August 12, 1860

True Prayer—True Power!   "Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive and ye shall have them."—Mark 11:24        This verse has something to do with the faith of miracles; but I think it hath far more reference to the miracle of faith. We shall say at any rate, …

Mark:11:24

August 5, 1860

VESSELS OF MERCY,— A SERMON OF SELF-EXAMINATION   “And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?”— Rom. ix. 23, 24        IT is with no view to controversy …

Romans:9:23-24

July 29, 1860

EVERYWHERE AND YET FORGOTTEN   “Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this ? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.”— Job xii. 9, 10        THESE verses occur in Job’s answer to Zophar the Naamathite. Job had his failings, but certainly …

Job:12:9-10

July 29, 1860

Sin Slain   "And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him. Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou, seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead and the nail was in his temples."—Judges 4:22        If the story of the world's sufferings under …

Judges:4:22

July 8, 1860

Perfect Justification and Perfect Pardon   “In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.” — Jeremiah 1. 20.   *“This date is an approximation of …

Jeremiah:1:20

July 6, 1860

Christ’s Love for His Vineyard   “My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.” — Solomon’s Song viii. 12.   You are aware that these Canticles are responsive songs, — that one sentence is uttered by Solomon, and the next by Solyma, his …

Song of Solomon:8:12

June 3, 1860

Constraining Love!   “Oh love the Lord all ye his saints.” — Psalm xxxi. 23        LOVE Jehovah— so the text runs. God the Father demands your love, and he deserves the warmest affection of your hearts. He has chosen you from before the foundation of the world. He has given his Son that he might redeem …

Psalms:31:23

June 3, 1860

High Doctrine   "And all things are of God."—2 Corinthians 5.18        I would have you look on this text as being a summary of all the things which we have preached to you these years. It has been my endeavour, constantly and continually, to maintain that salvation is of God's good will, and not of man's free …

2 Corinthians:5:18

May 27, 1860

Characteristics of Faith   "Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe."—John 4:48        You will remember that Luke, in his letter to Theophilus, speaks of things which Jesus began both to do and to teach, as if there was a connection between his doings and his teachings. In fact, there …

John:4:48

May 27, 1860

Vile Ingratitude!   "Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations."—Ezekiel 16:1-2        And how think you did the prophet proceed in order to accomplish the solemn commission which had been thus intrusted to him? Did he begin by reminding the people of the law which was …

Ezekiel:16:1-2