August 18, 1887

“The Ark of His Covenant.”   “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament (covenant— R.V.): and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.” — Revelation xi. 19.   I SHALL take the passage quite by itself. I do not …

Revelation:11:19

August 14, 1887

The Blind Beggar of the Temple, and His Wonderful Cure   “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto …

John:9:5-7

August 14, 1887

A Prayer for Revival “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” — Psalm Lxxxv. 6. BRETHREN, if you will pray this prayer, it will be better than my preaching from it; and my only motive in preaching from it is that you may pray it. Oh, that at once, before I …

Psalms:85:6

August 11, 1887

Self-Destroyed, yet Saved   “O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.” — Hosea xiii. 9.   IT would be a very important subject for our meditation if we kept to the text, and thought upon its great truth,— that the ruin of man is altogether of himself, and the salvation of man is altogether …

Hosea:13:9

August 7, 1887

Lessons From the Christ of Patmos   “And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”— Revelation i. 16.   WE have carefully read John’s description of the manner in which his Lord and Master revealed his glory …

Revelation:1:16

July 31, 1887

The Covenanter   “All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.”— Psalm xxv. 10.   THIS Psalm is intensely earnest. “Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.” The sentences are ingots of gold. Every word is exceeding weighty with sense and sincerity. I take it …

Psalms:25:10

July 24, 1887

The Suffering Saviour’s Sympathy   “For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.”— Hebrews ii. 18.   WE are told by the apostle in the fifth chapter that one special requisite in a high priest was that he could have compassion upon men. “For every high priest taken from …

Hebrews:2:18

July 17, 1887

God’s Nearness to Us   “Though he be not far from every one of us.”— Acts xvii. 27.   WHEN man disobeyed his God he died spiritually, and that death consisted in the separation of his soul from God. From that moment man began to think that God was far away, and this has since been his religion in …

Acts:17:27

July 17, 1887

The New Song on Earth   “He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. — Psalm xl. 3.   THIS man who talks about his song, and seems to be very much struck with the fact that ho has become a …

Psalms:40:3

July 14, 1887

“Eyes Right.”    “Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.”— Proverbs iv. 25.   THESE words occur in a passage wherein the wise man exhorts us to take care of all parts of our nature, which he indicates by members of the body. “Keep thy heart” says he, “with all diligence; for …

Proverbs:4:25