The Lord My Portion Octavius Winslow
The Lord My Portion or, Daily Need Divinely Supplied by Octavius Winslow who was ordained as a pastor in 1833 in New York. He later moved to England where he became one of the most valued nonconformist ministers of the nineteenth century, largely due to the earnestness of his preaching and the excellence of his prolific writings. He held pastorates in Leamington Spa, Bath, and Brighton. He was also a popular speaker for special occasions, such as the opening of C. H. Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle in 1861. After a short illness, he died on March 5, 1878, and was buried in Abbey Cemetery, Bath. Winslow wrote more than forty books, in which he promoted an experimental knowledge of the precious truths of God.
The Lord My Portion or, Daily Need Divinely Supplied by Octavius Winslow who was ordained as a pastor in 1833 in New York. He later moved to England where he became one of the most valued nonconformist ministers of the nineteenth century, largely due to the earnestness of his preaching and the excellence of his prolific writings. He held pastorates in Leamington Spa, Bath, and Brighton. He was also a popular speaker for special occasions, such as the opening of C. H. Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle in 1861. After a short illness, he died on March 5, 1878, and was buried in Abbey Cemetery, Bath.
Winslow wrote more than forty books, in which he promoted an experimental knowledge of the precious truths of God.
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<strong>Lord</strong>, You are gone before us,<br />
Our mansions to prepare,<br />
In sympathy a BROTHER,<br />
A Father in Your care.<br />
No power in You is lacking,<br />
Nor lacking is Your will;<br />
Whatever our vessels measure,<br />
Your love will ever fill.<br />
THE LORD MY HOPE<br />
"<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lord</strong> is my portion, says my soul"<br />
"<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lord</strong> Jesus Christ, who is our hope."--1 Tim. 1:1<br />
What a precious possession of the believing soul, springing from the<br />
<strong>Lord</strong> as his <strong>Portion</strong>, is hope. Rob the poor worldling of his--though it be<br />
but earth-bound, and fading as a midsummer's evening sun--and you<br />
have plunged him in the dark and deep abyss of despondency and<br />
despair. Man without hope is the most miserable being in the universe.<br />
But with the hope of the Christian glowing in his heart--a hope of<br />
which God is the Giver, Jesus the Foundation, the Spirit the Author, and<br />
heaven the goal--and there lives not among the happy, a happier being<br />
than he. Thus the believer is "saved by hope." Look, my soul, for a<br />
moment at this inestimable part of your portion, and learn more<br />
thoroughly in what it consists--what the sweet soothing it imparts, the<br />
holy obligations it imposes, and the splendid revelations it anticipates<br />
and unveils to faith's far-seeing eye. HOW does the believing soul arrive<br />
at the possession of Christ as its hope?<br />
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