C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Wednesday June 11, 2025

"There brake He the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle."-Psalm 76:3
    
    Our Redeemer's glorious cry of "It is finished," was the death-knell of all the adversaries of His people, the breaking of "the and the battle." Behold the hero of Golgotha using His cross as an anvil, and His woes as a hammer, dashing to shivers bundle after bundle of our sins, those poisoned "arrows of the bow"; trampling on every indictment, and destroying every accusation. What glorious blows the mighty Breaker gives with a hammer far more ponderous than the fabled weapon of Thor! How the diabolical darts fly to fragments, and the infernal bucklers are broken like potters' vessels! Behold, He draws from its sheath of hellish workmanship the dread sword of Satanic power! He snaps it across His knee, as a man breaks the dry wood of a fagot, and casts it into the fire. Beloved, no sin of a believer can now be an arrow mortally to wound him, no condemnation can now be a sword to kill him, for the punishment of our sin was borne by Christ, a full atonement was made for all our iniquities by our blessed Substitute and Surety. Who now accuseth? Who now condemneth? Christ hath died, yea rather, hath risen again. Jesus has emptied the quivers of hell, has quenched every fiery dart, and broken off the head of every arrow of wrath; the ground is strewn with the splinters and relics of the weapons of hell's warfare, which are only visible to us to remind us of our former danger, and of our great deliverance. Sin hath no more dominion over us. Jesus has made an end of it, and put it away for ever. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end. Talk ye of all the wondrous works of the Lord, ye who make mention of His name, keep not silence, neither by day, nor when the sun goeth to his rest. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Canning: Sweet Relish

Last Wednesday found me canning sweet relish. So I thought I'd post the recipe and pics. here.


Sweet Pickle Relish

Ingredients:
3 quarts (12 cups) cucumbers, grounded
1/2 cup + 1 teaspoon salt
3 onions, grounded
2 green peppers, grounded
5 cups sugar
1 teaspoon tumeric
1 tablespoon mustard seed
2-2 1/2 cups vinager

Coarsely grind the cucumbers. (I left the skins on washed real well). Add 1/2 cup of salt to ground cucumbers. cover with water and let stand for 3 hours.


While cucumbers are soaking grind the carrots, onions and green peppers.

After 3 hours, drain cucumbers. Mix vegetables with remaining ingredients in a large kettle. Bring the mix to a boil. Boil until cucumbers are tender about 5-10 minutes.


Place relish in jars. Seal.


Place in canner bath and boil for 15 minutes. Makes about 5 & 1/2 quarts.

Enjoy!


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5 comments:

  1. CoraAugust 17, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    Sounds good to me!! I made my first dill pickles and canned them this summer! They are so pretty in the jars. Oh and they were good tasting too!

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  2. Judy B.August 21, 2010 at 11:01 PM

    I don't think I've seen a recipe for sweet relish before. This looks really good. I wonder how it would be using something like Splenda instead of sugar.

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  3. free indeedJuly 13, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    My recipe is very similar to yours. Some yrs if the cukes don't do well, I substitute zucchini and it works just as well. I love this relish.

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  4. Joanne KennedyAugust 23, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    I've been looking for a sweet relish so i'm thrilled you posted this. Looks great! I'm going to try it out.

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  5. Ott, AAugust 26, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    What a fun relish! I'm so glad you linked up to the Canning Week Blog Party so I could find your blog and become your newest follower. Looking forward to more posts from you.

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