July 16, 1885

Apart   “And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; all the …

Zechariah:12:12-14

July 12, 1885

Coming Judgement of the Secrets of Man   “The day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.”— Romans ii. 16.   IT is impossible for any of us to tell what it cost the apostle Paul to write the first chapter of the epistle to the Romans. It is a shame …

John:3:16

July 12, 1885

The Sinful made Sinless   “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.” — 1 John iii. 4, 5.   NOTE, beloved, the special character of believers, — their divine relationship, their heavenly privilege; …

1 John:3:4, 5

July 5, 1885

The Looking-Glass   “For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth …

James:1:23-25

July 5, 1885

Beautiful for Ever   “He will beautify the meek with salvation.” — Psalm cxlix. 4.   I FIND that the text bears other interpretations; I will mention two of them. It might be read, — and I think correctly, — “He will beautify the afflicted with deliverance.” Let me speak about that meaning first of all, for it is …

Psalms:149:4

July 2, 1885

He Ran, and He Ran   “But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him.” — Mark v. 6. “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.” — Luke xv. 20.   THESE two texts have a measure of …

Mark:5:6

June 28, 1885

Before Sermon, At Sermon, and After Sermon   “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” — James i. 21, 22.   BRETHREN, it is a good thing to …

James:1:21-22

June 28, 1885

God’s Law in Man’s Heart   “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts.” — Hebrews viii. 10.   WHEN God gave to Israel his law, — the law of the first covenant, …

Hebrews:8:10

June 25, 1885

The Lowly King   “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”— Zechariah is. 9.   I DO not intend to expound the whole text at any length, but …

Zechariah:9:9

June 21, 1885

The Purging of the Conscience    “For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to …

Hebrews:9:13-14