September 14, 1862

WHAT MEANEST THOU, O SLEEPER?   “But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.”— Jonah 1:5-6       …

Jonah:1:5-6

September 7, 1862

THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT   “The messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in.”— Malachi 3:1        THE Lord’s people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them to its green pastures, and makes them to lie down beside its still waters. …

Malachi:3:1

September 7, 1862

EZEKIEL’S DESERTED INFANT   “None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out into the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee …

Ezekiel:16:5, 6

August 31, 1862

FLESH AND SPIRIT— A RIDDLE   “So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shall guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none …

Psalms:73:22-25

August 24, 1862

THE LOADED WAGGON   “Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” —Amos 2:13        THE other Sabbath morning we went into the corn-fields to glean with Boaz and Ruth; and I trust that then many of the timid and fainthearted were encouraged to partake of the handfuls which …

Amos:2:13

August 10, 1862

A SERMON FOR GLEANERS   “ Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: and let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.” — Ruth 2:15-16        ALL the world dependeth upon the labour of …

Ruth:2:15-16

August 3, 1862

CHRIST’S SERVANT— HIS DUTY, AND REWARD   “If any man serve me, let him follow me ; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.” — John 12:26        How many persons are of the religion of the Greeks who are mentioned in this chapter! …

John:12:26

July 27, 1862

CREATION— AN ARGUMENT FOR FAITH   “ Ah Lord God, behold, thou hast made the hearen and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.” — Jeremiah 32:17        AT the very time when the Chaldeans had cast up mounds round about the city of Jerusalem, and when the …

Jeremiah:32:17

July 20, 1862

AM I CLEAR OF HIS BLOOD?   “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”— Gen. 4:10        CAIN was of the wicked one and slew his brother. “The way of Cain” is not hard to describe. He is too proud to offer atonement for his sin; he prefers his own way of …

Genesis:4:10

July 13, 1862

FAITH AND REPENTANCE INSEPARABLE   “ Repent ye, and believe the gospel.”— Mark 1:15        OUR Lord Jesus Christ commences his ministry by announcing its leading commands. He cometh up from the wilderness newly anointed, like the bridegroom from his chamber; his love notes are repentance and faith. He cometh forth fully prepared for his office, having …

Mark:1:15