April 15, 1860

The Parable of the Sower   "And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: a sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured …

Luke:8:4-8

April 15, 1860

Christ—Our Substitute   "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."—2 Corinthians 5:21        Sometime ago an excellent lady sought an interview with me, with the object as she said, of enlisting my sympathy upon the question of "Anti-Capital Punishment." I …

2 Corinthians:5:21

April 8, 1860

Importance of Small Things in Religion   "The Lord our God made a breach upon us for that we sought him not after the due order."—1 Chronicles 15:13        Let me explain the events of which a summary is to be found in 2 Samuel 6., and 1 Chronicles 13:and 15:The ark of the covenant was a kind …

1 Chronicles:15:13

April 8, 1860

The Jeer of Sarcasm, and the Retort of Piety   "Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the …

2 Samuel:6:20-22

April 8, 1860

The Church a Mother   “The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and …

Isaiah:49:20, 21

April 1, 1860

Resurgam   "But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come; Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be but bare grain, it may chance of wheat or of some other …

1 Corinthians:15:35-38

March 25, 1860

Contentment   "For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."—Philippians 4:11        The apostle Paul was a very learned man, but not the least among his manifold acquisitions in science was this—he had learned to be content. Such learning is far better than much that is acquired in the schools. Their learning may …

Philippians:4:11

March 25, 1860

Separating the Precious From the Vile   "That ye may know how that the Lord hath put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel,"—Exodus 11:7        The difference between the Egyptians and Israel was exceedingly manifest. At first sight it seemed to be very greatly to the advantage of Egypt. They had the whip in their hand, and …

Exodus:11:7

March 18, 1860

Memento Mori   "Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end."—Deuteronomy 32:29        Man is unwilling to consider the subject of death. The shroud, the mattock and the grave, he labors to keep continually out of sight. He would live here always if he could; and since he cannot, he …

Deuteronomy:32:29

March 11, 1860

Election and Holiness "Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Circumcise therefore the …

Deuteronomy:10:14-16