October 11, 1868

Sown Light   “Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.” — Psa. 97:11.   THIS appears to be the doctrine of the entire Psalm, and the verse which follows, “Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous,” is intended to be the practical inference drawn from the whole of it. God would have his people …

Psalms:97:11

October 4, 1868

The Universal Remedy   “With his stripes we are healed.”— Isaiah 53:5.   RECEIVED, one day this week, a short communication worded on this wise: “Wanted, a cure for a weak and doubting faith, especially when Satan disinclines to pray.” Anxiously desirous to prescribe cures for such maladies, and for any others which may vex the Lord’s people, I …

Isaiah:53:5

September 27, 1868

The Lord's Name and Memorial   “Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.” — Isaiah 55:13.   THESE words are a poetical description of great …

Isaiah:55:13

September 20, 1868

Matthew:23:19

September 13, 1868

Hosea:7:9

September 6, 1868

The Perfuming of the Heart   “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” — Romans 5:5.   THE apostle sets before us a ladder like to that which Jacob saw, the foot whereof resteth upon the earth, but the top ascendeth …

Romans:5:5

August 30, 1868

Dying Daily   “I die daily.”— 1 Corinthians 15:31.   IN a certain sense we all do this. The very moment we begin to live we commence to die. We are like hour-glasses; there are fewer sands left to run from the very moment they begin to trickle down. The whole of our life is like an ebbing tide: …

1 Corinthians:15:31

August 27, 1868

A Cheerful Giver Beloved of God   “God loveth a cheerful giver.” — 2 Corinthians 9:7.   I AM most anxious, dear friends, to make full proof of my ministry, and in this one respect especially, that I may address you upon all parts of God’s word, and not be found guilty of confining myself to one set of …

2 Corinthians:9:7

August 23, 1868

The Faculty Baffled- The Great Physician Successful   “And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his …

Mark:5:25-28

August 9, 1868

THE HEAVEN OF HEAVEN.   “And they shall see his face." — Revelation 22:4.   THE Italians so much admire the city of Naples, that their proverb is. “See Naples and die;” as if there remained nothing more to be seen after that fair bay and city had been gazed upon. To behold the far fairer sight mentioned in …

Revelation:22:4