BITS and PIECES 297th Edition - June 7, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. THE LONGEST STREET IN THE WORLD The best-known street in Toronto is Yonge Street, named after a friend of Lord Simcoe. It starts at the edge of Lake [...]
Devotional "And be not conformed to this world." — Romans 12:2 If a Christian can, by possibility, be saved while he conforms to this world, at any rate, it must be so as by fire. Such a bare salvation is almost as much to be dreaded as desired. Reader, would you wish to [...]
Devotional “Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.” (Ruth 3:18) This was the instruction given to Ruth by Naomi in hopes that her kinsman, Boaz, would be willing to [...]
BITS and PIECES 296th Edition - May 24, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT We have just had a very successful Ministers’ Week of Prayer, and it can be that after the special effort, there can be [...]
Devotional "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." Romans 6:6 Christian, why would you play with sin? Has it not cost you enough already? Burnt child, will you play with the fire? What! When you [...]
BITS and PIECES 295th Edition - May 17, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. MINISTERS’ WEEK OF PRAYER The Toronto church hosted the biannual Ministers’ Week of Prayer last week. It was a blessed time and beneficial to all those who [...]
Devotional “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16) This incisive expression—“redeeming the time”—occurs also in Colossians 4:5: “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.” The Greek word for “redeem” means to “buy back,” to [...]
BITS and PIECES 294th Edition - May 10, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. WELCOME A warm welcome to all those who are visiting Toronto for the Ministers’ Week of Prayer. We understand that about eighty people are planning to be [...]
BITS and PIECES 293rd Edition - May 3, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. REV. ROY STEWART We were saddened this week to learn of the death of Rev. Roy Stewart, long-time pastor of our Cookstown, Northern Ireland, church. Roy was 83 [...]
Devotional “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” Psalm 16:11 The 16th Psalm contains the Bible’s first reference to the resurrected Christ at the “right hand” of His heavenly Father, and this is important, for there [...]
Devotional "Continue in the faith." Acts 14:22 Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts. It is with a Christian as it was with the great Napoleon: he said, [...]
BITS and PIECES 292nd Edition - April 26, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. A FORTY BILLION MILE JOURNEY John Bunyan (1628 – 1688) was famous for writing his Pilgrim’s Progress. In it he sees the Christian as a ‘pilgrim’ on [...]
