April 25, 1875

Hastening Lot     “When the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot.” — Genesis xix. 15.     April 25th, 1875   I WILL not spend even a minute in considering whether these were divine persons veiled in angelic form, or whether they were actually angels. In either case, I should make the same remark, and lead to the same practical result. …

Genesis:19:15

April 22, 1875

Mary’s Magnificat “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.” — Luke i. 46, 47. April 22nd,1875 MARY’S Magnificat was a song of faith. Yon have thought, perhaps, that you could easily ha.ve sung this song if you had been as highly favoured as she was; but are …

Luke:1:46-47

April 18, 1875

Decision- Illustrated by the Case of Joshua   “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”— Joshua xxiv. 15.   JOSHUA knew that the people who surrounded him, while ostensibly serving Jehovah, were many of them secretly worshipping the ancient idols of their Mesopotamian fathers, those teraphim which were once hidden in Rachel’s tent, and were …

Joshua:24:15

April 18, 1875

He Must Reign     “For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.” — 1 Cor. xv. 25.     April 18th, 1875     “HE must reign.” There was another “must” which his disciples wore very slow to learn. Very much of our Lord’s teaching to his apostles was concerning the necessity that he must suffer. That doctrine …

1 Corinthians:15:25

1875

Jesus, the Delight of Heaven   “And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings …

Revelation:5:9-10

April 11, 1875

Salvation by Faith and the Work of the Spirit   “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”— Galatians v. 5.   IT may seem remarkable that Paul, who was once the strictest of Pharisees, should become the most ardent champion of the doctrines of salvation by grace and justification by faith. How large …

Galatians:5:5

April 11, 1875

A Stir, and What Came of It     “And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?” — Matthew xxi. 10.     April 11th, 1875     MANY things make a stir in a city; and, sometimes, these stirs are full of evil. I always think, each time I read Carlyle’s history of the French …

Matthew:21:10

1875

Jesus, the Stumbling Stone of Unbelievers   “Unto you therefore which believe he is precious; but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient.” — …

1 Peter:2:7-8

April 8, 1875

Too Little for the Lamb     “They shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man …

Exodus:12:3-4

April 4, 1875

Spiritual Appetite   “The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.” — Proverbs xxvii. 7.   IT is a great blessing when food and appetite meet together. Some have appetite and no meat, they need our pity; others have meat but no appetite, they may not perhaps win our pity but …

Proverbs:27:7