November 8, 1857

The First and Great Commandment   "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and will all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment."—Mark 12:30        Our Saviour said, "This is the first and great commandment." It is "the …

Mark:12:30

November 8, 1857

A Call to the Unconverted   "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."—Galatians 3:10        My hearer, art thou a believer, or no? for, …

Galatians:3:10

November 5, 1857

The Work of the Holy Spirit   "Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"—Galatians 3:3        YES, we are just so foolish. Folly is bound up not only in the heart of a child, but in the heart of even a child of God; and though the …

Galatians:3:3

November 1, 1857

The Security of the Church   "As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever."—Psalm 125:2        The changes of society may well illustrate the immutability of God. In the days of David, Jerusalem was looked upon as an impregnable fortress. It is surrounded by a …

Psalms:125:2

October 25, 1857

Light at Evening Time   "It shall come to pass that at eveing time it shall be light."—Zechariah 14:7        I shall not stay to notice the particular occasion upon which these words were uttered, or to discover the time to which they more especially refer; I shall rather take the sentence as a rule of the …

Zechariah:14:7

October 18, 1857

The True Christian's Blessedness   "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."—Romans 8:28        I. WE have here the description of a true Christian, and a declaration of that Christian's blessedness. We have him first very succinctly, but very fully …

Romans:8:28

October 11, 1857

Instability   "Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel."—Genesis 49:4        Perfect stability has ceased from the world since the day when Adam fell. He was stable enough when in the garden he was obedient to his Master's will, but when he ate of the forbidden fruit he did not only slide himself, but he shook the …

Genesis:49:4

October 11, 1857

The Christian’s Service and Honour   “If any man serve me, him will my Father honour.”— John xii. 26.   FEW men love service. Man prefers to be his own master, to do as he pleases, according to “his own sweet will,” and, like the winds, to be under no control whatever; but he who spurns the counsel of …

John:12:26

October 7, 1857

Fast-Day Service        O God, the God of heaven and of earth, we do this day pay Thee reverence, and meekly bow our heads in adoration before Thine awful throne. We are the creatures of Thine hand; Thou hast made us, and not we ourselves. It is but just and right that we should pay …

Micah:6:9

October 4, 1857

Thy Redeemer   "And thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel."—Isaiah 41:14        And why does it say, "and thy Redeemer?" What was the use of appending the Redeemers name to this precious exhortation? By God's help it shall be the business of this evening to show why there is a peculiar blessedness in the fact that …

Isaiah:41:14