William Mason --Spiritual Treasury for the Children of God

December 2,



The times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the LORD. Act_3:19.


Who shall these times come to? Every sinner that repents and turns to Christ for salvation. From whence shall they come? From the presence of the Lord. Here then it is manifest, whether you have repented and turned to the Lord.

If so, (1st.) your soul will delight in God’s presence. (2d.) You will earnestly long for and highly prize these refreshing seasons. (3d.) You will say with David, “Thou art my God; my times are in thy hands. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth.” (Psa_31:14-15 : Psa_34:1.) Hence, (4th.) you will turn from your sins, your self-righteous hopes, carnal pleasures, and worldly vanities, to seek all your happiness in the enjoyment of the presence of the Lord. And, (5th.) you will wait in the patience of faith, for the coming of refreshing seasons, believing they shall come. Is it now a night of gloom and sadness? Are we tried and afflicted, bowed down and dejected? Is the sun of comfort set? Does the moon withhold its shining, and the stars their light? Yet times of refreshing shall come. Believe this: hang on this word: bless the Lord for it. That dear Comforter, who brought us to Christ, will refresh our souls with a sense of the love of Christ, the peace of God, and the joys of the heavenly world. He will refresh us with his witness to our hearts, that we are the children of God, and heirs of glory. He does keep up in our minds a constant sense of his precious truth, that Christ is both an able and a willing Saviour to us; that he calls our weary labouring souls to him, and promises to ease and refresh us. This is refreshing to our hearts. Is sin our burden? Do we want rest? Are our souls troubled for want of peace? Are our spirits distressed for want of refreshment? Christ says, Come unto me. But the most precious times of refreshment shall soon come. Yet a little while, and we shall behold and be in the eternal enjoyment of the presence of the Lord. O, a lively view of this by faith is most refreshing indeed! Then, we long to be absent from the body and present with the Lord: we are sick of the world, sick of ourselves; we triumph over sin and Satan, smile at death, and welcome its approach. “And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.” (Psa_39:7.) Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearance of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us. Tit_2:13.


Tho’ sin and sorrow bow me down,
And my dear Lord delays;
He will refresh my spirit soon,
With tokens of his grace.


Therefore, I’ll wait, and look, and pray,
And not from him depart:
His presence makes a happy day,
And fills with joy my heart.

[video=youtube;KkfczjtUASo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkfczjtUASo[/video]

Too tired right now to watch the video, but the text was indeed refreshing! Beautiful. Thank you.

The video is quite refreshing too...Paul Wilbur, " In Your Presence"

I'm heading to bed right now, was working on Psalm 5 and just clicking forum from time to time.
Will gladly watch in the morning, cant keep my eyes open.
Blessed sleep everyone!

Yeah it was,......, i feel nice and calm after hearing that, like i took a warm bath with my soul. Thanks for sharing brother

December 3,



Nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine. 1Ti_4:6.


Many a soul is saying, Alas! I hear and hear again, and do not see that I am profited. I obtain little or no comfort from what I hear. Consider, (1st.) what you hear. Is it the words of faith, and of good doctrine? There is more danger in words than we are aware of. Words convey corrupt ideas to the mind, and nourish vain hopes and false confidences in the heart. They subvert the promises, and pervert the soul. Many words of this sort have obtained amongst us. Such as the merit of works-perhaps you start at that. You would not hear preachers who use the phrase. But these amount to just the same thing, the terms of the gospel-the conditions of salvation. These are not the words of faith, nor of good doctrine; not the words which the Holy Ghost teaches. They are the words of man’s proud wisdom. They were hatched in the church of Rome, and are contended for by the greatest enemies of our Lord’s divinity, his atonement for sin, and justifying righteousness. One of this stamp in our day, says, “he longs to pull down that idol, Christ, from his throne.” It is well if he does not plunge into hell in the attempt. The notion of terms and conditions of salvation swells sinners with pride, nourishes them up in self-complacency and self righteousness: they tend to obscure the glory of the finished work of Christ, the freeness of gospel grace, and the need of the agency of the Holy Spirit.


Therefore, (2d.) avoid such preachers who contend for these phrases. Seek and attend those, who follow the example of an old, a very old preacher. He had true wisdom. Therefore he says, “The preacher sought to find out acceptable words, written words, and that which was upright, even words of truth.” (Ecc_12:10.)

(3d.) Consider, what it is to be nourished up in faith and good works. It is to have a sound judgment of the truth, a peaceful conscience through the truth, warm affections to the truth, the heart in love with the truth, and the hope of salvation and glory founded solely on the truth. What is truth? Jesus says, I am the truth. (Joh_14:6.) The truths of the gospel nourish the soul, and cause it to “grow up into Christ in all things, who is the head.” (Eph_4:15.) Prize the words of faith. Diligently attend good doctrine. But evermore remember, all nourishment of souls comes from Christ the head. To him look: upon him live: study to please him in all things. “Of his fulness have we all received.” Joh_1:16.


Christ’s words are full of truth and grace,
And nourish up the soul
In love, and peace, and holiness,
And all our lusts control.


Speak, Lord, unto my heart with pow’r,
Make me grow up in thee:
O may I feed on thee each hour,
‘Till I thy glory see.

