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

May 19, 1889

Grace for Grace   “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are f eely given to us of God.”— 1 Corinthians ii. 12.   THE course of our fallen race has been a succession of failures. Whenever there has been an apparent …

1 Corinthians:2:12

May 19, 1889

A Straight Talk   “I cannot come.”— Luke xiv. 20.   THERE are different ways of replying to the invitation of the gospel when you mean to refuse it. They are all, at bottom, bad, and they may all be classed under one head; for “they all with one consent began to make excuse”; but yet some are more …

Luke:14:20

May 12, 1889

God’s Works made Manifest   “Jesus answered, Neither bath this man sinned, nor his parents” (that he was born blind): “but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.”— John ix. 3.   NEVER attribute any special sorrow endured by men to some special sin. There is a tendency to consider that those on whom the …

John:9:3

May 5, 1889

The Bible Tried and Proved   “The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tiled in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”— Psalm xii. 6.   IN this psalm our text stands in contrast with the evil of the age. The Psalmist complains that the “godly man ceaseth; the faithful fail from among the children of …

Psalms:12:6