April 3, 1881

Honey from a Lion   “But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.”— Romans v. 15.   THIS text affords many openings for controversy. …

Romans:5:15

April 3, 1881

Love Plighting Truth   “Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.” — 1 Samuel xviii. 3. “And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.”— 1 Samuel xx. 17.   MANY books have been written concerning that surly old prophet …

1 Samuel:18:3

March 27, 1881

The Barrier    “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” — Revelation xxi. 27.   THE text refers to the glorified church of our Lord Jesus Christ. That perfected company of the elect and …

Revelation:21:27

March 6, 1881

Jesus at a Stand    “And Jesus stood still.”— Mark x. 49.   A FRIEND enquired of me yesterday, “Will you preach on Sunday morning to saints or to sinners?” I could not at the moment answer him; but I afterwards thought within myself— If I preach concerning Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, I shall kill two birds …

Mark:10:49

March 6, 1881

Jesus in Gethsemane   “When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which be entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place; for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.” — John xviii. 1, 2.   I REMEMBER to have …

John:18:1, 2

March 3, 1881

March 3, 1881

THE BELIEVER’S DEATHDAY BETTER THAN HIS BIRTHDAY.   “A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day  of one’s birth.” — Ecclesiastes vii. 1.   IN this part of the world we can hardly understand how much the Easterns thought of perfumes. When Solomon speaks of “precious ointment” he speaks of a luxury …

Ecclesiastes:7:1

February 20, 1881

The Heroic in Christianity    “For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye …

Luke:6:32-34

February 6, 1881

The Fruit of the Spirit: Joy   “But the fruit of the Spirit is joy.”— Galatians v. 22.   OBSERVE, “the fruit of the Spirit,” for the product of the Spirit of God is one. As some fruits are easily divisible into several parts, so you perceive that the fruit of the Spirit, though it be but one, is …

Galatians:5:22

February 6, 1881

A Greater than Solomon   “Behold, a greater than Solomon is here.” — Luke xi. 31.   OUR first thought is that no mere man would have said this concerning himself unless he had been altogether eaten up with vanity; for Solomon was among the Jews the very ideal of greatness and wisdom. It would be an instance of …

Luke:11:31