February 2, 1862

A Challenge and War-Charge     “O Death, where is thy sting? O Grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immoveable, always abounding in …

1 Corinthians:15:55-58

January 30, 1862

A Voice From the Hartley Colliery   “ If a man die, shall he live again ? ” — Job 14:14        ONCE more the Lord has spoken. Once again the voice of Providence has proclaimed “All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of grass.” O sword of the Lord, when wilt thou rest and …

Job:14:14

January 26, 1862

Cheer for the Faint-Hearted   "But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.”—Judges 13:23     …

Judges:13:23

January 26, 1862

A Secret and Yet No Secret   "A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. "A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.” — Solomon's Song 4:12 and 15        OBSERVE the sweet titles with which Christ the husband addresses his Church the bride. “My sister” one …

Song of Solomon:4:12, 15

January 19, 1862

Grace Exalted—Boasting Excluded   Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. —Romans 3:27      PRIDE is most obnoxious to God. As a sin, his holiness hates it; as a treason, his sovereignty detests it; as a rebellion, the whole of his attributes stand leagued to …

Romans:3:27

January 12, 1862

A Cure for Care  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7 No one precept contains the whole of a believer's duty; but usually in Scripture, the precepts rise one above the other, like those stone steps by which the traveller in Egypt ascends to the pinnacle of the pyramid. Ye …

1 Peter:5:7

January 9, 1862

Ready, ay, Ready!   “Ready to perish.’’— Isaiah xxvii. 13. “Ready to forgive.” — Psalm lxxxvi. 5. “The graves are ready for me.” — Job xvii. 1.   *“This date is an approximation of when this sermon was delivered.”   WHEN attempting to prepare for this service, I found it impossible to fix my mind upon any one subject. This afternoon, I had …

Isaiah:27:13

January 5, 1862

A Psalm for the New Year   But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. -2 Peter 3:18        BEHOLD, beloved, our perpetual dangers. Whither can we go to escape from peril? Where shall we fly to avoid temptation? If …

2 Peter:3:18

January 5, 1862

Cases of Conscience     “For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.” — Psalm xxxviii. 4.     *“This date is an approximation of when this sermon was delivered.”     I HAVE a special purpose before me this evening. I shall endeavour to describe the state of the sinners heart when it …

Psalms:38:4

December 27, 1861

“Now therefore come, end let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.” — 2 Kings vii. 4. OUTSIDE the gates of Samaria, at the time mentioned in our text, you might have seen four miserable beings, gaunt and …

2 Kings:7:4