January 10, 1869

Unsound Spiritual Trading   “All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.” — Proverbs 16:2.   DURING the last two years some of the most notable commercial reputations have been hopelessly destroyed. Men in the great world of trade, who were trusted for hundreds of thousands of pounds, around …

Proverbs:16:2

January 27, 1867

The Heart- A Den of Evil   “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.”— Matt. 15:19.   WE cannot too often insist upon it that religion is a matter of the heart. It is the besetting sin of man to forget that God - is a spirit, and that worship rendered …

Matthew:15:19

February 19, 1865

Human Depravity and Divine Mercy   “And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.” …

Genesis:8:21

April 11, 1861

Human Depravity        My Christian friends, you are quite aware that the subject which is to engage our further attention this afternoon, is HUMAN DEPRAVITY—a subject about which there are different opinions, which I shall not attempt to examine at the present time, but I shall confine myself to the teachings of God's word, which …