C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Friday August 1, 2025

"Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness."-Psalm 65:11
    
    All the year round, every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon us. The sun may leave us a legacy of darkness, but our God never ceases to shine upon His children with beams of love. Like a river, His lovingkindness is always flowing, with a fulness inexhaustible as His own nature. Like the atmosphere which constantly surrounds the earth, and is always ready to support the life of man, the benevolence of God surrounds all His creatures; in it, as in their element, they live, and move, and have their being. Yet as the sun on summer days gladdens us with beams more warm and bright than at other times, and as rivers are at certain seasons swollen by the rain, and as the atmosphere itself is sometimes fraught with more fresh, more bracing, or more balmy influences than heretofore, so is it with the mercy of God; it hath its golden hours; its days of overflow, when the Lord magnifieth His grace before the sons of men. Amongst the blessings of the nether springs, the joyous days of harvest are a special season of excessive favour. It is the glory of autumn that the ripe gifts of providence are then abundantly bestowed; it is the mellow season of realization, whereas all before was but hope and expectation. Great is the joy of harvest. Happy are the reapers who fill their arms with the liberality of heaven. The Psalmist tells us that the harvest is the crowning of the year. Surely these crowning mercies call for crowning thanksgiving! Let us render it by the inward emotions of gratitude. Let our hearts be warmed; let our spirits remember, meditate, and think upon this goodness of the Lord. Then let us praise Him with our lips, and laud and magnify His name from whose bounty all this goodness flows. Let us glorify God by yielding our gifts to His cause. A practical proof of our gratitude is a special thank-offering to the Lord of the harvest.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Baked in a Bundt!

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Remember that beautiful cake that Mom or Grandma would make on special occasions? Vickie & Jo Ann both remember thinking the ones baked in shaped pans were some of the best. These days, there are so many recipes - both sweet and savory! - that are baked in a Bundt.
There's just something about inverting that pan onto your serving plate and unveiling your creation. Whether you make a simple cake mix, savory pull-apart bread or your own recipe, Bundt pans turn any recipe into a show-stopper!
So, tell us...
What are your favorite BUNDT OR TUBE PAN recipes? Share 'em all in today's Recipe Round-Up!

This cake appears in our cookbook, Get-Togethers with Gooseberry Patch. It's a regular at our potlucks and always impresses whenever we take it along to share with friends & family...you can't beat the burst of colors when you slice it!
Bursting with Berries Bundt Cake
Enjoy this cake with fresh-picked berries when you have them...when you're out, frozen berries work just as well!
BurstingBerriesBundtDONE5 eggs
1-2/3 c. sugar
1-1/4 c. unsalted butter,
    diced and softened
2 T. kirsch liqueur or
    blackberry syrup
1 t. baking powder
1/8 t. salt
2-1/2 c. all-purpose flour,
    divided
1-1/2 c. raspberries
1-1/2 c. blueberries or
    blackberries
Garnish: powdered sugar

Combine eggs and sugar in a large bowl; set aside. Beat butter and liqueur or syrup until fluffy using an electric mixer; add to egg mixture. Add baking powder, salt and all except 2 tablespoons flour. Beat until well-blended and no lumps remain; set aside. Combine berries and remaining flour; toss to coat berries. Gently fold berries into batter. Pour into a greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake at 325 degrees until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, about one hour. Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for 20 to 25 minutes; turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle top of cake with powdered sugar. Serves 10 to 12.

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