January 9, 1876

A God Ready to Pardon   Thou art a God ready to pardon."—Nehemiah 9:17.   When a man's conscience is so awakened to the existence of sin that he cannot perceive any plea for mercy within himself, it is his wisdom to look for a plea in the nature and character of God. Now, brethren, if we search ourselves …

Nehemiah:9:17

January 9, 1876

The Life-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.   January 9th, 1876   I HAVE preached a good many times from this text. I hope to do so, if life be spared, many more times. It was about twenty-six years …

Isaiah:45:22

January 6, 1876

Good News     “As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.” — Proverbs xxv. 25.   January 6th, 1876   THIS is a text for summertime rather than for a winter’s evening. It is only on one of our hottest summer days that we could fully appreciate the illustration here employed; we need to …

Proverbs:25:25

January 2, 1876

Pride Catechized and Condemned   "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 4:7.   Pride grows apace like other ill weeds. It will live on any soil. In the natural heart …

1 Corinthians:4:7

January 2, 1876

Fencing the Table   “But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.” — 1 Cor. xi. 28.   THERE are two symbolical ordinances in the Christian Church, and only two, — Believers’ Baptism and the Lord’s Supper These have been so misinterpreted, perverted, and abused, that the wish …

1 Corinthians:11:28

December 26, 1875

God With Us   “They shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” — Matthew i. 23.   THOSE words, “being interpreted,” salute my ear with much sweetness. Why should the word “Emmanuel” in the Hebrew, be interpreted at all? Was it not to show that it has reference to us Gentiles, and therefore it …

Matthew:1:23

1875

The God of Bethel “I am the God of Bethel.”— Genesis xxxi. 13. JACOB had been sent away to Padan-aram, and he might, perhaps, have stopped there if things had been quite as he wished. As it was, he stayed there quite long enough. He seemed almost to forget his father’s house in the cares that his …

Genesis:31:13

November 7, 1875

Paul's Doxology   “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”— Ephesians iii. 20, 21.   THIS chapter has a whole service of worship within …

Ephesians:3:20-21

October 31, 1875

The Man of One Subject   “For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” — 1 Corinthians ii. 2.   PAUL was a very determined man, and whatever he undertook he carried out with all his heart. Once let him say “I determined,” and you might be sure of a vigorous course …

1 Corinthians:2:2

October 24, 1875

Sow to Yourselves   “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy.” — Hosea x. 12.   HUSBANDMEN are now devoting their attention to putting the seed into the ground. They know right well that without sowing in the present they cannot expect a reaping in the future. Seed-time has many lessons; that which we shall learn this morning …

Hosea:10:12