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 [...]

COLLECT Trinity Sunday ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity; We beseech thee that thou wouldest keep us stedfast in this faith, and [...]

PERSEVERANCE, a Devotion for 24 May 2018 Anno Domini  taken from a Fourth Grade Reader  “THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' READERS - FOURTH READER By EMMA MILLER BOLENIUS (1919)   BISHOP’S NOTE: Today’s story is intended to evoke an attitude of perseverance in the young reader of the early last century – thereby perhaps contributing to [...]

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.  For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.  Whosoever therefore shall break one [...]