October 24, 1869

THE FIRST CRY FROM THE CROSS.   “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” — [Luke xxiii. 34.   OUR Lord was at that moment enduring the first pains of crucifixion; the executioners had just then driven the nails through his hands and feet. He must have been, moreover, greatly depressed, and brought into …

Luke:23:34

October 17, 1869

The Coming Resurrection   “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”— John v. 28, 29.   THE doctrine of …

John:5:28-29

October 10, 1869

A SUMMONS TO BATTLE.   " The time when kings go forth to battle.”— 2 Samuel xi. 1.   THERE seems to have been in the olden times, among the petty sovereigns of the East, regular seasons for warfare; perhaps they marched forth in the spring, when the grass would afford food for their horses, or possibly in the …

2 Samuel:11:1

October 3, 1869

Christ with the Keys of Death and Hell   “I have the keys of hell and of death.”— Revelation i. 18.   THEN hell and death, terrible powers as they are, are not left to riot without government. Death is a land of darkness, as darkness itself, without any order, yet a sovereign eye surveyeth it, and a master …

Revelation:1:18

September 26, 1869

Strong Consolation   “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set …

Hebrews:6:17-18

1869

A Serious Remonstrance A Sermon Delivered By C.H. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean?”— 2 Kings 5:13. I AM somewhat myself in the position of Elijah, when Naaman, …

2 Kings:5:13

1869

The Vital Force A SermonDelivered By C.H. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “Now, the just shall live by faith.”— Hebrews 10:38. SEE here the germ of the Christian’s life! See, too, how it blooms, blossoms, and bears! But observe it is not said the just shall live for his faith, or because of the merit of his believing …

Hebrews:10:38

September 12, 1869

The Bellows Burned   “The bellows are burned.”— Jeremiah vi. 29.   THE prophets frequently spoke in parables. This they did partly to excite the attention of their hearers. Those to whom they spoke might not have listened to didactic truth expressed in abstract terms, but when they heard mention of common things, such as bellows, and lead, and …

Jeremiah:6:29

September 5, 1869

Real Grace for Real Need   “He healed them that had need of healing.”— Luke ix. 11.   “HE healed them that had need of healing,” that is to say, on this gracious occasion no single case came before him which baffled him. However rampant might be the disease, however extreme the condition of the patient’s malady, Jesus wrought …

Luke:9:11

August 29, 1869

The Silken Fetter   “Fear the Lord and his goodness.”— Hosea iii. 5.   THE whole verse runs thus: “Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.” A brief word may suffice upon the prophecy. I think no …

Hosea:3:5