September 28, 1890

Experience and Assurance   “Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.” — Psalm lxiii. 7.   IN their time of trouble the children of God turn to their Father. It is according to their new-born nature to seek him from whom it came. The believing heart is like the needle …

Psalms:63:7

September 21, 1890

The Serpent’s Sentence   “And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, …

Genesis:3:14-15

September 14, 1890

Immanuel--The Light of Life   “Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The people that walked …

Isaiah:9:1,2

September 11, 1890

Fever, and its Cure   “And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”— Luke iv. 38, …

Luke:4:38, 39

September 7, 1890

"And why not me?"   “Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”— Matthew viii. 2, 3.   MATTHEW has placed this miracle immediately after the sermon on …

Matthew:8:2-3

August 31, 1890

Self Low, but Christ High   “The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.”— Matthew viii. 8.   THIS centurion was a worthy man from the human point of view; hut he called himself unworthy when he turned towards …

Matthew:8:8

August 28, 1890

Patient Job, and the Baffled Enemy   “In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.”— Job i. 22.   THAT is to say, in all this trial, and under all this temptation, Job kept right with God. During all the losses of his estate, and the deaths of his children, he did not speak in an unworthy …

Job:1:22

August 24, 1890

Not Sufficient, and yet Sufficient   “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; hut our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”— 2 Corinthians iii. 5, …

2 Corinthians:3:5, 6

August 17, 1890

    “Who is the father of us all, (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”— Romans iv. 16, 17.   ABRAHAM had received an assurance from the Lord that he …

Romans:4:16, 17

August 10, 1890

Runaway Jonah, and the Convenient Ship   “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish.” — Jonah i. 3.   SAD sight! Sere is a servant of God running away from his work. As well see the stars wandering from …

Jonah:1:3