God's Minute

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.--Psalm 145:3

WE rejoice, O Gracious Lord, that Thou art willing to hear Thy children call upon Thee. No earthly ruler is as open to his subjects as Thou art to us.

From any place, not merely from a temple or a church; at any time, not only upon sacred days set apart for Thy worship; with any need or desire, Thou dost bid us to open our hearts to Thee, and never dost Thou send us away without an answer.

Therefore, made bold by Thy promise and by our own experience of Thy blessings, we come to Thee once again. We praise Thee for Thy mercies, so great and numberless. We beseech Thee, O Lord, to forgive our sins, for Thou delightest to pardon; whether sins of wrongdoing, of evil passion, or of duties left undone. Forgive them all, we pray, and stamp the assurance of pardon, of peace, and of acceptance upon our hearts.

Bless us in making us more like Thyself, conformed to the image of Thy Son. Stand beside us in the hour of temptation to give us victory, and at last bring us to Thyself, to dwell with Thee forever.

Amen.

Jesse L. Hurlbut, D.D.,
Newark, New Jersey

Follow the link to view stereoscopic pictures by Jesse L. Hurlbut taken between 1869 and 1907 on his trips to the Holy Land. If you click on the pictures, you can see them in real stereoscope 3-D, just as the Victorians did as they looked through their viewers in their parlours.

Photos are copywritten, so I can't copy any here, but do go visit the link if you are at all interested in vintage black and white pictures of the Jerusalem. They are absolutely beautiful!

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