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A New Year Message

THROUGH the mercy of God we are now setting out on the New Year: when we shall be faced with new problems and new joys; when God will teach us new lessons, if we arc prepared to learn of Him ;when ...

C. H. Darch

1957 Volume 8 Issue 4

Editorial

Dearth in the Land

In 2 Kings 4. 38 we read, “There was a dearth in the land,” when Elisha came to Gilgal. This can be said of many places today in another sense; many assemblies have had no harv ...

C. H. Darch

1950 Volume 3 Issue 5

Exposition

Family Relationships

One may be introduced into a family in two different ways, by birth or adoption. Often, too, we contrast the immaturity of the ‘child’ with the more adult maturity of the ‘so ...

C. H. Darch

1964 Volume 15 Issue 3

Study

God Glorified in Christ’s Death

Human beings are naturally self-centred and are always inclined to see themselves the centre of everything; it is therefore little wonder if when surveying the death of Christ we vie ...

C. H. Darch

1963 Volume 14 Issue 3

Exposition

Homecall of A. G. Bowerman

On Friday, 16th September Mr. A. G. Bowerman, of Taunton, was called into the Lord’s presence at the age of 76. He was converted in early life through a rebuke administered by a Roman Catholic wo ...

C. H. Darch

1960 Volume 11 Issue 6

Editorial

Illustrations of the Holy Spirit in Luke

Luke’s Gospel presents the Lord Jesus as the perfect Man, therefore it is quite suitable that He is shown as being indwelt by and led by God’s Holy Spirit. This lesson is brought ...

C. H. Darch

1954 Volume 6 Issue 5

Exposition

Mary or Judas?

Matt. 26 and John 12 record a feast, at which the respective characters of Mary and Judas are revealed. They had much in common: the fathers of both of them, ...

C. H. Darch

1953 Volume 5 Issue 6

Exhortation

Mighty Weapons

EVANGELISM is of the utmost importance. Men must be won for Christ, and God, in His infinite wisdom, has given great encouragement to do this work in 2 Cor. 10. 4-6. By examining thi ...

C. H. Darch

1954 Volume 6 Issue 6

Exposition

Reports of Gospel Work

Twelve months ago we wrote “Summer gospel work is now in full swing,” It seems hardly possible that that summer has come and gone, and that another has arrived. How the months ...

C. H. Darch

1950 Volume 3 Issue 5

Report

Reports of Gospel Work

From the very inception of Previous Seed, Mr. C. H. Darch has taken a keen interest in all aspects of the Magazine, and has given valuable and much appreciated help in the collecti ...

C. H. Darch

1950 Volume 3 Issue 4

Report

Reports of Gospel Work

Careful reading of the reports of colportage in Eire, which are published in this section mouth by mo nth, will reveal the effect of active opposition to the Gospel. Few doors are ...

C. H. Darch

1950 Volume 3 Issue 3

Report

Reports of Gospel Work

“The assembly Gospel meeting has had its day,” Have you heard this? Do you believe it? Readers of the Reports on these pages will kn ...

C. H. Darch

1950 Volume 3 Issue 2

Report

Reports of Gospel Work

As we have received reports from many parts of the British Isles, we have tried to picture the harvest field, realising that the activity which has been reported is but

C. H. Darch

1949 Volume 2 Issue 8

Report

Reports of Gospel Work

In our next Number we hope to announce that we have a Correspondent for each area of the British Isles. The brethren who are already helping in this way are busy men, but they glad ...

C. H. Darch

1948 Volume 2 Issue 3

Report

Reports of Gospel Work

On an island in the Solomons, a few native christians were gathered to bid farewell to one of their number who was going to a neighbouring island with the gospel. Borrowing the fam ...

C. H. Darch

1948 Volume 2 Issue 2

Report

Reports of Gospel Work and Other Assembly Activities

We are grateful to all those who write to us – whether they send criticism or encouragement. Some readers ask why our reports do not give a fuller picture of what is being done thr ...

C. H. Darch

1951 Volume 4 Issue 5

Report

Reports of Gospel Work and Other Assembly Activities

RINGWOOD, ST. IVES There is some concern at thesmall number attending the gospel meetings and consideration is being given to< ...

C. H. Darch

1951 Volume 4 Issue 4

Report

Reports of Gospel Work and Other Assembly Activities

"The same days there were added unto them about live thousand souls, and they continued steadfastly.” Acts 2. 41-42. Commenting on this passage nearly 400 yea ...

C. H. Darch

1951 Volume 4 Issue 3

Report

Reports of Gospel Work and Other Assembly Activities

"How shall I go up to my father and the lad be not with me?” Gen. 44. 34. We remember an address on the above text given by Dr. Northcote Deck. He used it to ...

C. H. Darch

1951 Volume 4 Issue 2

Report

Reports of Gospel Work and Other Assembly Activities

AREA CORRESPONDENTS LONDON & HOME COUNTIES Stanley H. Sayers, 33 Crieff Road, Wandsworth, S.W. 18

C. H. Darch

1951 Volume 4 Issue 1

Report

Reports of Gospel Work and Other Assembly Activities

“They declared all things that God had done with them.” Acts 15.4 Because of the Christmas holiday our copy had to be prepared rather earlier than usual a ...

C. H. Darch

1951 Volume 3 Issue 8

Report

Reports of Gospel Work and Other Assembly Activities

We have often received reports which did not quite relate to gospel work, and as a genwa.1 rule we have not thought it appropriate to publish them. We feel, however, that many of t ...

C. H. Darch

1950 Volume 3 Issue 7

Report

The Forgiveness of Sins

IF a human father finds so much pleasure in forgiving his wayward son who returns, that he not only gives him a kiss, but also the best robe, the ring on his hand, and the shoes on h ...

C. H. Darch

1956 Volume 7 Issue 8

Exposition

The Fustian Jacket Evangelist

About 130 years ago there was living at Barnstaple a young man, Robert Gribble by name, who had it laid on his heart to carry the Gospel into the villages of North Devon, but not b ...

C. H. Darch

1948 Volume 2 Issue 3

History

The New Birth Illustrated

The new birth is of vital importance because without it no one can enter into the kingdom of God; mere professions or decisions are not enough. Men must be born of God and so become ...

C. H. Darch

1971 Volume 22 Issue 2

Young Believer’s Section

The Priesthood of Christ

The Priesthood of Christ is of such vital importance that it should be constantly before our minds, occupying our attention as one of the great themes of Scripture. This short study ...

C. H. Darch

1969 Volume 20 Issue 5

Exposition

The True Vine

There has been much disagreement over the branches of the Vine which are taken away, as mentioned in John 15. 2. Are they taken away from the Vine? Do they illustrate those who are t ...

C. H. Darch

1970 Volume 21 Issue 4

Exposition

Two Tables

IN 1 CORINTHIANS 10. 21 we have the plain statement that ‘Ye cannot partake of the Lord’s table, and the table of demons’. It does not say ‘Ye may not’, or ‘Ye should not’, but ‘Ye ...

C. H. Darch

1958 Volume 9 Issue 7

Exposition

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