March 10, 1867

The Sin Offering   “If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish, unto the Lord for a sin offering.” Leviticus 4:3.   IN the previous chapters of the book of Leviticus you read of the burnt …

Leviticus:4:3

March 3, 1867

Grieve not the Holy Spirit   “And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” — Eph. 4:30.   IT is a very clear proof of the personality of the Holy Spirit that he can be grieved. Now, it would be very difficult to imagine an influence, or a mere spiritual …

Ephesians:4:30

1867

A Happy Christian No. 736By C.H. SpurgeonAt The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. “And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”  —Isaiah 58:11. It is very important that our preaching should sometimes give …

Isaiah:58:11

February 24, 1867

God-All in All   “When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only.”— Job 34:29.   WE commenced our special services with a sermon of encouragement, by which we were reminded of the rapid answer which …

Job:34:29

February 17, 1867

Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers   “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” — James 1:5.   IF you are acquainted with the context, you will at once perceive that this verse has a special reference to persons in trouble. …

James:1:5

February 10, 1867

The Dawn of Revival Speedily Answered   “At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved.” — Daniel 9:23.   PRAYER is useful in a thousand ways. It is spiritually what the old physicians sought after naturally, namely a catholicon – a remedy of universal application. …

Daniel:9:23

February 3, 1867

Unstaggering Faith   “And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what …

Romans:4:19-21

January 27, 1867

The Heart- A Den of Evil   “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.”— Matt. 15:19.   WE cannot too often insist upon it that religion is a matter of the heart. It is the besetting sin of man to forget that God - is a spirit, and that worship rendered …

Matthew:15:19

1867

A Word in Season  No. 731By C.H. SpurgeonAt The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.” — Job 22:29. ALTHOUGH we cannot take everything that Eliphaz the Temanite happened to say as being of divine authority, the immediate inspiration of the Holy …

Job:22:29

January 20, 1867

Let not Your Hearts be Troubled “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” — John 14:1-4. THE disciples had been like lambs, carried in the warm bosom of a loving Shepherd. They were now about to be left by him, and would hear the howlings of the wolves, and endure the terrors of …

John:14:1