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Salvation by Faith
Sermon 1 Salvation by Faith “By grace are ye saved through faith.” Eph. 2:8. 1. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace,...
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The Almost Christian
Sermon 2 The Almost Christian “Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.” Acts 26:28. AND many there are who go thus far: ever since the Christian...
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Awake, Thou That Sleepest
Sermon 3 Awake, Thou That Sleepest “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” Eph. 5:14. IN discoursing on...
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Scriptural Christianity
Sermon 4 Scriptural Christianity “Whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall...
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Justification By Faith
Sermon 5 Justification By Faith “To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Romans...
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The Righteousness of Faith
Sermon 6 The Righteousness of Faith “Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But...
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The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent
The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent Genesis 3:15 — “And I will put Enmity between thee and the Woman, and between thy Seed and her Seed, it...
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Walking with God
Walking with God Genesis 5:24 — “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt...
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Abraham's Offering Up His Son Isaac
Abraham's Offering Up His Son Isaac Genesis 22:12 — “And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him, for now I know that...
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The Great Duty of Family Religion
The Great Duty of Family Religion Joshua 24:15 — “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” These words contain the holy resolution of pious Joshua,...
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Christ the Best Husband: Or an Earnest Invitation to Young Women to Come and See Christ Preached to a Society of Young Women, in Fetter-Lane
Christ the Best Husband: Or an Earnest Invitation to Young Women to Come and See Christ Psalm 14:10-11 — "Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline...
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Britain's Mercies, and Britain's Duty Preached at Philadelphia, on Sunday, August 14, 1746 and Occasioned by the Suppression of the Late Unnatural Rebellion
Britain's Mercies, and Britain's Duty Psalm 55:45 — “That they might observe his statutes and keep his laws.” Men, brethren, and fathers, and all ye to whom...
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The Immutability of God
It has been said by some one that "the proper study of mankind is man." I will not oppose the idea, but I believe it is equally true that the proper study...
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The Remembrance of Christ
IT SEEMS, then, that Christians may forget Christ. The text implies the possibility of forgetfulness concerning him whom gratitude and affection should...
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The Sin of Unbelief
ONE WISE man may deliver a whole city; one good man may be the means of safety to a thousand others.
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The Personality of the Holy Ghost
You will be surprised to hear me announce that I do not intend this morning to say anything about the Holy Spirit as the Comforter.
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The Comforter
Good old Simeon called Jesus the consolation of Israel; and so he was. Before his actual appearance, his name was the Day-Star; cheering the darkness, and...
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Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints
Babbling fame ever loves to talk of one man or another. Some there be whose glory it trumpets forth, and whose honor it extols above the heavens.
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The Privilege of Worship
David was a man of many privileges bestowed on him in the goodness of his Lord.
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The Way to the Kingdom
Sermon 7 The Way to the Kingdom “The kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15 These words naturally lead us to consider,...
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THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
Sermon 8 THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after...
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The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption.
Sermon 9 The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption. “Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,...
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Discourse I
Sermon 10 THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT Discourse I “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” Rom. 8:16 1. How many...
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Discourse II
Sermon 11 The Witness of the Spirit Discourse II “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” Rom. 8:16 I. 1. None...
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The Witness of our own Spirit
Sermon 12 The Witness of our own Spirit “This is our rejoicing, the testimony of out conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly...
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On Sin in Believers
Sermon 13 On Sin in Believers “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.” 2 Cor. 5:17. I. 1. Is there then sin in him that is in Christ? Does sin...
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The Repentance of Believers
Sermon 14 The Repentance of Believers “Repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15. 1. It is generally supposed, that repentance and faith are only the...
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[i.e., The Last Judgment — GL]
Sermon 15 The Great Assize [i.e., The Last Judgment — GL] “We shall all stand before the judgement-seat of Christ.” Rom. 14:10. 1. How many circumstances...
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The Means of Grace
Sermon 16 The Means of Grace “Ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them.” Mal. 3:7. I. 1. But are there any ordinances now, since life...
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The Circumcision of the Heart
Sermon 17 The Circumcision of the Heart “Circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter.” Romans 2:29. 1. It is the melancholy...
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The Marks of the New Birth
Sermon 18 The Marks of the New Birth “So is every one that is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8. 1. How is every one that is “born of the Spirit,” — that is,...
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The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God
Sermon 19 The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin.” 1 John 3:9. 1. It has been frequently supposed,...
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The Lord our Righteousness
Sermon 20 The Lord our Righteousness “This is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.” Jer. 23:6. 1. How dreadful and how...
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Sermon 21 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 1 “And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: And when he was set, his disciples came...
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Discourse 2
Sermon 22 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 2 “Blessed are the meek: For they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and...
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Discourse 3
Sermon 23 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 3 “Blessed are the pure in heart: For they shall see God. “Blessed are the peacemakers: For they...
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Discourse 4
Sermon 24 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 4 “Ye are the salt of the earth. But if the salt hath lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted?...
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Discourse 5
Sermon 25 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 5 “Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to...
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Discourse 6
Sermon 26 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 6 “Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: Otherwise ye have no reward of...
