October 28, 1883

MARVELLOUS! MARVELLOUS!   “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.” — Zechariah viii. 6.   GOD sent his servant Zechariah with a promise that Jerusalem should be rebuilt, and that it …

Zechariah:8:6

October 25, 1883

The Top of the Ladder   “And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”— Ephesians iii. 19.   THIS is a part of Paul’s prayer for the Ephesian believers. It is the closing clause and consummation of it. It mentions the grandest boon for which he …

Ephesians:3:19

October 21, 1883

Abijah, or Some Good Thing Towards the Lord   “And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jerohoam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.”— I Kings xiv. 13.   JEROBOAM had proved false to the …

1 Kings:14:13

October 14, 1883

Where the "If" Lies    “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”— Mark ix. 23. I   BELIEVE that our own Authorized Version conveys to the mind of the reader the sense intended by the Evangelist; it is, however, exceedingly probable that in exact words the Revised Version is nearer …

Mark:9:23

October 7, 1883

A Loving Entreaty   “Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.”— Isaiah xliii. 26.   WE shall mainly dwell upon the first invitation of the text: “Put me in remembrance.”      If you will cast your eye upon the Scripture itself you will be struck with its singular position. It makes a …

Isaiah:43:26

September 30, 1883

Spiritual Knowledge and Its Practical Results    “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being …

Colossians:1:9-10

September 23, 1883

Let not Your Heart be Troubled   “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I …

John:14:1-4

September 16, 1883

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged   “And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.”— Luke vii. 42.   THE two debtors differed very considerably in the amounts which they owed: the one was in arrears five hundred pence, and the other fifty. There are differences in the guilt of sins, and in the degrees of men’s criminality. …

Luke:7:42

September 9, 1883

Glory Be Unto the Father   “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.”— Ephesians …

Ephesians:1:3-4

September 2, 1883

The Exeter-Hall Sermon to Young Men    “O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my Bonds.”— Psalm cxvi. 16.   I HAVE been wondering whether I might correctly say that I would preach to-night as a young man to young men. It is precisely what I …

Psalms:116:16