November 1, 1885

After Two Days is the Passover   “Ye know that after two clays is . . . the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.” — Matthew xxvi. 2.   ONE likes to know how a great commander feels before a battle. What is his state of mind, and how does he look forward to …

Matthew:26:2

October 29, 1885

Deadness and Quickening   “Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.” — Psalm cxix. 37.   DAVID, when he wrote these words, was in downright earnest. There were times with him when he grow lukewarm and cold, and then we remember that lie soon fell into grievous sin; but at the time …

Psalms:119:37

October 25, 1885

Jubilate   “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, …

Exodus:15:1-2

October 25, 1885

A Programme Never Carried Out   “And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and …

Luke:15:20, 21

October 22, 1885

When should we Pray?   “Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” — Luke xviii. 1.   MY mind alights with great joy upon the simple truth which gleams on the very surface of our text, — then, men may pray. If men ought to pray, they may pray. Whatever a man ought to do, it is …

Luke:18:1

October 18, 1885

The Sunday-School and the Scriptures   “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”— 2 Timothy iii. 15.   How very remarkably the times repeat themselves! As I said just now, in the reading of the chapter, the warning which …

2 Timothy:3:15

October 18, 1885

A Sad Interior and a Cheery Messenger   “And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.” — Mark xvi. 10.   SOME of you, dear friends, have seen those small pictures by famous Dutch artists where, with many little touches — very lifelike, very suggestive, very homely, — they depict an …

Mark:16:10

October 11, 1885

The Nobleman's Faith    “There was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except …

John:4:46

October 11, 1885

From Twenty-five to Thirty-five   “And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said unto them; go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.” — Matthew xx. 3, 4.   No parable teaches all sides of truth. It is …

Matthew:20:3, 4

October 4, 1885

Departed Saints Yet Living   “Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.” — Luke xx. …

Luke:20:37-38