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Discourse 7
Sermon 27 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 7 “Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. For they disfigure their...
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Discourse 8
Sermon 28 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 8 “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where...
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Discourse 9
Sermon 29 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 9 “‘No man can serve two masters; For either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he...
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Discourse 10
Sermon 30 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 10 “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with...
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Discourse 11
Sermon 31 Upon our Lord’S Sermon on the Mount Discourse 11 “Enter ye in at the strait gate: For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to...
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Discourse 12
Sermon 32 Upon our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse 12 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous...
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Discourse 13
Sermon 33 UPON OUR LORD’S SERMON ON THE MOUNT Discourse 13 “Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that...
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The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law
Sermon 34 The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” Rom. 7:12 1. Perhaps...
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The Nature of Enthusiasm
Sermon 37 The Nature of Enthusiasm “And Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself.” Acts 26:24. 1. And so say all the world, the men who...
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A Caution against Bigotry
Sermon 38 A Caution against Bigotry “And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy name: and he followeth not us: and we...
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Catholic Spirit
Sermon 39 Catholic Spirit “And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him, and he saluted him, and said to...
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Christian Perfection
Sermon 40 Christian Perfection “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect.” Phil. 3:12. 1. There is scarce any expression in Holy...
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Wandering Thoughts
Sermon 41 Wandering Thoughts “Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Cor. 10:5. 1. But will God so “bring every thought into...
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Satan’s Devices
Sermon 42 Satan’s Devices “We are not ignorant of his devices.” 2 Cor. 2:11. 1. The devices whereby the subtle god of this world labours to destroy the...
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The Scripture Way of Salvation
Sermon 43 The Scripture Way of Salvation “Ye are saved through faith.” Ephesians 2:8. 1. Nothing can be more intricate, complex, and hard to be understood,...
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Original Sin
Sermon 44 Original Sin “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil...
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The New Birth
Sermon 45 The New Birth “Ye must be born again.” John 3:7. 1. If any doctrines within the whole compass of Christianity may be properly termed fundamental,...
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The Wilderness State
Sermon 46 The Wilderness State “Ye now have sorrow: But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.” John...
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Heaviness through Manifold Temptations
Sermon 47 Heaviness through Manifold Temptations “Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations.” 1 Pet. 1:6. 1. In the...
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Self-denial
Sermon 48 Self-denial “And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” Luke 9:23...
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The Cure of Evil-speaking
Sermon 49 The Cure of Evil-speaking “If thy brother shall sin against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: If he shall hear thee,...
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The Use of Money
Sermon 50 The Use of Money “I say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into the...
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The Good Steward
Sermon 51 The Good Steward “Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.” Luke 16:2. 1. The relation which man bears to God,...
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Sermon 52
Sermon 52 “Who will rise up with me against the wicked?” Ps. 94:16. 1. In all ages, men who neither feared God nor regarded man have combined together, and...
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Preached at the Chapel in Tottenham-Court Road and at the Tabernacle, near Moorfields, on Sunday, November 18, 1770.
Sermon 53 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield Preached at the Chapel in Tottenham-Court Road and at the Tabernacle, near Moorfields, on Sunday,...
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On Eternity
Sermon 54 On Eternity “From everlasting to everlasting thou art God.” Psalm 90:2 1. I would fain speak of that awful subject, — eternity. But how can we...
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Sermon 55 On the Trinity Advertisement “There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: And these three are one.” 1...
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God’s Approbation of His Works
Sermon 56 God’s Approbation of His Works “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Gen. 1:31. 1. When God created the...
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On the Fall of Man
Sermon 57 On the Fall of Man “Dust thou are, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. 3:19. 1. Why is there pain in the world; seeing God is “loving to every...
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On Predestination
Sermon 58 On Predestination “Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son: — Whom he did predestinate, them he...
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God’s Love to Fallen Man
Sermon 59 God’s Love to Fallen Man “Not as the offence, so also is the free gift.” Rom. 5:15. 1. How exceeding common, and how bitter, is the outcry against...
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The General Deliverance
Sermon 60 The General Deliverance “The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made...
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The Mystery of Iniquity
Sermon 61 The Mystery of Iniquity “The mystery of iniquity doth already work.” 2 Thess. 2:7. 1. Without inquiring how far these words refer to any...
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The End of Christ’s Coming
Sermon 62 The End of Christ’s Coming “For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8. 1. Many...
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The General Spread of the Gospel
Sermon 63 The General Spread of the Gospel “The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters covers the sea.” Isa. 11:9. 1. In what a...
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The New Creation
Sermon 64 The New Creation Behold, I make all things new. Rev. 21:5. 1. What a strange scene is here opened to our view! How remote from all our natural...
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The Duty of Reproving our Neighbour
Sermon 65 The Duty of Reproving our Neighbour “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin...
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The Signs of the Times
Sermon 66 The Signs of the Times “Ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Matthew 16:3. 1. The entire passage...
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On Divine Providence
Sermon 67 On Divine Providence “Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” Luke 12:7. 1. The doctrine of divine providence has been received by...
