July 25, 1880

The Gift Unspeakable    “Thanks he unto God for his unspeakable gift.” — 2 Cor. ix. 15.   PAUL had spoken of the liberality of the Corinthian believers, and he had endeavoured to stir them up to a prudent preparation for displaying it. “Now, therefore,” said he, “perform the doing of it, that as there was a readiness to …

2 Corinthians:9:15

July 25, 1880

Bitter Herbs   “With bitter herbs they shall eat it.” — Exodus xii. 8.   PERHAPS, before I come to the consideration of this sentence, it may be profitable, especially to the younger folk amongst us, if we think of the many points in which the passover was a type of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul tells us that …

Exodus:12:8

July 4, 1880

Good News for Thirsty Souls   “I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.”— Revelation xx. 6.   SALVATION is no small thing. It filled the heart and hands of the Son of God, and therefore it ought not to be neglected by us. The precious promise before us concerns …

Revelation:21:6

July 4, 1880

Fourfold Satisfaction   “And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. . . . For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.” — Jeremiah xxxi. 14, 25.   THE subject of this morning was spiritual thirst, and the …

Jeremiah:31:14, 25

July 1, 1880

Elijah Fainting   “He himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.” — l Kings xix. 4.   WHEN we read …

1 Kings:19:4

June 27, 1880

God Glorified by Children's Mouths    “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.”— Psalm viii. 2.   THIS psalm sings of the grandeur of God as seen in creation. Who has not been impressed with the sight of the starry sky, …

Psalms:8:2

June 27, 1880

God’s Dealings with Egypt and Israel   “And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: but made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.” — Psalm lxxviii. 51, 52.   THERE is a very sharp line of division here between …

Psalms:78:51, 52

June 20, 1880

Manhanaim, or Hosts of Angels    “And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.”— Genesis xxxii. 1, 2. “And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son …

Genesis:32:1

June 17, 1880

Two Good Things    “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.”— Psalm cxix. 71. “It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.”— Psalm lxxiii. 28. THERE is an old proverb which says, …

Psalms:119:71

June 13, 1880

Free Grace a Motive for Free Giving    “Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.”— 2 Thessalonians ii. 16, 17.   THE Thessalonian saints had been much persecuted …

2 Thessalonians:2:16-17