October 22, 1870

Think Well and Do Well   “For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.” — Psalm xxvi. 3.   THROUGHOUT this Psalm David is labouring under the fear that he should be judged and condemned with the ungodly world. He feels in his own heart that he is not one with the enemies …

Psalms:26:3

October 16, 1870

A Singular but Needful Question   “Wilt thou be made whole?” — John v. 6.   JESUS spoke to the impotent man who had been afflicted for thirty-eight years, and enquired of him, “Wilt thou be made whole?” It seems a very strange question to ask. Who would not be made whole? Would the poor man have been lying …

John:5:6

October 8, 1870

A Most Needful Prayer Concerning the Holy Spirit   “Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.”— Psalm li. 11.   THIS Psalm is beyond all others a photograph of penitent David. You have probably seen that interesting slab of stone which bears on its surface indications of the fall of raindrops …

Psalms:51:11

October 2, 1870

Jesus No Phantom   “And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.”— Matthew xiv. 26.   SOME of the richest comforts are lost to us for want of clear perception. What consolation could be greater to the tempest-tossed disciples than to know their …

Matthew:14:26

September 25, 1870

Done in a Day, but Wondered at For Ever   “I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.”— Zechariah iii. 9, 10.   WE cull the text from one of Zechariah’s most instructive …

Zechariah:3:9, 10

September 18, 1870

Negotiations for Peace   “Preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all).”— Acts x. 36.   THESE words were addressed to an admirable congregation, all met with an earnest purpose, all conscious that they were in the presence of God, all like good soil that had been ploughed and prepared for the good seed. Happy preacher to …

Acts:10:36

September 17, 1870

The Unrivaled Eloquence of Jesus   “The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.”— John vii. 46.   THE chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to lay hold upon the Saviour, lest his preaching should altogether overthrow their power. While the constables who had mingled with the throng were waiting for an opportunity of arresting the Lord Jesus, …

John:7:46

September 11, 1870

Means for Restoring the Banished   “Neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.”— 2 Samuel xiv. 14.   THE woman of Tekoah in arguing with David for the recall of his son Absalom, argued with great shrewdness. After craftily entrapping the king by her parable, she then …

2 Samuel:14:14

September 4, 1870

The Unconquerable King   “At the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all …

Daniel:4:34, 35

August 27, 1870

A String of Pearls   “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are …

1 Peter:1:3-5