THE NINETY AND NINE Elizabeth Douglas Clephane ( 1830-1869 ), author of the hymn The Ninety and Nine, which was made famous in the 1870s by Dwight L. Moody's singing evangelist Ira D. Sankey, was a Scottish Presbyterian, and on the distaff side, a descendant of the renowned Douglas family. In Melrose, not far from Walter Scott's home at Abbotsford, she settled won with her sister; and there, to the limit of their strength and substance, the two sisters shared what they had with...

Matthew and Mark, and Luke and John,
The Holy Gospels wrote,
Describing how the Saviour died -
His life and all He taught;
Acts prove how God the Apostles owned
With signs in every place;
St. Paul, in Romans, teaches us
How man is saved by grace;
The Apostle, in Corinthians,
Instructs, exhorts, reproves;
Galatians shows that faith in Christ
Alone and Father loves.
Ephesians and Philippians tell
What Christians ought to be;
Colossians bids us live to God
And fo...

We all know what it means to be "stirred" in our souls by certain hymns and music. Some people are mysteriously moved by music played in the minor key and others rejoice in what have come to be known as "great Hymns" The hymn quoted above was written in December 1861, six months after the outbreak of the American Civil War. Mrs. Howe (nee Ward) heard the Union troops singing the ballad "John Brown's body" as they marched to the fray and it was suggeste...

The British--Israel Badge consists of the "Crossed Crosses of the Union Jack (without the blue field of the Saint Andrews flag) and with the initials "B.I." intertwined. It is the Old Testament Cross with the New Testament Cross overlaid. The Diagonal White Cross, commonly known as the Saint Andrews Cross is the Old Testament Cross, the sign made by the Crossed Hands of Jacob in blessing the two sons of Joseph. (See Ge. 48: 12--20) It is the sign of multiplication and th...

The Lord is my Shepherd...
              That is Faith
I shall not want...
              That is Assurance
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures...
              That is Contentment
He leadeth me beside the still waters...
              That is Peace
He restoreth my soul...
              That is...