March 21, 1880

A Powerful Reason for Coming to Christ    “A great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.”— Mark iii. 8.   THE opposition of the great ones of the earth did not, after all, hinder the cause of Christ. The Pharisees, who were the leaders of religious thought, combined with the Herodians, who …

Mark:3:8

March 21, 1880

Christ the Cause of Division   “So there was a division among the people because of him.” — John vii. 43.   IT seems, then, that even when Christ was the preacher, there was a division among the hearers, so we must not be surprised if the same result follows from our preaching. No doubt, strife has sometimes been …

John:7:43

March 14, 1880

They Were Tempted    “They were tempted.”— Hebrews xi. 37.   LAST Lord’s-day I tried to draw the fair portrait of a believing man, putting his feet into God’s steps, and keeping God’s way even unto the end. This morning we shall show in what circumstances such men were produced. We shall discover that they were not nursed upon …

Hebrews:11:37

March 9, 1880

Fear Not “Fear not.”— Revelation i. 17. “FEAR not” is a plant which grows very plentifully in God’s garden. If you look through the lily beds of Scripture you will continually find by the side of other flowers the sweet “Fear nots” peering out from among doctrines and precepts, even as violets look up from their hidingplaces …

Revelation:1:17

March 7, 1880

The Fair Portrait of a Saint    “My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Neither have I gone hack from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.”— Job xxiii. 11, 12.   THUS Job speaks of himself, not by way of …

Job:23:11-12

March 7, 1880

Christ’s Past and Present Witnesses   “And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.”— John xv. 27.   OUR Lord Jesus Christ ought to be believed upon his own unsupported word; first, because of the divinity of his nature. God cannot lie; and that Christ is God, is abundantly proved by his …

John:15:27

February 29, 1880

The Lily Among Thorns    “As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.”— Solomon’s Song ii. 2.   WE shall not enter into any profitless discussion this morning. We take it for granted that the Song of Solomon is a sacred marriage song between Christ and his church, and that it is the Lord Jesus …

Song of Solomon:2:2

February 29, 1880

A Leap Year Sermon   “One born out of due time.” — 1 Corinthians xv. 8.   PAUL thus describes himself. It was necessary that Paul, as an apostle, should have seen the Lord. He was not converted at the time of Christ’s ascension; yet he was made an apostle, for the Lord Jesus appeared to him in the …

1 Corinthians:15:8

February 22, 1880

Your Personal Salvation   “Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand …

1 Peter:1:9-12

February 15, 1880

The Royal Prerogative   “He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.”— Psalm lxviii. 20, 21.   WHATEVER may be said of the …

Psalms:68:20-21