April 11, 1869

Deep Calleth Unto Deep   “Deep calleth unto deep.”— Psalm 42:7.   IN the grandeur of nature there are awful harmonies. When the storm agitates the ocean below, the heavens above hear the tumult and answer to the clamour. Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail or swift-descending rain, attended with peals of thunder and flashes of flame. Frequently …

Psalms:42:7

April 11, 1869

THE OLD MAN CRUCIFIED.   “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him.”—Romans vi. 6.   EVERY new man is two men; every believer in Christ is what he was and not what he was: the old nature and the new nature exist at the same time in each regenerate individual. That old nature the apostle calls …

Romans:6:6

April 4, 1869

Life's Ever-Springing Well   “The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” — John 4:14.   You have been busy all the week with external things. You have had to deal with the questions, “What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we …

John:4:14

March 28, 1869

The Stone Rolled Away   “The angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.” — Matthew 28:2.   As the holy women went towards the sepulchre in the twilight of the morning, desirous to embalm the body of Jesus, they recollected that the huge stone at …

Matthew:28:2

March 21, 1869

Broken Bones   “Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.” — Psalm 51:8.   BACKSLIDING is a most common evil, far more common than some of us suppose. We may ourselves be guilty of it, and yet may delude our hearts with the idea that we are making progress in …

Psalms:51:8

March 14, 1869

Mourning at the Sight of the Crucified   “And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.”—Luke 23:48.   MANY in that crowd came together to behold the crucifixion of Jesus, in a condition of the most furious malice. They had hounded the Saviour as dogs pursue …

Luke:23:48

March 7, 1869

The Old Way of the Wicked   “Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with blood: which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?” —Job 22:15-17.    “HAST thou marked the old way?” Antiquity is no guarantee …

Job:22:15-17

February 28, 1869

The Fulness of Jesus the Treasury of Saints   “Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.”— John 1:16.   THESE are not words spoken by John the Baptist, as a cursory reader might imagine, but they were written by John the Evangelist. The verse preceding is a paragraph cast into the midst of the gospel, …

John:1:16

February 21, 1869

The Importunate Widow   “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine …

Luke:18:1-8

February 14, 1869

Every-Day Usefulness   “And he brought him to Jesus.” — John 1:42.   WE have a most intense desire for the revival of religion in our own midst, and throughout all the churches of our Lord Jesus. We see that error is making great advances, and we would fain lift up a banner for the cause of truth; we …

John:1:42