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The Wisdom of God’s Counsels
Sermon 68 The Wisdom of God’s Counsels “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!” Rom. 11:33. 1. Some apprehend the wisdom and the...
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The Imperfection of Human Knowledge
Sermon 69 The Imperfection of Human Knowledge “We know in part.” 1 Cor. 13:9. 1. The desire of knowledge is an universal principle in man, fixed in his...
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The Case of Reason Impartially Considered
Sermon 70 The Case of Reason Impartially Considered “Brethren, be not children in understanding: Howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be...
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Of Good Angels
Sermon 71 Of Good Angels “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” Heb. 1:14. 1. Many of the...
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Of Evil Angels
Sermon 72 Of Evil Angels “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this...
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Of Hell
Sermon 73 Of Hell “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” Mark 9:48. 1. Every truth which is revealed in the oracles of God is...
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Of the Church
Sermon 74 Of the Church “I beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering,...
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On Schism
Sermon 75 On Schism “That there might be no schism in the body.” 1 Cor. 12:25. 1. If there be any word in the English tongue as ambiguous and indeterminate...
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On Perfection
Sermon 76 On Perfection “Let us go on to perfection.” Heb. 6:1. The whole sentence runs thus: “Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,...
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Spiritual Worship
Sermon 77 Spiritual Worship “This is the true God, and eternal life.” 1 John 5:20. 1. In this Epistle St. John speaks not to any particular Church, but to...
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Spiritual Idolatry
Sermon 78 Spiritual Idolatry “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” 1 John 5:21. 1. There are two words that occur several times in this Epistle, —...
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On Dissipation
Sermon 79 On Dissipation “This I speak — that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.” 1 Cor. 7:35. 1. Almost in every part of our nation, more...
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On Friendship with the World
Sermon 80 On Friendship with the World “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of this world is enmity with God? Whosoever...
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In What Sense we are to Leave the World
Sermon 81 In What Sense we are to Leave the World “Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will...
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On Temptation
Sermon 82 On Temptation “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above...
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On Patience
Sermon 83 On Patience “Let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” James 1:4. 1. “My brethren,” says the...
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The Important Question
Sermon 84 The Important Question “What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Matthew 16:26 1. There is a celebrated...
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On Working out our own Salvation
Sermon 85 On Working out our own Salvation “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; For it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of...
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A Call to Backsliders
Sermon 86 A Call to Backsliders “Will the Lord absent himself for ever? And will he be no more entreated? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? And is his...
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The Danger of Riches
Sermon 87 The Danger of Riches “They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which drown men in...
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On Dress
Sermon 88 On Dress “Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of — wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; “But let it be the hidden man of...
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The More Excellent Way
Sermon 89 The More Excellent Way “Covet earnestly the best gifts; And yet I show to you a more excellent way.” 1 Cor. 12:31. 1. In the preceding verses, St....
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An Israelite Indeed
Sermon 90 An Israelite Indeed “Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile.” John 1:47. 1. Some years ago a very ingenious man, Professor Hutcheson of...
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On Charity
Sermon 91 On Charity “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And...
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On Zeal
Sermon 92 On Zeal “It is good to be always zealously affected in a good thing.” Gal. 4:18. 1. There are few subjects in the whole compass of religion, that...
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On Redeeming the Time
Sermon 93 On Redeeming the Time “Redeeming the time.” Eph. 5:16. 1. “See that ye walk circumspectly,” says the Apostle in the preceding verse, “not as...
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On Family Religion
Sermon 94 On Family Religion “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Josh. 24:15. 1. In the foregoing verses we read that Joshua, now grown old,...
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On the Education of Children
Sermon 95 On the Education of Children “Train up a child in the way wherein he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Prov. 22:6. 1. We...
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On Obedience to Parents
Sermon 96 On Obedience to Parents “Children, obey your parents in all things.” Col. 3:20 1. It has been a subject of controversy for many years, whether...
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On Obedience to Pastors
Sermon 97 On Obedience to Pastors “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: For they watch over your souls, as they that shall give...
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On Visiting the Sick
Sermon 98 On Visiting the Sick “I was sick, and ye visited me.” Matt. 25:36. 1. It is generally supposed, that the means of grace and the ordinances of God...
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Preached before the Humane Society
Sermon 99 The Reward of the Righteous Preached before the Humane Society “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the...
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On Pleasing all Men
Sermon 100 On Pleasing all Men “Let every man please his neighbour for his good to edification.” Rom. 15:2. 1. Undoubtedly the duty here prescribed is...
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The Duty of Constant Communion
Sermon 101 The Duty of Constant Communion J.W. “Do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19. It is no wonder that men who have no fear of God should never...
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Of Former Times
Sermon 102 Of Former Times “Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.”...
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What is Man?
Sermon 103 What is Man? “When I consider thy heaven, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man?” Psalm 8:3, 4. How...
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On Attending the Church Service
Sermon 104 On Attending the Church Service “The sin of the young men was very great.” 1 Sam. 2:17. 1. The corruption, not only of the heathen world, but...
