March 22, 1877

Life for a Look     “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” — Isaiah xlv. 22.     March 22nd, 1877   SINCE this text was blessed to my conversion, many years ago, I have often preached from it; but, on this occasion, I am not going …

Isaiah:45:22

March 18, 1877

The Jewel of Peace   “Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.”— 2 Thessalonians iii. 16.   WHEN the heart is full of love it finds the hand too feeble for its desires. Hence it seeks relief in intercession and benediction; wishing, praying and blessing where it …

2 Thessalonians:3:16

March 4, 1877

A Mournful Defection     “Will ye also go away?” — John vi. 67     *“This date is an approximation of when this sermon was delivered.”     No mischief that over befalls our Christian communities is more lamentable than that which comes from the defection of the members. The heaviest sorrow that can wring a pastor’s heart, is such as comes from …

John:6:67

January 21, 1877

Love's Medicines and Miracles   “Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: hut thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy hack.”— Isaiah xxxviii. 17.   HEZEKIAH S recovery is a notable encouragement to prayer. If ever there was a case in the world …

Isaiah:38:17

January 14, 1877

“REST IN THE LORD.”   “Rest in the Lord.”— Psalm xxxvii. 7   THE occurrence of our text in the psalm before us is an instance of the great rule that the Lord does nothing by halves. In this priceless psalm the Lord found his servant in the first verse liable to fretfulness and envy, and he exhorted him …

Psalms:37:7

January 14, 1877

Disobedience to the Gospel   “But they have not all obeyed the gospel.” — Romans x. 16.   EVEN concerning those who have heard the gospel, it can still be said, “They have not all obeyed the gospel.” And this, dear friends, is one of the plainest proofs of the deep depravity of human nature. We might have expected …

Romans:10:16

January 7, 1877

Our Urgent Need of the Holy Spirit   “Through the power of the Holy Ghost.” — Rom. xv. 13. “By the power of the Spirit of God.”— Rom. xv. 19.   I DESIRE to draw your attention at this time to the great necessity which exists for the continual manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit in the church …

Romans:15:13; 19

January 7, 1877

The Saddest Cry from the Cross   “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” — Matthew xxvii. 46.   DURING the time that “Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law,” he “came to the mountain of …

Matthew:27:46

January 6, 1877

A Catechism for the Proud   “For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?”— 1 Corinthians iv. 7.   THE Corinthian church was exceedingly gifted. Perhaps no other church of the period had …

1 Corinthians:4:7

January 1, 1877

Speak for Yourself. A Challenge!   “He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.”— John ix. 21   THOSE of you, dear friends, who were present this morning will remember that our subject was “Jesus Christ himself.” We dwelt upon his blessed person. Our faith is fixed on him; our affections are drawn to him; our …

John:9:21