September 20, 1857

Things That Accompany Salvation   "Things that accompany Salvation."—Hebrews 6:9        I am not quite certain that my text will warrant all I shall say upon it this day if read and understood in its connection. But I have taken the words rather by accommodation than otherwise, and shall make use of them as a kind of …

Hebrews:6:9

September 13, 1857

The Condescension of Christ   "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich."—2 Cor. 8:9        The apostle, in this chapter, was endeavoring to stir up the Corinthians to liberality. He desired them to contribute …

2 Corinthians:8:9

September 6, 1857

India's Ills and England's Sorrows   "Oh that my head were waters, ad mine ees a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people."—Jeremiah 9:1        Sometimes tears are base things; the offspring of a cowardly spirit. Some men weep when they should knit their brows, …

Jeremiah:9:1

August 31, 1857

Independence of Christianity   "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts."—Zechariah 4:6        God’s first and greatest object is his own glory. There was a time, before all time, when there was no day but the Ancient of days, when God dwelt alone in the magnificence of his sublime …

Zechariah:4:6

August 23, 1857

Five Fears   Yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him."—Ecclesiastes 8:12        I have heard it sometimes said by wicked men, when they would arraign the justice of the Most High, that it is unjust that God should condemn men for the use of the powers …

Ecclesiates:8:12

August 16, 1857

The Good Man's Life and Death   "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."—Philippians 1:21        How ominously these words follow each other in the text—"live," "die." There is but a comma between them, and surely as it is in the words so is it in reality. How brief the distance between …

Philippians:1:21

August 9, 1857

Love Thy Neighbour   "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."—Matthew 19:19        Our Saviour very often preached upon the moral precepts of the law. Many of the sermons of Christ—and what sermons shall compare with them—have not what is now currently called "the gospel" in them at all. Our Saviour did not every time he stood …

Matthew:19:19

August 2, 1857

"My Waiting Only Upon God   "My soul, wait thou only upon God."—Psalm 62:5        Calvin translates this verse, "My soul, be thou silent before God." Rest calm and undisturbed. Thine enemies are round about thee, and have sore beset thee thy troubles do surround thee like strong bulls of Bashan; but rest, my soul, in God. …

Psalms:67:5

July 26, 1857

A Preacher from the Dead   "And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead."—Luke 16:31        Man is very loath to think ill of himself. The most of mankind are very prone to indulge in apologies for sin. They say, "If …

Luke:16:31

July 19, 1857

Substitution   "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."—2 Corinthians 5:21        A book is the expression of the thoughts of the writer. The book of nature is an expression of the thoughts of God. We have God's terrible …

2 Corinthians:5:21