August 1, 1886

Darkness Before the Dawn   “Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.”— Song of Solomon ii. 17.   THE spouse sings, “Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,” so that the beloved of the Lord may be …

Song of Solomon:2:17

July 28, 1886

THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL.   “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that wo might be made the righteousness of God in him.” — …

2 Corinthians:5:20-21

July 25, 1886

Hideous Discovery   “And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” — Mark vii. …

Mark:7:20-23

July 25, 1886

Faith Victorious   “Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a …

Matthew:15:21-28

July 22, 1886

“This Thing is from Me”   “Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me.” — 1 Kings xii. 24.   IT is very delightful to read a history in which God is made prominent. How sadly deficient …

1 Kings:12:24

July 18, 1886

The Great Change   “Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.” — Hosea xiv.8.   THIS passage is in very vivid contrast to what Ephraim had previously said, as it is recorded in the …

Hosea:14:8

July 11, 1886

A Seasonable Exhortation   “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”— 1 Peter i. 13.   To read the whole chapter is most helpful to the understanding of our text If we have studied it …

1 Peter:1:13

July 11, 1886

An Awful Contrast   “Then did they spit in his face.” — Matthew xxvi. 67. “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven tied away.” Revelation xx. 11.   GUIDED by our text in Matthew’s Gospel, let us first go in thought to the palace of Caiaphas …

Matthew:26:67

June 27, 1886

The Tender Mercy of God    “To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the …

Luke:1:77-79

June 24, 1886

The Best of All is, God With Us   “Is not the LORD your God with you?” — 1 Chron. xxii. 13.   WHILE we were reading this chapter, you must all have been struck with the melting of one man’s life into another. Here is David most anxious about the building of the temple at Jerusalem; he is …

1 Chronicles:22:13