January 14, 2018

Self-Humbling and Self-Searching   "Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept."—Song of Solomon 1:6        Whence do I draw my text but from the very fountain …

Song of Solomon:1:6

January 1, 1970

A Sermon Upon One Nothing by Another Nothing    “Though I be nothing.”— 2 Corinthians xii. 11.   THE divine discipline had succeeded well with the apostle Paul. There was danger of his being exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelation which he received, and therefore there was given him a thorn in the flesh, a messenger …

2 Corinthians:12:11

August 31, 1890

Self Low, but Christ High   “The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.”— Matthew viii. 8.   THIS centurion was a worthy man from the human point of view; hut he called himself unworthy when he turned towards …

Matthew:8:8

June 5, 1890

Our Lord in the Valley of Humiliation   “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” — Philippians ii. 8.   PAUL wishes to unite the saints in Philippi, in the holy bands of love. To do this, he takes them to the cross. Beloved, …

Philippians:2:8

April 13, 1890

A Homily for Humble Folks   “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.” — Proverbs xxx. 2. SOMETIMES it is necessary for a speaker to refer to himself, and he may feel it needful to do so in a way peculiar to the occasion. When Elihu addressed himself to …

Proverbs:30:2

June 22, 1884

Humility the Friend of Prayer   “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.” — Genesis xxxii. 10.   JACOB’S character was far from faultless, but equally removed …

Genesis:32:10

September 12, 1880

Walking Humbly with God    “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?— Micah vi. 8.   WE shall chiefly dwell upon the last line:— “To walk humbly with thy God.”      Man asks, “Wherewith shall …

Micah:6:8

March 29, 1874

Marrow and Fatness   “Then went King David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for …

2 Samuel:7:18-22

March 31, 1872

Loosing the Shoe-Latchet   “One mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose.”— Luke iii. 16.   IT was not John’s business to attract followers to himself but to point them to Jesus, and he very faithfully discharged his commission. His opinion of his Master, of whom he was the herald, was …

Luke:3:16

March 3, 1872

Another Royal Procession   "Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass."—Matthew 21:5        It is not our intention to preach alone from this verse, but from the combined narrative of our Savior's triumphant entry into the city of …

Matthew:21:5