January 21, 1866

The Reward of the Righteous   “When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him. then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the …

Matthew:25:31-36

January 14, 1866

Frost and Thaw   “He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.”— Psalm 147:16-18.   MOST of us were astonished when looking out of our …

Psalms:147:16-18

January 14, 1866

The Ravens’ Cry   “He giveth to the be his food, and to the young ravens which cry.”— Ps. cxlvii. 9.   I SHALL open this sermon with a quotation. I must give you in Caryl’s own words his note upon ravens. “Naturalists tell us. that when the raven hath fed his young in the nest till they are well …

Psalms:147:9

January 7, 1866

Unity in Christ   “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”— John …

John:17:20-21

December 31, 1865

Last Things   “At the last.”— Prov. 5:11.        THE wise man saw the young and simple straying into the house of the strange woman. The house seemed so completely different from what he knew it to be, that he desired to shed a light upon it, that the young man might not sin in the dark, but …

Proverbs:5:11

December 24, 1865

Holy Work for Christmas   “And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, …

Luke:2:17-20

December 17, 1865

Open House for All Comers   “This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.”— Luke 15:2.   IT is not very wonderful that the Pharisees could not understand the Saviour’s mode of action, not only because self-righteousness and bigotry had blinded their eyes, and callousness of heart to the interest of others had bound them up in the darkness …

Luke:15:2

December 17, 1865

Open Heart for the Great Saviour   “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”— John i. 12.        …

John:1:12

December 10, 1865

Early and Late, or Horæ or Gratiæ   “For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. . . . And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place. . . . Again …

Matthew:20:1, 3, 5-6

December 3, 1865

WALKING IN THE LIGHT AND WASHED IN THE BLOOD   “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”— 1 John 1:7.   THERE are two great powers in conflict in this world. One is the power …

1 John:1:7