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

January 17, 1867

Winnowing-Time   “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.” — Jeremiah xxiii. 28.   IT is remarkable that God has traced so much of the misery of the children of Israel in the period of their degradation to the unfaithfulness of those governors, priests, and prophets, who bare rule over them. The crying evil of a …

Jeremiah:23:28

January 13, 1867

Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings   “Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.” — Isa.  3:10-11.   THERE are two classes mentioned here, the righteous …

Isaiah:3:10-11

January 6, 1867

Good Cheer for the New Year   “The eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.” — Deut. 11:12.   THE Israelites had sojourned for a while in Egypt, a land which only produces food for its inhabitants by the laborious process of irrigating …

Deuteronomy:11:12

December 23, 1866

December 16, 1866

A Message from God to His Church and People   “O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.”— Habakkuk 3:2.   “O LORD, I have heard thy speech!” This is the language of reverent obedience, …

Habakkuk:3:2

1866

Life Eternal “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”— John x. 28. SOME will say that this is a mixed congregation, and that such a doctrine as this should not be advanced in the presence of ungodly men and women. This shows …

John:10:28

December 13, 1866

A Triumpal Entrance   “Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.” — Psalm 24:9.   ON Monday evening we expounded this Psalm. We then enlarged upon the glorious ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, and his triumphal entrance within the pearly gates of the …

Psalms:24:9