Amen,
Prior to being born again by the Spirit of truth, after hearing and believing the Gospel of our Salvation and surrendering to Christ. It seems we truly had faith in Jesus Christ, but not the kind of precious faith that we have gained since then. This is why when we speak of faith to the the works=righteousness crowd they can't seem to understand our perspective.They can't comprehend this "faith" as we couldn't either before we received the Spirit of truth.
There are many different and dangerous doctrines of men today as well as in brother Mason's time that are outside of Christ's intended inward work in us through faith and the Spirit of truth, that bring those who don't have this kind of precious faith into bondage to sin and death through vain teachings of dead works and of a dead faith. May it be so that God leads all of His children that have been blinded through this trickery out of these works=righteousness faith traps before it's to late.

1 John 2:20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

December 4,



I, even I am he, who blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Isa_43:25.


With tears of joy and emotions of love, my once dearly beloved and much honoured friend, now with Jesus, the late reverend Mr. Jones, minister of St. Saviour’s, told me, the awful charges which precede, and the free and unmerited grace which is proclaimed in this text, made the first impressions of the Saviour’s love upon his heart. O that the Lord of all grace may give us some comfort from it to-night! Here grace shines with meridian splendour; here grace gloriously reigns, over all the aboundings of sin: here grace sweetly triumphs over all the baseness and unworthiness of the sinner. In the two former verses, God arraigns the culprit, reads a black catalogue of indictment against him, and concludes with, “Thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.” The sinner is struck dumb. He dare not deny it. The judge proceeds to pass sentence. What is it? Vengeance, hell fire, and damnation? What else could be expected? Be astonished, O heavens! Shout for joy, O sinners, upon earth. I, even I am he-what? Who will be avenged of thee? Yes, but it is love which takes vengeance upon thy sins, and will melt down thy hard, thy base heart; that blotteth out thy transgressions. What, my soul, the very God whom thou hast made to serve with thy sins, and wearied with thine iniquities, will he blot them all out? Yes, as a black cloud is dispelled by the sun, or dispersed by the wind; or as an immense debt is discharged by the stroke of the pen of a merciful creditor, never more to appear against, or be demanded of the debtor. For, O wonder of love! he saith farther, and will not remember thy sins. I cannot forget my sins. How then can my Lord? They are all forgiven and forgotten as thy sins. The Lord remembers he laid them all upon his Son, thy surety. Then they passed from thee to him. Then they were all atoned for by him. Why all this? For the sake of thy works? For any terms and conditions thou hast performed? Spurn the thought. Hear thy Lord: For mine own sake, the dear Jesus blotted out thy sins with his blood. The loving Father blots them out for the sake of his justice and truth. The gracious Spirit blots them out of the conscience, for the glory of the Father and the Son, and because he is the comforter of poor sinners. O what boundless bliss is here! Believe, rejoice, and love.


Here is most joyful gospel news-
Sin’s blotted and forgot!
On this sweet word, my soul, now muse,
‘Till comfort thou hast got.


Then give thy Lord his glory due;
Rejoice, adore, and love:
Thou art as safe from sin and woe,
As those in heav’n above.

1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Lol crossnote I just posted exactly these verses a few hours before and pondered on them.
That William Mason, as if he knew what was going to be happening in our heads, lol xD
Every time the message is just something I needed...
Just Love this thread!

December 5,



Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. Isa_43:26.


The Lord had just laid open the rich love of his gracious heart to poor sinners, in fully blotting out their transgressions and in not remembering their sins. To keep down their pride and exalt the riches of his mercy, he tells them plainly, I do all this, for my own sake. But he knows what is in man. He sees the abominable pride of our hearts, and how many would reject his free declaration, and not accept of free-grace mercy, by free-gift of love, without money and without price. Such will have some hand in procuring pardon and justification, by fulfilling terms, and performing conditions.

These words may be considered, (1st.) as a reflection upon such persons, and a derision upon their notions. Says the Lord, Put me in remembrance. What spiritual act could you do, when dead in trespasses and in sins, in order to obtain life? What good works sprang out of your flesh, in which dwelleth no good thing? Remind me of your power to will and to do what I command, and how you have done all things perfectly well to my glory. Let us plead together. Let us come into open court and try this matter. Declare thou. Thy own righteousness, for which of all thy good works dost thou challenge my grace, and a right to be justified? Verily, if thou canst face this, as the prophet says, “thou hast a whore’s forehead, and refusest to be ashamed.” (Jer_3:3.)

But, (2nd.) we may consider them as spoken to the Lord’s people. Put me in remembrance-of free declaration, of full pardon. Believe it. Pray the Spirit to apply the sense and comfort of it to thy conscience. Give me no rest till I have made thee thus happy. Let us plead together. Confess our vileness. Own your wretchedness. Acknowledge your sinfulness. I will plead? my grace reigns over the aboundings of sin, through righteousness unto eternal life. (Rom_5:21.) Declare thou that thou mayest be justified. Plead at thy throne, what I am ever well pleased with, the blood and righteousness of my beloved Son ONLY: and thou shalt be justified from all things; have my peace in thy conscience, which passeth all understanding; be filled with joy and peace in believing, and abounding in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost. Now, is not all this amazing love, and these gracious dealings enough to make thee ashamed of thy folly and slowness of heart to believe the truths of a covenant God in Christ?


Grace reigns, and over sin abounds,
And justifies the soul:
While grace our pride and lust confounds,
It makes poor sinners whole.


O for an heart of faith and love,
Rejoicing in the Lord,
To imitate the blest above,
And spread his praise abroad.

Isaiah 40:6
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Isaiah 40:9
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

That video! I want a copy of every picture - they were priceless and gone too fast.

Pause and screen capture the wanted frames.

Duh! Now why did not I think of that? Of course, I can take a picture of each one.

I knew you were in my life for a purpose, Crossnote.

a screen capture app, not a Nikon D60 right?