PETER’S VISION OF THE GREAT SHEET
‘On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour.. And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened and a certain vessel descending…
BEHOLD I WILL DO A NEW THING
(With acknowledgments to Bible Truth) Solomon the wise said: ‘The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath…
MERCHANTS OF TARSHISH
(ANCIENT ISRAEL TRADED WITH THE EUROPEAN COASTLANDS) CHRISTIANS in general are more or less familiar with the military exploits of the ancient people of Israel, but few realise that some of these same Israelites also played an important part in the hazardous maritime enterprises of those far-off days. It is, none the less, true to…
OUR KINSFOLK IN THE NETHERLANDS
ALWAYS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH BRITAIN THE Netherlands must, undoubtedly, contain a significant portion of the Israelite remnant still outside the Company of Nations. Support for this contention appeared some years ago in The Voice of the Netherlands, in which H. Posthurnus, a Dutch writer, pointed out that ‘few people in either Britain or the Netherlands…