October 19, 1882

Pride Catechized   “Should it be according to thy mind; he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.” — Job xxxiv. 33.   DEAR friends, it is never wise to dispute with God. Let a man strive with his fellow, but not with his Maker. If we must …

Job:34:33

October 15, 1882

Feed My Lambs: A Sabbath-School Sermon “So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.” — John xxi. 15. READ the whole chapter, and observe the change …

John:21:15

October 15, 1882

Comfort from Christ’s Omniscience   “Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee.” — John xxi. 17.   PETER was somewhat hardly pressed. He felt that he was pushed into a corner, and compelled to look into his own heart, and divulge its innermost secret. To be asked once, in the presence of his brethren, whether …

John:21:17

October 12, 1882

A Pressed Man Yielding to Christ   “Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he. Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, …

John:9:35-38

October 8, 1882

The Great Cross-Bearer and His Followers   “And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.”— Mark xv. 20. “And he bearing his cross went forth.”— John xix. 17. “And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian. who passed by, coming out …

Mark:15:20

October 8, 1882

The Sorrowful Man’s Question   “Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?” — Job iii. 23.   I AM very thankful that so many of you are glad and happy. There is none too much joy in the world, and the more that any of us can create, the …

Job:3:23

October 1, 1882

Ask and Have   “Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”— James iv. 2, 3.   MAY these striking words be made profitable …

James:4:2-3

October 1, 1882

A Day to be Remembered   “And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house.” — Luke xix. 9.   OBSERVE, dear friends, that our Lord spoke this sentence to Zacchaeus. Some of us may have fancied that he said it to the objecting people, but he did not. They may have heard it, and …

Luke:19:9

September 28, 1882

Chariots of Iron   “And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.”— Judges L 19, 20.   WE …

Judges:1:19-20

September 24, 1882

SHUTTING, SEALING, AND COVERING; OR, MESSIAH’S GLORIOUS WORK.   “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most …

Daniel:9:24