June 16, 1889

Three Blessings of the Heavenly Charter   “Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.” — Job x. 12.   IT is well sometimes to sit down, and take a grateful review of all that God has done for us, and with us, from our first day until now. We must not be …

Job:10:12

June 13, 1889

Obeying Christ’s Orders   “His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.” — John ii. 5.   IT does not need a strong imagination to picture Mary, probably at that time the widowed mother of our Lord. She is full of love, and of a naturally kind, sympathetic disposition. She is at a marriage; …

John:2:5

June 9, 1889

Profitable Mixture   “For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.” — Hebrews iv. 2.   THE people that came out of Egypt were an interesting company, if we think of what God had done on their …

Hebrews:4:2

June 9, 1889

Our Lord’s Last Cry from the Cross   “And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”— Luke xxiii. 46.   THESE were the dying words of our Lord Jesus Christ, “Father, into thy hands I commend, my spirit.” It …

Luke:23:46

June 2, 1889

The Form of Godliness without the Power   “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”— 2 Timothy iii. 5.   PAUL warns us of certain characters which will appear in the last times. It is a very terrible list. The like have appeared in other days, hut we are led by his …

2 Timothy:3:5

June 2, 1889

Achsah’s Asking, a Pattern of Prayer   “And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath -sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. And it came to pass, when she came to …

Judges:1:12-15

May 30, 1889

Paul and Apprehended and Apprehending   “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.” Philippians iii. 12.   OBSERVE the apostle’s condition when he wrote these words. I do not think that either you or I will …

Philippians:3:12

May 26, 1889

The Curse; and the Curse for Us   “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that contiuueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the …

Galatians:3:10-14

May 26, 1889

Filling with the Spirit, and Drunkenness with Wine   “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.”— Ephesians v. 18.   WHILE I was reading to you just now, in the fourth and fifth chapters of Paul’s letter to the Ephesian believers, I could not help feeling that you could little understand …

Ephesians:5:18

May 23, 1889

Charity and Purity   “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the father less and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”— James i. 27.   THERE is a great deal said, and a great deal written, and a great deal of zeal on the one side, and …

James:1:27