February 18, 1872

Precious Deaths   "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."—Psalm 116:15        David sought deliverance from imminent peril, and he felt sure of obtaining it; for being a servant of the Lord he knew that his life was too precious in the sight of God for it to be lightly brought …

Psalms:116:15

February 11, 1872

The Real Presence, The Great Want of the Church   "It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. I charge …

Song of Solomon:3:4-5

February 4, 1872

The Only Atoning Priest   "And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God: From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one …

Hebrews:10:11-14

January 28, 1872

Faith's Dawn and Its Clouds   "And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."—Mark 9:24        Last Sabbath morning we treated upon the way by which faith comes to the soul. "Faith cometh by hearing." It is our joyful persuasion that on the past Sabbath …

Mark:9:24

January 21, 1872

How Can I Obtain Faith?   "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."—Romans 10:17        It is difficult to make men understand that the salvation of the gospel is not by works but entirely by grace, that it is not presented to men as the reward of their own endeavors, but …

Romans:10:17

1872

The Poor Man's Friend "For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper."—Psalm 72:12      This is a royal psalm. In it you see predictions of Christ, not upon the cross, but upon the throne. In reference to his manhood as well as to his godhead, he …

Psalms:72:12

1872

The Pilgrim's Longings "And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city."—Hebrews 11:15-16   …

Hebrews:11:15-16

January 14, 1872

The Two Yokes       All through the book of Jeremiah you will observe that the prophet taught the people not only by words, but by symbols. At one time he took his mantle and hid it in the earth till it was soiled and worn, and then taught them something by wearing it. At another time he …

Jeremiah:28:13

January 14, 1872

A Call to Holy Living   "What do ye more than others?"—Matthew 5:47        It is a very great fault in any ministry if the doctrine of justification by faith alone be not most clearly taught. I will go further, and add, that it is not only a great fault, but a fatal one; for souls will …

Matthew:5:47

January 7, 1872

The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple             Low thoughts of the Lord Jesus Christ are exceedingly mischievous to believers. If you sink your estimate of him you shift everything else in the same proportion. He who thinks lightly of the Savior thinks so much the less of the evil of sin; and, consequently, …

Revelation:1:17-18