• “When human reason has exhausted every possibility, the children can go to their Father and receive all they need.…For only when you have become utterly dependent upon prayer and faith, only when all human possibilities have been exhausted, can you begin to reckon that God will intervene and work His miracles.” – Basilea Schlink

Hymn Writers

O Breath of Life by Bessie Porter Head

O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us,
Revive Thy Church with life and power;
O Breath of Life, come,… Continue reading

Ann Griffiths and Her Sea of Wonders by Simonetta Carr

“O to spend my life in a sea of wonders!” Ann wrote in one of her poems. And her life,… Continue reading

Elizabeth Prentiss: Joyfully Embracing Motherhood and Suffering by Bambi Moore

It had been an especially difficult morning at home with my little people. There were at least five reasons why… Continue reading

Lord, Thou Know­est All the Hun­ger by Freda Hanbury Allen

Lord, Thou knowest all the hunger
Of the heart that seeks Thee now;
How my soul hath long been craving… Continue reading

O Christ, He is The Fountain by Anne R. Cousin

O Christ, He is the fountain,
The deep, sweet well of life:
Its living streams I’ve tasted
Which save from… Continue reading

Idle Words by Frances Ridley Havergal

Idle words, which might have fallen comparatively harmlessly from one who had never named the Name of Christ, may be… Continue reading

Even Me by Elizabeth H. Codner (And the story behind the hymn)

A par­ty of young friends ov­er whom I was watch­ing with anx­ious hope at­tend­ed a meet­ing in which de­tails were… Continue reading

Zeal – Faith – Fervor! By Frances Ridley Havergal


“The king’s business required haste” (1 Sam. 21:8).  Yet there is no other business about which average Christians take it… Continue reading

Thoughts Concerning the King by Elizabeth Prentiss


There is certainly enough in our Savior, if we only open our eyes that we may see it, to solve… Continue reading

The Sure Afterward by Frances Ridley Havergal

(From her devotional book entitled Royal Bounty.)


“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless,… Continue reading

  • “Keep your eye upon the cross of Christ, and you need not fear to see yourself as you are.” – Mary Winslow

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Verse of the Day

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. — 1 John 4:18 (NKJV)

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