C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Tuesday April 1, 2025

"It is time to seek the Lord."-Hosea 10:12
    
    This month of April is said to derive its name from the Latin verb aperio, which signifies to open, because all the buds and blossoms are now opening, and we have arrived at the gates of the flowery year. Reader, if you are yet unsaved, may your heart, in accord with the universal awakening of nature, be opened to receive the Lord. Every blossoming flower warns you that it is time to seek the Lord; be not out of tune with nature, but let your heart bud and bloom with holy desires. Do you tell me that the warm blood of youth leaps in your veins? then, I entreat you, give your vigour to the Lord. It was my unspeakable happiness to be called in early youth, and I could fain praise the Lord every day for it. Salvation is priceless, let it come when it may, but oh! an early salvation has a double value in it. Young men and maidens, since you may perish ere you reach your prime, "It is time to seek the Lord." Ye who feel the first signs of decay, quicken your pace: that hollow cough, that hectic flush, are warnings which you must not trifle with; with you it is indeed time to seek the Lord. Did I observe a little grey mingled with your once luxurious tresses? Years are stealing on apace, and death is drawing nearer by hasty marches, let each return of spring arouse you to set your house in order. Dear reader, if you are now advanced in life, let me entreat and implore you to delay no longer. There is a day of grace for you now-be thankful for that, but it is a limited season and grows shorter every time that clock ticks. Here in this silent chamber, on this first night of another month, I speak to you as best I can by paper and ink, and from my inmost soul, as God's servant, I lay before you this warning, "It is time to seek the Lord." Slight not that work, it may be your last call from destruction, the final syllable from the lip of grace.
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Monday, September 6, 2010

HSC # 159 ~ "Labor Day" Edition

Welcome to the September 6, 2010 Edition
of the homesteading carnival


Crissa presents Tips and Tricks for Back to School Shopping posted at Real Moms Real Views.

Amy posted 8 Back-toSchool Breakfast ideas & Recipes at Simple Bites.

Bugguysmama presents 5 ways to Keep your child's teeth healthy at Marvelous Mom Reviews.

Check out Jami's 10 favorite sewing tutorials posted at Intentionally Living.

Sheryl Owen presents The ABC’s of Home Ownership, 10 Tips for Organizing Your Garage, and 10 Tips for Finding a New Church Home, posted at Change of Address.

Find some tips on Downsizing your Home with Self Storage posted at Small Notebook.

It's that time of the year again check out the Tips for Shopping the Farmer's Market posted at Gooseberry Farm.

Try your hand at making an Apple Picking tote just in time for apple picking season. This tutorial is posted at The Purl Bee.

The Family presents Putting Up Some Corn - How to pressure can corn posted at Once Upon a Family, saying, "When the freezer is full canning is a good way to keep the garden bounty."

Carol J. Alexander presents Canning Soup posted at Everything Home...with Carol.

Are you in a pickle for a recipe? Have more cucumbers than you know what to do with? Try one of these two easy recipes. Abi presents Lazy Man's Pickles at Scraps of Life and Aunt Ceil's Refrigerator Pickles presented at Gooseberry Patch.

Thomas W. presents a very unique and cheap way to build a scarecrow posted at Happy Farming.

Bobbie Whitehead presents Planting Apple Tree Orchard posted at Farmers Markets News.

Vee Williams presents Day 55 Sun Passion of the Ice Cream posted at Vee's "getting-healthy and diet" ramble-blog, saying, "Not just a "getting health" blog (from 299 lbs to 178 and I'm more than halfway there!) ... we live on a small 2-acre mini-farm, milking our goat for cheese, collecting eggs from our hens, raising vegetables that taste a million times better than anything at a grocery store. Come join us on not only my diet-adventures, but also homesteading and homeschooling lives!"

Fred Lee presents 5 Ways To Get Your Children Involved In Helping Others posted at Parenting Squad.

CPF presents How To Use Vinegar as a Disinfectant posted at Natural Health Ezine, saying, "You don't have to use harmful chemicals to get your home clean. See how you can use vinegar to disinfect your home."

Pamela Jorrick presents Well, well, well...water troubles. posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.



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  1. Carol J. AlexanderSeptember 7, 2010 at 12:06 PM

    Thanks for hosting, Apple. Really enjoyed all the articles. Have a great week,
    Carol

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