October 14, 1866

Children’s Bread Given to Dogs   “And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”— Matthew xv. 27.   IN this narrative we have the portrait of a soul for which a sure blessing is reserved. If the story closed without its final verse, one might be quite sure as …

Matthew:15:27

October 7, 1866

A Saviour Such as You Need   “Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord. I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And …

Hebrews:10:15-18

October 7, 1866

The Church Aroused    “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”— Ephesians v. 14.   WE have not time this evening to enter into the question as to where this quotation came from. There does not appear to be one exactly like it in the compass of the …

Ephesians:5:14

September 30, 1866

Soul Murder - Who is Guilty?   “Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.” — Psalm 51:14.   DAVID had been grossly guilty towards his faithful and veteran friend Uriah. He had given instructions that he should be led into the hottest part of the fight, …

Psalms:51:14

September 23, 1866

War with Amalek   “Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.”— Exodus xvii. 8.   THERE were two great trials which the children of Israel had to endure in passing onward to the promised rest, — their wants and their enemies; but I. must add a third, which sprang out of these two by reason of the …

Exodus:17:8

September 16, 1866

A Feast for Faith   “This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.”— Isaiah 28:29.   ISAIAH admired the husbandman’s skill in his calling. He mentions with admiration the various methods adopted by the farmer in the rotation of crops, in the choice of different soils for certain seeds, …

Isaiah:28:29

September 9, 1866

Kicking Against the Pricks   “It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.”— Acts 9:5.   THIS expression is highly characteristic of the Saviour from its figurative form. While he was on earth, without a parable spake he not unto the people; and speaking out of heaven, in this instance, he still adopts the parabolic style, as …

Acts:9:5

September 2, 1866

The Blood of Abel and the Blood of Jesus   “And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”— Genesis 4:10. “And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”— Hebrews 12:24.   THE first shedding …

Genesis:4:10; Hebrews 12:24

August 19, 1866

Heavenly Geometry   “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and …

Ephesians:3:16-19

August 12, 1866

The Voice of the Cholera   “Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall …

Amos:3:3-6