June 24, 1877

The Final Perseverance of the Saints   “The righteous also shall hold on his way.” — Job xvii. 9.   THE man who is righteous before God has a way of his own. It is not the way of the flesh, nor the way of the world; it is a way marked out for him by the divine command, …

Job:17:9

June 24, 1877

Jesus and his Forerunner   “Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, and went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man …

John:10:39-42

June 21, 1877

Jacob’s Fear and Faith   “Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, …

Genesis:32:11-12

June 17, 1877

    The Good Samaritan   “And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, …

Luke:10:25-37

June 17, 1877

Invitation to a Conference   “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins he as scarlet, they shall he as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall he as wool.” — Isaiah i. 18.   THE persons to whom this gracious invitation was addressed were in a terrible condition; they …

Isaiah:1:18

June 14, 1877

Abraham’s Great Reward   “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” — Genesis xv. 1.   You have probably heard a great many sermons on the first part of the text: “I am thy shield;” so, on this occasion, I am going to leave that portion, in order more fully to consider the second …

Genesis:15:1

June 10, 1877

Happiness the Privilege and Duty of Christians   “Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, (he shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall he found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.”— Deuteronomy xxxiii. 29.   THESE …

Deuteronomy:33:29

June 10, 1877

Life and the Path to It   “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” — Psalm xvi. 11.   I THINK you must have noticed, while I was reading the Psalm from which my text is taken, that I expounded it partly …

Psalms:16:11

June 7, 1877

Causes and Cure of Fainting   “He giveth power to the faint.” — Isaiah xl. 29.   THE connection in which these words stand is very suggestive. The previous verse says, “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There …

Isaiah:40:29

June 3, 1877

A Business-Like Account   “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win …

Philippians:3:7-9