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“On Conscience”
Sermon 105 “On Conscience” “For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience.” 2 Cor. 1:12. 1. How few words are there in the world more common...
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On Faith
Sermon 106 On Faith “Without faith it is impossible to please him.” Heb. 11:6. 1. But what is Faith? It is a divine “evidence and conviction of things not...
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On God’s Vineyard
Sermon 107 On God’s Vineyard “What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth...
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On Riches
Sermon 108 On Riches “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:24. 1....
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On the Discoveries of Faith
Sermon 110 On the Discoveries of Faith “Now faith is the evidence of things not seen.” Heb. 11:1. 1. For many ages it has been allowed by sensible men,...
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On the Omnipresence of God
Sermon 111 On the Omnipresence of God “Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.” Jer. 23:24. 1. How strongly and beautifully do these words express...
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
Sermon 112 The Rich Man and Lazarus “If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” Luke 16:31. 1....
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The Difference Between Walking by Sight, and Walking by Faith
Sermon 113 The Difference Between Walking by Sight, and Walking by Faith “We walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Cor. 5:7. 1. How short is this description of...
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The Unity of the Divine Being
Sermon 114 The Unity of the Divine Being “There is one God.” Mark 12:32. 1. And as there is one God, so there is one religion and one happiness for all men....
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The Ministerial Office
Sermon 115 The Ministerial Office “No man taketh this honour unto himself but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.” Hebrews 5:4. 1. There are exceeding...
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Causes of the Inefficacy of Christianity
Sermon 116 Causes of the Inefficacy of Christianity “Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of...
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On Knowing Christ after the Flesh
Sermon 117 On Knowing Christ after the Flesh “Henceforth know we no man after the flesh; yea, though we did know Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth...
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On a Single Eye
Sermon 118 On a Single Eye “If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of...
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On Worldly Folly
Sermon 119 On Worldly Folly “But God said unto him, Thou fool!” Luke 12:20. But one of these fools is commonly wiser in his own eyes “than seven men that...
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On the Wedding Garment
Sermon 120 On the Wedding Garment “How camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? Matt. 22:12. 1. In the verses preceding the text we read, “After...
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Human Life a Dream
Sermon 121 Human Life a Dream “Even like as a dream when one awaketh; so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city.” Ps. 73:20. 1. Anyone that...
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The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart
Sermon 123 The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart “The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: Who can know it?” Jer. 17:9. 1. The...
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The Heavenly Treasure in Earthen Vessels
Sermon 124 The Heavenly Treasure in Earthen Vessels “We have this treasure in earthen vessels.” 2 Cor. 4:7. 1. How long was man a mere riddle to himself!...
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On Living Without God
Sermon 125 On Living Without God “Without God in the world.” Eph. 2:12. 1. Perhaps these words might be more properly translated, Atheists in the world....
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On the Danger of Increasing Riches
Sermon 126 On the Danger of Increasing Riches “If riches increase, set not thine heart upon them.” Ps. 62:10. 1. From that express declaration of our Lord,...
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The Trouble and Rest of Good Men
Sermon 127 The Trouble and Rest of Good Men “There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.” Job 3:17. When God at first surveyed...
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Free Grace
Sermon 128 Free Grace To The Reader: Nothing but the strongest conviction, not only that what is here advanced is “the truth as it is in Jesus,” but also...
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The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes
Sermon 129 The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes “O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord; what destruction he hath brought upon the earth!” Ps. 46:8....
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National Sins and Miseries
Sermon 130 National Sins and Miseries “Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: But these sheep, what have they done?” 2 Sam. 24:17. 1. The chapter...
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The Late Work of God in North America
Sermon 131 The Late Work of God in North America “The appearance was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.” Ezek. 1:16. 1. Whatever may be the...
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Preached on Monday, April 21, 1777
Sermon 132 On Laying the Foundation of the New Chapel, Near the City-Road, London Preached on Monday, April 21, 1777 “According to this time it shall be...
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Preached on Occasion of the Death of the Rev. Mr. John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire
Sermon 133 Preached on Occasion of the Death of the Rev. Mr. John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire “Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: For...
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True Christianity Defended
Sermon 134 True Christianity Defended “How is the faithful city become an harlot!” Isa. 2:21. 1. “When I bring the sword upon a land, saith the Lord, if the...
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On Mourning for the Dead
Sermon 135 On Mourning for the Dead “Now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”...
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On Corrupting the Word Of God
Sermon 136 On Corrupting the Word Of God “We are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we...
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On the Resurrection of the Dead
Sermon 137 On the Resurrection of the Dead “But some man will say, how are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?” 1 Cor. 15:35. The Apostle...
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On Grieving the Holy Spirit
Sermon 138 On Grieving the Holy Spirit “Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” Eph. 4:30. There can be no...
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On Love
Sermon 139 On Love “Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.” 1...
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On Public Diversions
Sermon 140 On Public Diversions “Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in the city, and the Lord hath not...
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On the Holy Spirit
Sermon 141 On the Holy Spirit “Now the Lord is that Spirit.” 2 Cor. 3:17. The Apostle had been showing how the gospel ministry was superior to that of the...
