June 24, 1875

Advance!     “The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount.” — Deuteronomy i. 6.     June 24th, 1875     IT is a good thing sometimes to look back, — to take a retrospective view of our life. It is a very bad thing to live upon the past, — to say, …

Deuteronomy:1:6

June 20, 1875

Honest Dealing with God   "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a …

1 John:1:8-10

June 13, 1875

The Song of Songs   "Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel."—Isaiah 44:23.   No doubt this prophecy had a fulfillment in the restoration of the …

Isaiah:44:23

June 13, 1875

A Handkerchief     JESUS saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?” — John xx. 15.   June 13th, 1875     IN the garden of Eden, immediately after the Fall, the sentence of sorrow, and of sorrow multiplied, fell upon the woman. In the garden where Christ had been buried, after his resurrection, the news of comfort — comfort …

John:20:15

June 6, 1875

Beware of Unbelief   "Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, it the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof."—2 Kings 7:2.   The people of Samaria had cast off …

2 Kings:7:2

June 6, 1875

The Big Gates Wide Open “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” — John vi. 37. A COUNTRY gentleman is expecting a number of persons to come and dine with him. He has a little side swing-gate, at the entrance to …

John:6:37

June 3, 1875

Spiritual Sight and Eternal Life “Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.” — John xiv. 19. June 3rd, 1875 IT is very noticeable, in this verse, and in many other parts of the New Testament, what a sharp line of demarcation the Lord …

John:14:19

May 30, 1875

How They Conquered the Dragon   "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."—Revelation 12:11.   It is not my main object at this time to expound the chapter before us. I scarcely consider myself qualified to explain any part of the …

Revelation:12:11

May 30, 1875

With or Without Blood-Shedding “Without shedding of blood is no remission.”—Hebrews ix. 22. WEEK after week, standing before this congregation to preach the things concerning the kingdom of Christ, I sometimes say to myself, “I wonder how much longer I shall have to point out to some of these people the way of salvation before they will …

Hebrews:9:22

May 23, 1875

The Best-House Visitation "And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and …

Mark:1:29-33