December 14, 1884

Cords and Cart-Ropes   “Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope.”— Isaiah v. 18.   THE text begins with “Woe;” but when we get a woe in this book of blessings it is sent as a warning, that we may escape from woe. God’s woes are better …

Isaiah:5:18

December 7, 1884

A Wonder Explained by Greater Wonders   “Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.” —Lamentations iii. 57.   How different are our experiences from our fears! This man of God had said, “When I cry and shout he shutteth out my prayer.” He had said again, “Thou hast covered thyself with …

Lamentations:3:57

November 9, 1884

The Threshing-Floor of Ornan   “At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing-floor of Oman the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.”— 1 Chronicles xxi. 28. “Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.”— 1 Chronicles xxii. 1. DAVID …

1 Chronicles:21:28

November 9, 1884

Elijah's Plea   “Let it be known that I have done all these things at thy word.”— 1 Kings xviii. 36.   THE acts of Elijah were very singular. It had not been known from the foundations of the earth that a man should shut up the doors of the rain for the space of three years. Yet Elijah …

1 Kings:18:36

November 6, 1884

May I?    “If I may.”— Matthew ix. 21.   THE woman in the narrative was fully persuaded that if she did but touch our Lord’s garment she would be made whole. What she had heard and seen concerning Jesus made her sure of his superabundant power to heal the sick. A touch would do it. Yea, even a …

Matthew:9:21

November 2, 1884

A Call to the Lord’s Own Flock   “Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God. And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.”— Ezekiel …

Ezekiel:34:30-31

October 30, 1884

Certain Curious Calculations about Loaves and Fishes   “When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How …

Mark:8:19-21

October 26, 1884

A Summary of Experience and a Body of Divinity   “For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and Low ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which …

1 Thessalonians:1:9-10

October 26, 1884

The Enemies of the Cross of Christ   “For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.” — Philippians iii. …

Philippians:3:18-19

October 23, 1884

Take Heed, Brethren   “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.” — Hebrews iii. 12.   THIS message is not addressed to strangers far away, but to “brethren.” Paul wrote it to the Hebrews, who were his brethren according to the flesh; it was kind …

Hebrews:3:12