TIMES! READ ISAIAH 1 folks! I'm telling you I was guided there by The Lord God! And he is ANGRY!

    Go read the entirety of Isaiah 46, here's part of it
    46 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

    2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

    3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

    4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver yo

    6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god:

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/critical-race-theory-aims-to-turn-students-into-red-guards-chinese-american-warns_3988678.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2021-09-10-1&mktids=e45e4f252115576661284bef18a01f33&est=2FfYJ8zCvPbn6%2BMlCR7pVZNyt9HHBlSWaZ%2BdUeEm8n7BAystrjX1HbBC7Tl2KUqnrYgmoQ%3D%3D
    There is absolutely no doubt they are trying to usher in EXACTLY what they did in #China! And for the same reason! China has been the global model! The United States is absolutely NOT what you THINK IT IS! The federal Government is under the control of the very same #Communist #Bolshevik #Jews that murdered Czar Nicholas 2 in the Soviet Union along with his ENTIRE FAMILY! Shortly thereafter they facilitated the attacks against the German People that brought Germany into WW2! I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY!!! But Adolph Hitler ACTUALLY DID DESIRE PEACE! Do a SEARCH for "Hitler wanted peace" RIGHT NOW and you'll see that I'm right! I could not believe it myself! I was divinely led to that information, seriously! Now was he a choir boy? I doubt it, but he DID desire peace! Winston Churchill warned us of these same people, just before they bought his soul with money! Here's a quote from Churchill: (I'll share the source in my next post) And it may well be that this same astounding race may at the present time be in the actual process of producing another system of morals and philosophy, as malevolent as Christianity was benevolent, which, if not arrested, would shatter irretrievably all that Christianity has rendered possible. It would almost seem as if the gospel of Christ and the gospel of Antichrist were destined to originate among the same people; and that this mystic and mysterious race had been chosen for the supreme manifestations, both of the divine and the diabolical. Folks... THIS IS THE "SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN" FROM THE BIBLE! And they essentially control the world! At least the world's money supply, food supply, and every country on Earth with few exceptions! And they ARE ushering in the END TIMES! READ ISAIAH 1 folks! I'm telling you I was guided there by The Lord God! And he is ANGRY! Go read the entirety of Isaiah 46, here's part of it 46 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver yo 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/critical-race-theory-aims-to-turn-students-into-red-guards-chinese-american-warns_3988678.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2021-09-10-1&mktids=e45e4f252115576661284bef18a01f33&est=2FfYJ8zCvPbn6%2BMlCR7pVZNyt9HHBlSWaZ%2BdUeEm8n7BAystrjX1HbBC7Tl2KUqnrYgmoQ%3D%3D
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  • <Long covid - short covid 2nd - 3rd wave etc etc- the beat goes on> Mar 10, 2021 - 'Researchers are close to solving one of the remaining mysteries about the after-effects of Covid-19,

    ".....Researchers are getting closer to understanding Long COVID, which might allow them to develop better treatments. The latest discovery indicates that Long COVID symptoms might arrive in specific waves, suggesting there could be a pattern to this chronic COVID issue.

    Indiana University School of Medicine researcher Natalie Lambert and her team surveyed thousands of long-haulers, asking the patients to describe the kind of Long COVID symptoms they experienced.

    Plenty of studies have shown the wide-variety of Long COVID manifestations. Some of the common ailments include flu-like symptoms that are extended over weeks and months. Neurological problems are also part of the Long COVID experience, as are dermatological issues.

    As shared with NBC News, the new study has not been peer-reviewed. But if the findings are accurate, they could help doctors refine therapies for the Long COVID patients they’re still treating...." -

    https://cuencahighlife.com/researchers-are-close-to-solving-one-of-the-remaining-mysteries-about-the-after-effects-of-covid-19/
    <Long covid - short covid 2nd - 3rd wave etc etc- the beat goes on> Mar 10, 2021 - 'Researchers are close to solving one of the remaining mysteries about the after-effects of Covid-19, ".....Researchers are getting closer to understanding Long COVID, which might allow them to develop better treatments. The latest discovery indicates that Long COVID symptoms might arrive in specific waves, suggesting there could be a pattern to this chronic COVID issue. Indiana University School of Medicine researcher Natalie Lambert and her team surveyed thousands of long-haulers, asking the patients to describe the kind of Long COVID symptoms they experienced. Plenty of studies have shown the wide-variety of Long COVID manifestations. Some of the common ailments include flu-like symptoms that are extended over weeks and months. Neurological problems are also part of the Long COVID experience, as are dermatological issues. As shared with NBC News, the new study has not been peer-reviewed. But if the findings are accurate, they could help doctors refine therapies for the Long COVID patients they’re still treating...." - https://cuencahighlife.com/researchers-are-close-to-solving-one-of-the-remaining-mysteries-about-the-after-effects-of-covid-19/
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  • 17 FEBRUARY (UNDATED SERMON)

