November 9, 1884

The Threshing-Floor of Ornan   “At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing-floor of Oman the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.”— 1 Chronicles xxi. 28. “Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.”— 1 Chronicles xxii. 1. DAVID …

1 Chronicles:21:28

November 6, 1884

May I?    “If I may.”— Matthew ix. 21.   THE woman in the narrative was fully persuaded that if she did but touch our Lord’s garment she would be made whole. What she had heard and seen concerning Jesus made her sure of his superabundant power to heal the sick. A touch would do it. Yea, even a …

Matthew:9:21

November 2, 1884

A Call to the Lord’s Own Flock   “Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God. And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.”— Ezekiel …

Ezekiel:34:30-31

October 26, 1884

A Summary of Experience and a Body of Divinity   “For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and Low ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which …

1 Thessalonians:1:9-10

October 19, 1884

Obadiah; or, Early Piety Eminent Piety   “I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.”— 1 Kings xviii. 12.   I SUSPECT that Elijah did not think very much of Obadiah. He does not treat him with any great consideration, but addresses him more sharply than one would expect from a fellow-believer. Elijah was the man of action— …

1 Kings:18:12

October 12, 1884

Jehovah-Jireh   “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.”— Genesis xxii. 14.   “ABRAHAM called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh,” or “Jehovah will see it,” or “Jehovah will provide,” or “Jehovah will be seen.” We are offered a variety …

Genesis:22:14

October 12, 1884

The Road to Honour   “Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall he lightly esteemed.”— 1 Samuel, ii. 30.   OUR chickens generally come home to roost. Our thoughts of other men become other men’s thoughts of us. According as we measure out to our fellows, so do they measure back into our …

1 Samuel:2:30

October 5, 1884

Thought-Reading Extraordinary    “LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear.”— Psalm x. 17.   NOTICE at the outset the logic of this verse. It is very simple, very forcible, very accurate logic. It runs thus: “Thou hast,” “thou wilt.” “Lord, thou hast heard the desire …

Psalms:10:17

September 28, 1884

THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP.   “What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when …

Luke:15:4-7

September 25, 1884

The Lion and the Bear; Trophies Hung Up   “Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the …

1 Samuel:17:36-37