November 22, 1855

The Character of Christ's People   "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."—John 17:16        Christ’s prayer was for a special people. He declared that he did not offer an universal intercession. "I pray for them," said he. "I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given …

John:17:16

November 18, 1855

The Holy Ghost—The Great Teacher   "Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."—John 16:13        This generation hath gradually, and almost imperceptibly, become to a …

John:16:13

November 11, 1855

Healing for the Wounded   "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."—Psalm 147:3        The next verse finely declares the power of God. "He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them by their names." Perhaps there is nothing which gives us a nobler view of the greatness of God than a contemplation …

Psalms:147:3

November 4, 1855

The God of Peace   "Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen,"—Romans 15:33        Paul once advised the Romans to strive. Three verses before our text he actually gives them an exhortation to strive, and yet he here utters a prayer that the God of peace might be with them all. Lest you should think …

Romans:15:33

October 28, 1855

Chastisement   "And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him."—Hebrews 12:5        God's people can never by any possibility be punished for their sins. God has punished them already in the person of Christ, Christ, …

Hebrews:12:5

October 21, 1855

Christ's Prayer for His People   "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil ." — John 17:15        This prayer of Christ is an ever precious portion to all true believers, from the fact that each of them has an inalienable interest in it. …

John:17:15

October 14, 1855

The Glorious Habitation   "Lord thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations."—Psalm 90:1        Moses was the inspired author of three devotional compositions. We first of all find him as Moses the poet, singing the song which is aptly joined with that of Jesus, in the Revelation, where it says, "The song of Moses and of …

Psalms:90:1

October 7, 1855

Conversion   "Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth; and one convert him; Let him know that he which converteth sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." —James 5:19-20        THE TRUE BELIEVER is always pleased to hear of anything which …

James:5:19-20

September 23, 1855

Repentance Unto Life   "Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life."—Acts 11:18        One of the greatest obstacles which the Christian religion ever overcame, was the inveterate prejudice which possessed the minds of its earliest followers. The Jewish believers, the twelve apostles, and those whom Jesus Christ had called from the dispersed of Israel, …

Acts:11:18

September 16, 1855

Storming the Battlements   "Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's."—Jeremiah 5:10        We have been talking very freely during this last week of "glorious victories," of "brilliant successes," of "sieges," and of "stormings." We little know what the dread reality …

Jeremiah:5:10