Two of CH Spurgeon's written works are Morning & Evening and Faith's Check Book. These two are meant for daily reading. We have included the Faith's Check Book as an afternoon article on top of the two articles from Morning & Evening. On this page, the article that is displayed will be according to the time that is viewed.
The Evening runs from 6pm to 2:59am of the next day in extended evening. The Morning article will change-over from 3am to 10:59am and Faith's Check Book will have its time slot from 11am to 5:59pm.
Spurgeon's Faith Checkbook
For the mid-day devotion of March 25th
Refreshing Sleep
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. (Proverbs 3:24)
s the reader likely to be confined for a while to the bed by sickness! Let
him go upstairs without distress with this promise upon his heart "When thou
liest down, thou shalt not be afraid."
When we go to bed at night, let this word smooth our pillow. We cannot guard ourselves in sleep, but the Lord will keep us through the night. Those who lie down under the protection of the Lord are as secure as kings and queens in their palaces, and a great deal more so. If with our lying down there is a laying down of all cares and ambitions, we shall get refreshment out of our beds such as the anxious and covetous never find in theirs. Ill dreams shall be banished, or even if they come, we shall wipe out the impression of them, knowing that they are only dreams.
If we sleep thus we shall do well. How sweetly Peter slept when even the angel's light did not wake him, and he needed a hard jog in the side to wake him up. And yet he was sentenced to die on the morrow. Thus have martyrs slept before their burning. "So he giveth his beloved sleep." To have sweet sleep we must have sweet lives, sweet tempers, sweet meditations, and sweet love.
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