Category: Writings by John Thomas Mawson
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Amount Received in Full, by John Thomas Mawson,
Our Gospel service on Sunday evening had been a time of great blessing. The Spirit of God had used the word to the salvation of souls, and my host, who was never happier than when men and women were turning to the great Saviour, went to his office on Monday…
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“All’s Well”, by John Thomas Mawson,
Gloomy thoughts filled my mind as the good ship ploughed the grey waters of the Northern Atlantic: thoughts as to the state of things in the professing Church of God, the increase of worldliness, the departure from the truth of many in whom one had placed hopes, the lack of…
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All-Sufficient Grace, by John Thomas Mawson,
A Sunday Evening Gospel Address “Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take to him my two…
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A Great While Before Day, by John Thomas Mawson,
“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed” (Mark 1:35). I got a great lift recently in reading the first chapter of Mark’s Gospel. When I came to verse 35, I had to stop and…
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A Great Calm, by John Thomas Mawson,
“The Lord is always nearest when He is most needed. This may not always be realized but it is a great truth. He was beside the ship in which His disciples toiled and battled with the storm, unknown and unlooked for, no prayer from them brought Him to them, it…
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A Final Word, by John Thomas Mawson,
A Farewell Address given on March 11, 1926, at Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. “He which testifies these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The Grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (Revelation 22:20-21). Think our farewell words to you, my dear…
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Adorning The Doctrine, Second Article, by John Thomas Mawson,
What is this doctrine of God our Saviour of which Titus 2:10 speaks? It is the Gospel, that wonderful message that has come to us from our Saviour God and that has brought peace and life into our once troubled and dead souls. But how can we adorn that? It is already…
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Adorning The Doctrine, by John Thomas Mawson,
A Word to Young Christians “Adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour, in all things” (Titus 2:10). The doctrine of God our Saviour is THE GOSPEL. It tells us that God is good and does good. How glad we are that we ever heard it; without it we had lived…
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A Dearth in the Land, Death in the Pot, Then Bring Meal, by John Thomas Mawson,
“A Death in the Land” “And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets” (2…
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Acquaintance with our Saviour, by John Thomas Mawson,
From a letter, “A sentence in one of the addresses impressed me very much; it was, ‘God’s great desire is to make us LIVINGLY ACQUAINTED WITH OUR SAVIOUR WHERE HE IS.’ Now I believe that everyone who knows the Lord at all, wants to know Him better and better, to…
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A Chamber for the Man of God, by John Thomas Mawson,
2 Kings 4:8-11 This 4th chapter of 2 Kings is one of the most delightful and instructive in the Old Testament. It begins with a famine and it ends with a feast, plainly proving that God has come into it by the way. Elisha the man of God, who stood…
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About a Stone’s Cast, by John Thomas Mawson,
“He went a little farther” (Matthew 26:39). “He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast” (Luke 22:14). A great crisis had been reached in the life of the Lord Jesus. He had not separated Himself from His disciples in this way before, nor had they ever parted company with…
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A Biography in Prophecy, by John Thomas Mawson,
Isaiah 53 If any one enquires of me as to this greatest chapter in the Old Testament, as did the Ethiopian Chancellor of Philip the evangelist, “I pray thee, of whom speaks the prophet this? Of himself or some other man?” I can but answer as Philip did, “Then Philip…
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Abba, Father, by John Thomas Mawson,
At the beginning of this year let us take up afresh this Name, which is in truth the beginning of all Christian language. The babes know the Father, (1 John 2:13), and ABBA is the language of the babe; yet there is a sweetness and wealth of meaning in it that the…
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“A Banner For Them That Fear Him”, by John Thomas Mawson,
Psalm 60 David had his ups and downs as most of us have, but they are strange words that he uses at the opening of this 60th Psalm: — “O God, Thou hast cast us off.” Is that true? Does God not cast off those who are His? Not one…
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Hymns and Poems, by John Thomas Mawson,
1 Peter 3 Not gold nor pearls nor costly dress, Nor manners that the world thinks right;But meekness, love and gentleness Are pleasing in God’s holy sight. And she who with these graces rare Adorns her heart and life and ways,Will bear their fragrance everywhere And…
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Jerusalem – the coming metropolis of the earth, Paper 6, by John Thomas Mawson
The foundation stones of the Hebrew University have been laid at Jerusalem. The day was declared a public holiday and six thousand persons witnessed the ceremony, which was a deeply moving one and produced an effect which will long remain with those who witnessed it. The site is said to…
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Jerusalem – the coming metropolis of the earth, Paper 5, by John Thomas Mawson
At an official banquet given recently by the Governor of Jerusalem at the Government House, in honour of the Zionist Commission now at work there, and to which the principal notables of the city were invited, Dr. Weizmann, the chairman of the Commission, made a remarkable, and from a worldly…
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Jerusalem – the coming metropolis of the earth, Paper 4, by John Thomas Mawson
Jerusalem has been trodden down by the Gentiles for long centuries and has been of little account in world-politics since the Dispersion, but it is now emerging from its obscurity and unimportance. Other cities have arisen and grown rich and haughty, rivalling one another for world supremacy in power, commerce,…
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Jerusalem – the coming metropolis of the earth, Paper 3, by John Thomas Mawson
The well-known Zionist movement has unified and made articulate Jewish sentiment the world over. Its great object is to secure Palestine as the home of the nation. It is not the only movement afoot with the same object in view, but it is the greatest and most expressive of the…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 