September 12, 1858

The Fatherhood of God   "Our Father which art in heaven."—Matthew 6:9        Think there is room for very great doubt, whether our Saviour intended the prayer, of which our text forms a part, to be used in the manner in which it is commonly employed among professing Christians. It is the custom of many persons to repeat …

Matthew:6:9

September 5, 1858

The New Heart   "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh."—Ezekiel 36:26        Behold a wonder of divine love. When God maketh his creatures, one creation he …

Ezekiel:36:26

August 29, 1858

The Voice of the Blood of Christ   "The blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel."—Hebrews 12:24        Of all substances blood is the most mysterious, and in some senses the most sacred. Scripture teacheth us,—and after all there is very much philosophy in Scripture,—that "the blood is the life thereof,"—that the life lieth …

Hebrews:12:24

August 22, 1858

"As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be" "As thy days, so shall thy strength be;"—Deuteronomy 33:25 BELOVED, IT SEEMS A SAD THING that every day must die and be followed by a night. When we have seen the hills clad with verdure to their summit, and the seas laving their base with a silver glory; when …

Deuteronomy:33:25

August 15, 1858

The Way of Salvation   "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."—Acts 4:12        It is a very happy circumstance when the servants of God are able to turn everything to account in their ministry. Now, the apostle Peter was summoned before …

Acts:4:12

August 8, 1858

Righteous Hatred   "Ye that love the Lord, hate evil."—Psalm 97:10        The Christian Religion is a golden chain with which the hands of men are fettered from all hatred. The spirit of Christ is love. Wherever he governs, love reigns as a necessary consequence. The Christian man is not allowed to hate any one. Ye have heard …

Psalms:97:10

August 1, 1858

Sovereign Grace and Man's Responsibility   "But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, all day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people."—Romans 10:20-21        Doubtless these …

Romans:10:20-21

July 25, 1858

Everybody's Sermon   "I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes."—Hosea 12:10        When the Lord would win his people Israel from their iniquities, he did not leave a stone unturned, but gave them precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little. He taught them sometimes with a rod in his hand, when he …

Hosea:12:10

July 17, 1858

A Lecture for Little-Faith   "We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of everyone of you all toward each other aboundeth"—2 Thessalonians 1:3        We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet." Whether we shall praise …

2 Thessolonians:1:3

July 11, 1858

The Mission of the Son of Man   "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."—Luke 19:10        How fond our Master was of the sweet title, the "Son of Man!" If he had chosen, he might always have spoken of himself as the Son of God, the Everlasting Father, …

Luke:19:10