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Thankfulness for Mercies Received, a Necessary Duty
Thankfulness for Mercies Received, a Necessary Duty Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives...
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The Necessity and Benefits of Religious Society
The Necessity and Benefits of Religious Society Eccles. 4:9–12 — “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they...
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The Folly and Danger of Being Not Righteous Enough
The Folly and Danger of Being Not Righteous Enough Ecclesiastes 7:16 — “Be not righteous overmuch, neither make thyself over- wise: why shouldst thou...
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A Preservative Against Unsettled Notions, and Want of Principles, in Regard to Righteousness and Christian Perfection Being a More Particular Answer to Doctor Trapp's Four Sermons Upon the Same Text
A Preservative Against Unsettled Notions, and Want of Principles, in Regard to Righteousness and Christian Perfection Ecclesiastes 7:16 — “Be not righteous...
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The Benefits of an Early Piety
The Benefits of an Early Piety The amiableness of religion in itself, and the innumerable advantages that flow from it to society in general, as well as to...
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Christ the Believer's Husband
Christ the Believer's Husband Isaiah 54:5 — “For thy Maker is thy Husband.” Although believers by nature, are far from God, and children of wrath, even as...
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The Potter and the Clay
The Potter and the Clay Jeremiah 18:1–6 — “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will...
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The Lord Our Righteousness
The Lord Our Righteousness Jeremiah 23:6 — “The Lord our Righteousness.” Whoever is acquainted with the nature of mankind in general, or the propensity of...
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The Righteousness of Christ, an Everlasting Righteousness
The Righteousness of Christ, an Everlasting Righteousness Daniel 9:24 — “And to bring everlasting Righteousness.” On reading these words, I cannot help...
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The Observation of the Birth of Christ, the Duty of All Christians; Or the True Way of Keeping Christmas
The Observation of the Birth of Christ, the Duty of All Christians; Or the True Way of Keeping Christmas Matthew 1:21 — “And she shall bring forth a Son,...
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The Temptation of Christ
The Temptation of Christ Matthew 4:1–11 — “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty...
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The Heinous Sin of Profane Cursing and Swearing
The Heinous Sin of Profane Cursing and Swearing Matthew 5:34 — “But I say unto you, Swear not at all.” Among the many heinous sins for which this nation is...
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Christ the Support of the Tempted
Christ the Support of the Tempted Matthew 6:13 — “Lead us not into temptation.” The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard...
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Worldly Business No Plea for the Neglect of Religion
Worldly Business No Plea for the Neglect of Religion Matthew 8:22 — “Let the dead bury their dead.” St. Paul preaching at Athens, tells them, that as he...
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Christ the Only Rest for the Weary and Heavy-Laden
Christ the Only Rest for the Weary and Heavy-Laden Matthew 11:28 — “Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Nothing...
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The Folly and Danger of Parting with Christ for the Pleasures and Profits of Life
The Folly and Danger of Parting with Christ for the Pleasures and Profits of Life Matthew 8:23–34 — “And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples...
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Marks of a True Conversion
Marks of a True Conversion Matthew 18:3 — “Verily, I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the...
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What Think Ye of Christ?
What Think Ye of Christ? Matthew 22:42 — “What think ye of Christ?” When it pleased the eternal Son of God to tabernacle among us, and preach the glad...
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The Wise and Foolish Virgins
The Wise and Foolish Virgins Matthew 25:13 — “Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.” (Text is actually...
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“The Eternity of Hell-Torments”
“The Eternity of Hell-Torments” Matthew 25:46 — “These shall go away into everlasting punishment. To the Inhabitants of Savannah in Georgia. My dear...
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Blind Bartimeus
Blind Bartimeus Mark 10:52 — “And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus...
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Directions How to Hear Sermons
Directions How to Hear Sermons Luke 8:18 — “Take heed, therefore, how ye hear.” The occasion of our Lord's giving this caution, was this: Perceiving that...
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The Extent and Reasonableness of Self-Denial
The Extent and Reasonableness of Self-Denial Luke 9:23 — “And he said unto them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself.” Whoever reads the...
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Christ's Transfiguration
Christ's Transfiguration Luke 9:28–36 — “And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a...
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The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful
The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful Luke 10:42 — “But one thing is needful.” It was the amiable character of our blessed Redeemer, that “he...
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A Penitent Heart, the Best New Year's Gift
A Penitent Heart, the Best New Year's Gift Luke 13:3 — “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” When we consider how heinous and aggravating our...
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The Gospel Supper
The Gospel Supper Luke 14:22–24 — “And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant,...
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The Pharisee and Publican
The Pharisee and Publican Luke 18:14 — “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: For every one that exalteth himself,...
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The Conversion of Zaccheus
The Conversion of Zaccheus Luke 19:9–10 — “And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house; forasmuch as he also is the Son of Abraham....
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The Marriage of Cana
The Marriage of Cana John 2:11 — “This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on...
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The Duty of Searching the Scriptures
The Duty of Searching the Scriptures John 5:39 — “Search the Scriptures.” When the Sadducees came to our blessed Lord, and put to him the question, “whose...
