Collection: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 18

The Saints Blessing the Lord

October 20, 1872

The Saints Blessing the Lord   “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.” — Psalm ciii. 1.   You see here a man talking to himself, a soul with all his soul talking to his soul. Every speaker should learn to soliloquise. His own soul is the first audience a …

Psalms:103:1

A Root Out of a Dry Ground

October 13, 1872

A Root Out of a Dry Ground   “A root out of a dry ground.”— Isaiah liii. 2.   THE prophet is speaking of the Messiah. He declares of him, “He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall …

Isaiah:53:2

The Paraclete

October 6, 1872

The Paraclete   “I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.”— John xiv. 16.   THE unspeakable gift of the Son of God was followed up by the equally priceless gift of the Holy Ghost. Must it not be confessed by us that we think far less …

John:14:16

A Honeycomb

September 29, 1872

A HONEYCOMB.   “For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” — Hebrews xii. 3.   WHEN the Hebrew Christians were suffering dire persecution the apostle could suggest no better support for their faith than this, “Consider him.” He bade them look to Jesus, and compare their case …

Hebrews:12:3

The Lord Blessing His Saints

September 26, 1872

The Lord Blessing His Saints   “Ye are blessed of the Lord [or of JEHOVAH] which made heaven and earth.” — Psalm cxv. 15.   WITHOUT any preface (for where there is such a feast before us anything which detains us from the table will be out of place) let us come at once to the delightful words of …

Psalms:115:15

My Prayer

September 22, 1872

My Prayer   “Quicken thou me in thy way.” — Psalm cxix. 37.   I THINK you will find the prayer for quickening repeated nine times in this Psalm. The form of it differs, but it is always the same vehement cry, “Quicken thou me, O Lord.” In addition to this, you will hear David twice acknowledge that God …

Psalms:119:37

The Ministry of Gentiles

September 15, 1872

Luke:4:39

The Ministry of Gratitude

September 14, 1872

The Ministry of Gratitude   “And immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”— Luke iv. 39.   PETER S wife’s mother had been sick of a great fever, and had been restored by the touch of the Saviour’s hands, and by the power of the Saviour’s word. The grace of God does not secure us from trial. The house …

Luke:4:39

Labouring and Not Fainting

September 8, 1872

Labouring and Not Fainting   “For my name’s sake thou hast laboured and hast not fainted.” — Rev. ii. 3.   THE Lord Jesus Christ never removes his eyes from his Church. He notes everything that concerns her, observing not merely the life of her members but their soul’s health, and not merely their health, but the way in …

Revelation:2:3

A Simple Remedy

September 1, 1872

A Simple Remedy   “With his stripes we are healed.” — Isaiah liii. 5.   EVER since the fall, healing has been the chief necessity of manhood. There was no physician in Paradise, but outside that blissful enclosure professors of the healing art have been precious as the gold of Ophir. Even in Eden itself there grew the herbs …

Isaiah:53:5