BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 245th Edition - June 1, 2025 VISIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN The big news last week was the brief visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Ottawa. They came in [...]
Devotional “Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.” Acts 1:8 When the risen Christ sent His disciples into the world to preach the gospel, He equipped them with the power of the Holy Spirit. No other power can make our service for Christ effective. This is a [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 244th Edition - May 25, 2025 THE ELUSIVE NEUTRINOS 4000 feet deep in South Dakota a huge underground cavern is being prepared for a Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). At immense cost they [...]
Devotional "The fruit of the Spirit, is love." Galatians 5:22 The sum of all practical religion is love. "Love is the fulfilling of the law." All Christian growth is to be toward the likeness of Christ, and all His character is summed up in LOVE. Whatever is unloving in us—is unlike Jesus; and [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 243rd Edition - May 18, 2025 THE LORD’S GARDEN “A garden enclosed is my sister” [Song. 4:12]. We are enjoying the return of spring with its new foliage on the trees, and the [...]
Devotional "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten" — Joel 2:25 Yes, those wasted years over which we sigh shall be restored to us. God can give us such plentiful grace that we shall crowd into the remainder of our days as much of service as will [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 242nd Edition - May 1, 2025 HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY To all the ladies we wish a happy Mothers’ Day. Despite all the vaunted claims of men, the old statement, “The hand that rocks [...]
Devotional Fathers and mothers are the most natural agents for God to use in the salvation of their children. I am sure that, in my early youth, no teaching ever made such an impression upon my mind as the instruction of my mother. Neither can I conceive that, to any child, there can [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 241st Edition - May 4, 2025 A WELCOME VOICE FROM THE PAST Recently, when clearing out a big filing cabinet containing over sixty years of correspondence and accounts, I found an old gem. [...]
Devotional "A very present help." — Psalm 46:1 Covenant blessings are not meant to be looked at only, but to be appropriated. Even our Lord Jesus is given to us for our present use. Believer, thou dost not make use of Christ as thou oughtest to do. When thou art in trouble, why [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 240th Edition - April 27, 2025 TORONTO EASTER CONFERENCE The Toronto church held its first Easter Conference last weekend with Rev. John Greer as the guest preacher. Normally, the Toronto congregation lent its [...]
Devotional "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me..." — Psalm 138:8 He who has begun will carry on the work which is being wrought within my soul. The Lord is concerned about everything that concerns me. All that is now good, but not perfect, the Lord will watch over, and preserve, and [...]
