November Giveaway - Horatius Bonar and Matthew Smith

It's time for the last giveaway of 2012!

I'll be giving away one copy of Night of Weeping and Morning of Joy by Horatius Bonar, the 19th century Scottish theologian.  In Night of Weeping, Bonar deals with suffering in the life of the believer. He writes from the perspective that this is the family badge of the people of God. But rather than being punitive in nature, our Heavenly Father deals with us in love and faithfulness. "He is too faithful a Father to suffer sin in his children unreproved." ¹

In Morning of Joy, Bonar writes of the consolation we find in the hope of spending eternity with the Lord:

"Beyond the death-bed and beyond the grave, she (the church) sees resurrection. Beyond the broken hearts and severed bands of time, she realizes and clasps the eternal love-links; beyond the troubles of the hour, and beyond the storm that is to wreck the world, she casts her eye, and feels as if transported into the kingdom that cannot be moved, as if already she had taken up her abode in the New Salem, the city of peace and righteousness. Beyond the region of the falling leaf she passes on to the green pastures, and sits down under the branches of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradise of God. Losing sight of the bitterness of absence from the beloved of her heart, she enters the bridal-chamber and tastes the bridal joy; keeping festival even in the desert, and enjoying the sabbath rest amid the tumults of a stormy world."²

I'll also be including a copy of Even When My Heart is Breaking by Matthew Smith. He is one of my favorite musical artists and is known for composing new music for old hymns. The CD contains five hymns, two of which are set to new tunes. You can preview the songs here.

To enter the giveaway, fill out the form below. (US and Canadian addresses only.) The providential winner will be chosen on Tuesday, November 27.  Thanks for entering!

(The giveaway has ended.)