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The Indwelling of the Spirit, the Common Privilege of All Believers
The Indwelling of the Spirit, the Common Privilege of All Believers John 7:37–39 — “In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,...
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The Resurrection of Lazarus
The Resurrection of Lazarus John 11:43–44 — “And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth,...
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The Holy Spirit Convincing the World of Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment
The Holy Spirit Convincing the World of Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment John 16:8 — “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of...
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Saul's Conversion
Saul's Conversion Acts 9:22 — “But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.”...
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Marks of Having Received the Holy Ghost
Marks of Having Received the Holy Ghost Acts 19:2 — “Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?” Two different significations have been given of...
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The Almost Christian
The Almost Christian Acts 26:28 — “Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.” The chapter, out of which the text is taken, contains an admirable account...
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Christ, the Believer's Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption
Christ, the Believer's Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption Of all the verses in the book of God, this which I have now read to you, is, I...
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The Knowledge of Jesus Christ the Best Knowledge
The Knowledge of Jesus Christ the Best Knowledge The persons to whom these words were written, were the members of the church of Corinth; who, as appears by...
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Of Justification by Christ
Of Justification by Christ It has been objected by some, who dissent from, nay, I may add, by others also, who actually are friends to the present...
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The Great Duty of Charity Recommended
The Great Duty of Charity Recommended 1 Corinthians 13:8, “Charity never faileth.” Nothing is more valuable and commendable, and yet, not one duty is less...
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Satan's Devices
Satan's Devices The occasion of these words was as follows: In the church of Corinth there was an unhappy person, who had committed such incest, as was not...
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On Regeneration
On Regeneration The doctrine of our regeneration, or new birth in Christ Jesus, though one of the most fundamental doctrines of our holy religion; though so...
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Christians, Temples of the Living God
Christians, Temples of the Living God Isaiah, speaking of the glory of gospel days, said, “Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye...
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Christ the Only Preservative Against a Reprobate Spirit
Christ the Only Preservative Against a Reprobate Spirit The doctrines of the gospel are doctrines of peace, and they bring comfort to all who believe in...
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The Heinous Sin of Drunkenness
The Heinous Sin of Drunkenness Ephesians 5:18 — “Be not drunk with Wine, wherein is Excess; but be filled with the Spirit.” The persons to whom these words...
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The Power of Christ's Resurrection
The Power of Christ's Resurrection Philippians 3:10 — “That I may know Him, and the power of his resurrection.” The apostle, in the verses before the text,...
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Intercession Every Christian's Duty
Intercession Every Christian's Duty If we inquire, why there is so little love to be found amongst Christians, why the very characteristic, by which every...
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Persecution Every Christian's Lot
Persecution Every Christian's Lot When our Lord was pleased to take upon himself the form of a servant, and to go about preaching the kingdom of God; he...
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An Exhortation to the People of God Not to Be Discouraged in Their Way, by the Scoffs and Contempt of Wicked Men
An Exhortation to the People of God Not to Be Discouraged in Their Way, by the Scoffs and Contempt of Wicked Men Hebrews 4:9 — “There remaineth therefore a...
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Preached Before the Governor, and Council, and the House of Assembly, in Georgia, on January 28, 1770
Preached Before the Governor, and Council, and the House of Assembly, in Georgia, on January 28, 1770 Zech. 4:10 — “For who hath despised the Day of small...
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The Method of Grace
The Method of Grace Jeremiah 6:14 — “They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace. As...
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The Good Shepherd: A Farewell Sermon
The Good Shepherd: A Farewell Sermon John 10:27–28 — “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life, and...
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Christ Crucified
What contempt hath God poured upon the wisdom of this world! How hath he brought it to nought, and made it appear as nothing.
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Spiritual Liberty
LIBERTY is the birthright of every man. He may be born a pauper; he may be a foundling; his parentage may be altogether unknown; but liberty is his...
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The Kingly Priesthood of the Saints
MUSIC HATH Charms." I am sure sacred music has; for I have felt something of its charms whilst we have been singing that glorious hymn just now.
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The People's Christ
ORIGINALLY, I have no doubt, these words referred to David. He was chosen out of the people.
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The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved
The sleep of the body is the gift of God. So said Homer of old, when he described it as descending from the clouds and resting on the tents of the warriors...
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Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings
SEEK ye rest from your distresses ye children of woe and sorrow ? This is the place where ye may lighten your burden, and lose your cares.
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The Victory of Faith
THE epistles of John are perfumed with love. The word is continually occurring. while the Spirit enters into every sentence.
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The Bible
This is God's complaint against Ephraim. It is no mean proof of his goodness, that he stoops to rebuke his erring creatures; it is a great argument of his...
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Paul's First Prayer
GOD has many methods of quenching persecution. He will not suffer his church to be injured by its enemies, or overwhelmed by its foes; and he is not short...
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Joseph Attacked by the Archers
It must have been a fine sight to see the hoary-headed Jacob sitting up in his bed whilst he bestowed his parting benediction upon his twelve sons.
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The Tomb of Jesus
Every circumstance connected with the life of Christ is deeply interesting to the Christian mind.
