November 11, 1883

A LUTHER SERMON AT THE TABERNACLE “But the just shall live by his faith.”— Habakkuk ii. 4. THIS text is three times employed by the apostle Paul as an argument. Read Romans i. 17, Galatians iii. 11, and Hebrews x. 38: in each of these cases it runs, “The just shall live by faith.” This is the …

Habakkuk:2:4

May 27, 1883

Pride the Destroyer   “Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.” — Habakkuk ii. 4.   HABAKKUK had to prophesy to the people that God would eventually deliver them out of the hand of the Chaldeans, and send them better times; but he warned them that, …

Habakkuk:2:4

January 26, 1882

Watching to See   “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that …

Habakkuk:2:1-4

May 18, 1879

The Middle Passage    “O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid; O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.”— Habakkuk iii. 2.   HABAKKUK had the sadness of living at a time when true religion was in a very deplorable state. …

Habakkuk:3:2

May 10, 1877

Faith: Life   “The just shall live by his faith.” — Habakkuk ii. 4. “The just shall live by faith.” — Romans i. 17. “The just shall live by faith.” — Galatians iii. 11. “Now the just shall live by faith.” — Hebrews x. 38.   THE fact that these words are so frequently found in the Word of God is a …

Habakkuk:2:4

December 16, 1866

A Message from God to His Church and People   “O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.”— Habakkuk 3:2.   “O LORD, I have heard thy speech!” This is the language of reverent obedience, …

Habakkuk:3:2

December 16, 1858

The Sight of Iniquity   “Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance?” — Habakkuk i. 3.   *“This date is an approximation of when this sermon was delivered.”   IN this discourse, it will be my endeavour to assign some reasons why God causes his people to see iniquity in themselves and in others.      I. We …

Habakkuk:1:3

November 11, 1856

Spiritual Revival, the Want of the Church   “O LORD, revive thy work.” — Habakkuk iii. 2.   ALL true religion is pre-eminently the work of God. If he should select out of his works that which he esteems most of all, he would select true religion. He regards the works of grace as being even more glorious than …

Habakkuk:3:2