March 19, 1876

Feeble Faith Appealing to a Strong Saviour   “And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” — Mark ix. 24.   THIS is the case of a man who knew well enough what he wanted, and who was full of anxiety to obtain it; indeed, he was …

Mark:9:24

March 16, 1876

 Good Cheer for the Needy   “For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.” — Psalm ix. 18.   THESE words will fall upon different ears with quite different effects. If any of you are, in the Scriptural sense, “poor and needy,” God the Holy Spirit will enable you …

Psalms:9:18

March 12, 1876

Conversions Encouraged   “But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, …

Deuteronomy:6:29-31

March 12, 1876

Trials Expected and Conquered   “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the tire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: …

Isaiah:43:2, 3

March 9, 1876

The Blind Befriended   “I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not: I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.”— Isaiah xlii. 16.   THIS promise is not made to …

Isaiah:42:16

March 5, 1876

Conversions Desired   “And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.” —Acts xi. 21. THE brethren who had dwelt together in church fellowship at Jerusalem were scattered abroad by persecution which arose about Stephen. Their Master had told them that when they were persecuted in one city …

Acts:11:21

March 5, 1876

 Christ’s Crowning Glory   “His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.”— Psalm xxi. 5.   I FEEL quite sure that David here sings first concerning himself, and then concerning the far greater King, “great David’s greater Son,” the Lord Jesus Christ; but I shall apply the text entirely to our blessed …

Psalms:21:5

February 27, 1876

Lovest Thou Me?   “Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?” — John xxi. 16.   THIS is a very short and simple text, and some would think it very easy to say all that can be said upon it, but indeed it is a very large text, and too full of meaning for me to attempt to expound …

John:21:16

February 13, 1876

Reasons for Parting with Sin   “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 he red like crimson, they shall he as wool.”— Isaiah i. 18.   IT is the great joy of our heart that we do not labour in vain, …

Isaiah:1:18

February 13, 1876

Precepts and Promises     “If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.” — John xii. 26.     February 13th, 1876   I HAVE already said, in expounding the chapter from which my text is taken, that the sight of these …

John:12:26