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David's Dying Song
THESE be the last words of David; so we read at the commencement of the chapter. Many have been the precious sentences which have fallen front his inspired...
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The Carnal Mind Enmity Against God
This is a very solemn indictment which the Apostle Paul here prefers against the carnal mind.
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Christ's People--Imitators of Him
BEHOLD! what a change divine grace will work in a man, and in how short a time. That same Peter, who so lately followed his master afar off, and with oaths...
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A Caution to the Presumptuous
IT is a singular fact, but nevertheless most certain, that the vices are the counterfeits of virtues.
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Thoughts on the Last Battle
While the Bible is one of the most poetical of books, though its language is unutterably sublime, yet we must remark how constantly it is true to nature.
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Forgiveness
THERE ARE SOME passages of sacred writ which have been more abundantly blessed to the conversion of souls than others.
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The Hope of Future Bliss
IT WOULD be difficult to say to which the gospel owes most, to its friends or to its enemies.
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The Two Effects of the Gospel
THESE ARE THE words of Paul, speaking on the behalf of himself and his brethren the Apostles, and they are true concerning all those who by the Spirit are...
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The Eternal Name
NO ONE HERE requires to be told that this is the name of Jesus Christ, which "shall endure for ever." Men have said of many of their works, "they shall...
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The Church of Christ
THE chapter (Ezek. 34) that I read at the commencement of the service is a prophetical one; and, I take it, it has relation, not to the condition of the...
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Christ Manifesting Himself to His People
WHAT A BLESSED Master Jesus Christ was! How familiar did he allow his disciples to make themselves with him!
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The Power of the Holy Ghost
POWER is the special and peculiar prerogative of God, and God alone. "Twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God." God is God; and power...
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The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness
NIGHT APPEARS to be a time peculiarly favorable to devotion. Its solemn stillness helps to free the mind from that perpetual din which the cares of the...
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The Necessity of Increased Faith
VERILY IF THE APOSTLE said this, one and all of us had need take up the prayer. If the twelve mightiest in the army of the Lord of hosts had need of such a...
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A Wise Desire
THE CHRISTIAN IS ALWAYS pleased and delighted when he can see Christ in the Scriptures.
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Preach the Gospel
THE greatest man of Apostolic times was the apostle Paul. He was always great in everything.
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God's People in the Furnace
WHEN travelling through the country, you have often noticed that in different spots the old rocks peep out from under the soil, as if they would let us know...
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What Are the Clouds?
IT IS POSSIBLE for a man to read too many books. We will not despise learning, we will not undervalue erudition, such acquisitions are very desirable; and,...
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Law and Grace
There is no point upon which men make greater mistakes than upon the relation which exists between the law and the gospel.
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Storming the Battlements
WE HAVE BEEN talking very freely during this last week of "glorious victories," of "brilliant successes," of "sieges," and of "stormings." We little know...
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Heaven and Hell
This is a land where plain speaking is allowed, and where the people are willing to afford a fair hearing to any one who can tell them that which is worth...
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Election
IF there were no other text in the sacred Word except this one, I think we should all be bound to receive and acknowledge the truthfulness of the great and...
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The Death of the Christian
WE DO NOT BELIEVE all that Job's friends said. They spoke very often as uninspired men, for we find them saying many things that are not true; and if we...
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Repentance Unto Life
ONE OF THE GREATEST obstacles which the Christian religion ever overcame, was the inveterate prejudice which possessed the minds of its earliest followers.
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Conversion
THE TRUE BELIEVER is always pleased to hear of anything which concerns the salvation of his own soul.
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The Glorious Habitation
Moses was the inspired author of three devotional compositions. We first of all find him as Moses the poet, singing the song which is aptly joined with that...
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Christ's Prayer for His People
THIS PRAYER of Christ is an ever precious portion to all true believers, from the fact that each of them has an inalienable interest in it.
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Chastisement
GOD'S PEOPLE CAN never by any possibility be punished for their sins. God has punished them already in the person of Christ, Christ, their substitute, has...
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The God of Peace
PAUL ONCE ADVISED the Romans to strive. Three verses before our text he actually gives them an exhortation to strive, and yet he here utters a prayer that...
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The Holy Ghost--The Great Teacher
THIS GENERATION hath gradually, and almost imperceptibly, become to a great extent a godless generation.
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Comfort for the Desponding
FOR THE MOST part the gracious Shepherd leads his people beside the still waters, and makes them to lie down in green pastures; but at times they wander...
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Free Will--A Slave
This is one of the great guns of the Arminians, mounted upon the top of their walls, and often discharged with terrible noise against the poor Christians...
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Healing for the Wounded
The next verse finely declares the power of God. "He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them by their names." Perhaps there is nothing which gives...
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The Gentleness of God--Part I
It will be generally agreed that David was one of the great men of the race.
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The Gentleness of God--Part II
What exactly may be meant by greatness is a question that we need not linger to discuss.
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The Gentleness of God--Part III
Take, for instance, that opening Scripture of Adam and of his sin and exile.