    Joshua’s obedience

    ‘Observe to do according to all the law, … turn not from it to the right hand or to the left.’ Joshua 1:7
    SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Nehemiah 8:9–9:5

    One good brother said that when he went up the Rhine, he never looked at the rocks or the old castles or the flowing river; he was so taken up with other things! To me nature is a looking-glass in which I see the face of God. I delight to ‘Look through nature up to nature’s God.’ But that was all unholiness to him. I do not understand those who look upon this material world as though it were a very wicked place and as if there were here no trace whatever of the divine hand and no proofs of the divine wisdom, nor manifestations of the divine care. I think we may delight ourselves in the works of God, find much pleasure in them, and get much advanced towards God himself by considering his works.

    That to which I have thus referred is one extreme. There are others who are all froth and levity, who profess to be Christians, and yet cannot live without the same amusements as worldlings; they must be now at this party, and then at that, never comfortable unless they are making jokes and following after all the levities and frivolities of the world. The first extreme is a pardonable weakness, in which there is much that is commendable, but this is a detestable one, of which I can say nothing good.

    The Christian should steer between the two. He should be cheerful, but not frivolous. He should be sustained and happy under all circumstances, have a friendly and kindly word for all, and be a man among men as the Saviour was, willing to sit at the banquet and to feast and rejoice with those that do rejoice, but still heavenly-minded in it all, feeling that a joy in which he cannot have Christ with him is no joy, and that places of amusement where he cannot take his Lord with him are no places of amusement, but scenes of misery to him. He should be constantly happy and rejoicing, and yet at the same time should display a deep solemnity of spirit which removes far from him everything that is sacrilegiously light and trifling.

    FOR MEDITATION: The opposite of foolish jesting is not being miserable but thankful (Ephesians 5:4). Holiness and joy go together—the fruit of the Holy Spirit includes joy (Romans 14:17; Galatians 5:22; 1 Thessalonians 1:6). Do you thank God for his good gifts (1 Timothy 4:3–4)?


    C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 3), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2005), 55.
    17 FEBRUARY (UNDATED SERMON) Joshua’s obedience ‘Observe to do according to all the law, … turn not from it to the right hand or to the left.’ Joshua 1:7 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Nehemiah 8:9–9:5 One good brother said that when he went up the Rhine, he never looked at the rocks or the old castles or the flowing river; he was so taken up with other things! To me nature is a looking-glass in which I see the face of God. I delight to ‘Look through nature up to nature’s God.’ But that was all unholiness to him. I do not understand those who look upon this material world as though it were a very wicked place and as if there were here no trace whatever of the divine hand and no proofs of the divine wisdom, nor manifestations of the divine care. I think we may delight ourselves in the works of God, find much pleasure in them, and get much advanced towards God himself by considering his works. That to which I have thus referred is one extreme. There are others who are all froth and levity, who profess to be Christians, and yet cannot live without the same amusements as worldlings; they must be now at this party, and then at that, never comfortable unless they are making jokes and following after all the levities and frivolities of the world. The first extreme is a pardonable weakness, in which there is much that is commendable, but this is a detestable one, of which I can say nothing good. The Christian should steer between the two. He should be cheerful, but not frivolous. He should be sustained and happy under all circumstances, have a friendly and kindly word for all, and be a man among men as the Saviour was, willing to sit at the banquet and to feast and rejoice with those that do rejoice, but still heavenly-minded in it all, feeling that a joy in which he cannot have Christ with him is no joy, and that places of amusement where he cannot take his Lord with him are no places of amusement, but scenes of misery to him. He should be constantly happy and rejoicing, and yet at the same time should display a deep solemnity of spirit which removes far from him everything that is sacrilegiously light and trifling. FOR MEDITATION: The opposite of foolish jesting is not being miserable but thankful (Ephesians 5:4). Holiness and joy go together—the fruit of the Holy Spirit includes joy (Romans 14:17; Galatians 5:22; 1 Thessalonians 1:6). Do you thank God for his good gifts (1 Timothy 4:3–4)? C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 3), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2005), 55.
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