March 9, 1862

God or Self     Which?   “ Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me ? And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not …

Zechariah:7:5-6

March 2, 1862

A Sight of Self   “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: …

Isaiah:64:6-8

February 23, 1862

A Sermon for Spring   “ My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard …

Solomon:2:10-13

February 16, 1862

Obtaining Promises   “ Who through faith obtained promises.”— Hebrews 11:33        THE promises of God are to the believer an inexhaustible mine of wealth. Happy is it for him if he knows how to search out their secret veins and enrich himself with their hid treasures. They are to him an armoury containing all manner of …

Hebrews:11:33

February 11, 1862

Preventing Grace   “And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me; and blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.” — 1 Samuel xxv. 32, 33.   *This …

1 Samuel:25:32-33

February 9, 1862

Threefold Sanctification   “Sanctified by God the Father.”— Jude 1 “Sanctified in Christ Jesus.” — 1 Corinthians 1:2 “Through sanctification of the Spirit.” — 1 Peter 1:2        MARK, beloved, the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. We believe that there is one God, and although we rejoice to recognize the Trinity, yet it …

Jude:1

February 2, 1862

Life in Earnest   “He did it with all his heart and prospered.” — 2 Chronicles 31:21        THIS is no unusual occurrence; in fact it seems to be the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go …

2 Chronicles:31:21

February 2, 1862

Holiness Demanded     “Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.” — Hebrews xii. 14.     *“This date is an approximation of when this sermon was delivered.”   ONE feels most happy whom blowing the trumpet of jubilee, proclaiming peace to broken hearts, freedom to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. But God’s …

Hebrews:12:14

February 2, 1862

Election: its Defences and Evidences     “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the …

1 Thessalonians:1:4-6

February 2, 1862

Jesus the Way     “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way.” — John xiv. 6.     *“This date is an approximation of when this sermon was delivered.”     IT is coming on dark, and we are lost among the mountains. There is an awful precipice there, a quarter of a mile sharp down. There is a bog over yonder, and …

John:14:6