Collection: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 14
Collection: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 14
“Do Not Sin Against the Child.”
November 8, 1868
“Do Not Sin Against the Child.” “And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.” — Genesis 42:22. You know how Joseph’s brethren, through envy, sold him into Egypt; and how ultimately they were themselves compelled to …
Genesis:42:22
The Head of the Church
November 1, 1868
The Head of the Church “He is the head of the body, the church.” — Colossians 1:18. As if to show us that this title of “Head of the church” is to be held in highest esteem, it is here placed in connection with the loftiest honours of our Lord Jesus. In the same breath the Son …
Colossians:1:18
Sins of Omission
October 25, 1868
Sins of Omission “Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I command them to do; but they did them not.” — Jeremiah 11:8. JEREMIAH was commissioned of God to bring a solemn …
Jeremiah:11:8
All these Things—A Sermon with Three Texts
October 18, 1868
All these Things - A Sermon with Three Texts “And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.” — Genesis 42:36. THE patriarch must needs use the expression, “ALL THESE THINGS. He had …
Genesis:42:36
Sown Light
October 11, 1868
Sown Light “Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.” — Psa. 97:11. THIS appears to be the doctrine of the entire Psalm, and the verse which follows, “Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous,” is intended to be the practical inference drawn from the whole of it. God would have his people …
Psalms:97:11
The Universal Remedy
October 4, 1868
The Universal Remedy “With his stripes we are healed.”— Isaiah 53:5. RECEIVED, one day this week, a short communication worded on this wise: “Wanted, a cure for a weak and doubting faith, especially when Satan disinclines to pray.” Anxiously desirous to prescribe cures for such maladies, and for any others which may vex the Lord’s people, I …
Isaiah:53:5
The Lord’s Name and Memorial
September 27, 1868
The Lord's Name and Memorial “Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.” — Isaiah 55:13. THESE words are a poetical description of great …
Isaiah:55:13
The Perfuming of the Heart
September 6, 1868
The Perfuming of the Heart “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” — Romans 5:5. THE apostle sets before us a ladder like to that which Jacob saw, the foot whereof resteth upon the earth, but the top ascendeth …
Romans:5:5