THE NATIONAL FLAG, a Devotion taken from the Carroll & Brooks Sixth Grade Reader of 1911 Published by Appleton & Co. St Andrews Anglican Parish Church, 21 June 2018 Anno Domini   The story of our National Flag seems particularly appropriate in reminding us of the peerless heritage of America and her founding ideals. When [...]

NO BRIDGE TOO FAR, a Devotion for 20 June 2018 Anno Domini St. Andrews Anglican Parish Church   “Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke [...]

I SAW ONE HANGING ON A TREE, a Hymn Devotion for 19 June 2018 Anno Domini St. Andrews Anglican Parish Church   “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John [...]

THE YOUNG CUPBEARER, a Devotion for 15 June 2018 Anno Domini “ Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, [...]

THE BELL OF ATRI, a Grammar School Tale for 8 June 2018 Anno Domini St Andrews Anglican Parish Church, Alabama USA   “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over [...]

AN UNDENIABLE ANSWERTO PRAYER FROM the PAST, a Devotion for 7 June 2018 Anno Domini St. Andrews Anglican Parish Church   And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Matt 21:22 (KJV)   The House of the Lord is a House of Prayer and Worship. “It is written, My house [...]

LORD OF ALL HOPEFULNESS (#363), a  Hymn Devotion for 5 June 2018 Anno Domini St. Andrews Anglican Parish Church, Alabama USA   “I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.” Psalms 4:8 (all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) “Lead me in [...]

GRACE DARLING, a Devotion for 1 June 2018 Anno Domini St Andrews Parish Church, Alabama “ Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I [...]

CORNELIA’S JEWELS, a Short Story Devotion of James Baldwin for 31 May 2018 Anno Domini St. Andrews Parish Church  ALABAMA   “She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.  She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with [...]

AS NOW THE SUN’S DECLINING RAYS, a Hymn Devotion for 29 May 2018 Anno Domini “Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.” Luke 24:29 (KJV)   This is an ancient hymn whose origin is shrouded in antiquity; however, Charles Coffin [...]