October 19, 1862

SELF-DELUSION   “Many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”— Luke 13:24        EVERY wise merchant will occasionally hold a stock-taking, when he will cast up his accounts, examine what he has on hand, and ascertain decisively whether his trade is prosperous or declining. Every man who is wise in …

Luke:13:24

October 12, 1862

Citizenship in Heaven   “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.” — Philippians 3:20        THERE can be no comparison between a soaring seraph and a crawling worm. Christian men ought so to live that it were idle to speak of a comparison between them and …

Philippians:3:20

October 12, 1862

FAITH OMNIPOTENT   “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”— Mark 9:23        I MUST take your minds back to the scene in the midst of which Christ uttered these memorable words. Christ had been upon the mountaintop, transfigured in the presence of his three disciples. During his absence, …

Mark:9:23

October 5, 1862

GOOD NEWS FOR YOU   “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was.”— Luke 10:33        THE good Samaritan is a masterly picture of true benevolence. The Samaritan had no kinship with the Jew, he was purely of foreign origin, yet he pities his poor neighbour. The Jews cursed the Cuthites, and would have …

Luke:10:33

September 28, 1862

BELIEVERS— LIGHTS IN THE WORLD   “Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day …

Philippians:2:14-16

September 21, 1862

“ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED”   “He hath made us accepted in the beloved.”— Ephesians 1:6        “THE beloved!” This was a golden name which the ancient Church in her most joyous moments was wont to give to the Anointed of the Lord. When the time of the singing of birds was come, and the voice of the …

Ephesians:1:6

September 14, 1862

WHAT MEANEST THOU, O SLEEPER?   “But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.”— Jonah 1:5-6       …

Jonah:1:5-6

September 7, 1862

EZEKIEL’S DESERTED INFANT   “None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out into the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee …

Ezekiel:16:5, 6

September 7, 1862

THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT   “The messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in.”— Malachi 3:1        THE Lord’s people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them to its green pastures, and makes them to lie down beside its still waters. …

Malachi:3:1

August 31, 1862

FLESH AND SPIRIT— A RIDDLE   “So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shall guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none …

Psalms:73:22-25