Author Archives: Matthew Pullar

The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them. (Bishop Laud’s dying words) Some battles are fought on abstract grounds, Brother armed against a brother, Defending the periphery. And sometimes hearts within us burnContinue reading “Kin (For William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr)”

The world has many great houses and many great families and names. There are many whose legacies spread through the world, whose wealth and repute linger after them. But Miss Hassall once bought a house near a church in Old Sydney Town where she sowed many seeds into small hearts and those seeds grew andContinue reading “Cluden (For Eliza Marsden Hassall, Missionary)”

I had wasted much time on follies and spent nearly all of my youth in vain labours, and devotion to the teachings of a wisdom that God had made foolish. Suddenly, I awoke as out of a deep sleep. I beheld the wonderful light of the Gospel truth, and I recognised the nothingness of theContinue reading “Foolish (For Gregory of Nanzianzus and Basil of Caesarea, Bishops and Teachers)”

Who is this child whom angels name, whose birth they sound with trumpets loud, who lies a baby, helpless in his parents’ hands and yet is praised by elders and the heavens’ choir? His name is Jesus, and He saves His people from their sins. Who are they, His people, that they should deserve suchContinue reading “Above All Names (The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus)”