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Secret Faults
The secret faults of which the psalmist is speaking in this verse are the faults that are secret from even ourselves.
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Intimacy
When a man enjoys the friendship of the great, it is always considered an honorable thing.
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Waiting Upon God
In the great biblical thought of waiting upon God there are several interwoven strands of meaning, and it is well to try to distinguish some of these that...
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Beholding and Inquiring
In this verse, so full of riches, we have the spiritual ambition of the psalmist, and the notable thing is how his single purpose resolves itself into two...
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The Quality of Courage
There are three qualities, says Emerson in a familiar essay, which attract the wonder and reverence of mankind.
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Known in Adversities
One great comfort of assurance in this verse is that such knowledge is always very thorough.
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The Reach of His Faithfulness
The faithfulness of God is one of the strong truths of the Old Testament.
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The New Song
When anybody sings it is an outward token of an inward happiness. Despondent people very seldom sing.
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The Thirst for God
When the psalmist wrote this he was a fugitive in hiding somewhere across Jordan.
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Hope Thou in God
The psalmist here is not talking to an audience. He is talking to himself. "Why art thou cast down, O my soul? Hope thou in God."
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To the Disheartened
It is one source of the eternal freshness of the Psalms that they tell the story of a struggling soul.
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Showing It Before Him
What the trouble of the psalmist was it is impossible for us to say. It was so bitter in its onset that his spirit was overwhelmed within him.
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The River of God
The Bible opens the history of man by showing him surrounded by a garden.
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The Ministry of Silence
There are certain voices which we never hear except when everything is silent. They reach us as a revelation of the stillness.
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Sincerity
There is a remarkable foreshadowing of the insight of Christ Jesus in these words.
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The Triumph of Trust
The value of a word and the power that it has over our hearts depends largely upon the man who speaks it and on the circumstances of its utterance.
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Daily Defilements
There are some enemies which only come to us at interludes. But you will note that it was different with the psalmist.
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Fear and Faith
Let us consider for a little while some of the springs of human fear, and then notice how many of our fears spring from the imagination.
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The Rock That Is Higher Than I
Whatever suggested the image of our text, the inward meaning of it is explicit.
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Leaving It There
There are times in life when it is a great help to have someone say to us, "Leave all that to me." Like a gentle wind it blows the clouds away.
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Harvest Thanksgiving
One of the uses of the harvest festival is to awaken us to things we take for granted.
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The Contradictions of Life
This psalm is the glad utterance of a soul that is looking back to the deliverance from Egypt.
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Summer and Winter
I suppose there are few who seriously doubt that the maker of summertime is God.
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The Higher Purposes of Winter
It is always easy to believe that God has made the summertime. There is something in a perfect summer day that speaks to us of the divine.
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The Highway in the Sea
Doubtless when the psalmist penned our text, his first thought was the crossing of the Red Sea.
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The Secrecy of God
Men tell us that there are few more impressive sights than that of a burial at sea.
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Drink From the Depths
The psalmist is here reviewing the providence of God that sustained the children of Israel in the desert.
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The Witness of Locality
The writer of this noble psalm is meditating upon the past of Israel. He is recalling the wonders of the Exodus.
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Limiting God
Sometimes we fall into the sin of limiting God to the greater hours of our life. I take it that all of us are so tempted.
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God's Self-Limitation
These words in their primary and historical reference refer to the taking captive of the Ark of God by the Philistines.
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Refusing to Go Back
To go back from God is to desert Him. It is to turn away the footsteps of our heart from Him.
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The Glorious Lamp of Heaven
A week or two ago, when we were all looking with interest towards the eclipse of the moon, I took up again a fascinating volume which I doubt that many of...
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The Perils of Middle Age
In all literature, the life of man is pictured under the symbol of a day.
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Self-Denial an Attitude of Worship
During worship there are certain demands made of every worshipper.
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Creation's Witness to the Youth of Jesus
By taking a bit of liberty with these poetic words, we shall apply them, without any prelude, to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The Ignorance of the Expert
Had it been others who had rejected this stone, there would be no reason for surprise.
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The Call of the Hills
It is generally held by those who are competent to judge that this Psalm dates from the period of the exile.
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Forgiveness and the Cross
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins."
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The Gifts of Sleep
If we take the words of our text just as they stand, they are charged with deep and beautiful significance.
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The Searching of God
We are prone to associate the searching work of God with events of a striking or memorable kind.
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The Comfort of the Universal Presence
In the library of our university are certain old and interesting maps. They have all the charms of a geography which knows no limit save imagination.
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Still With Thee
A man whose religion is of a shallow kind is content with only an occasional acknowledgment of God.
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The Joy of Jesus
For all the sorrows that lay upon His heart and the heaviness of the cross He had to bear, there can be little question that Jesus impressed people as a...
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God Knows
It is often a deep relief in trouble to have someone with whom the grief may be shared.
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When the Spirit Is Overwhelmed
There are some natures more prone than others to this overwhelming of the spirit, but it wouldn't be true to say that the peril is limited to temperament.
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Reverence
John was a prisoner in the isle of Patmos when he had this revelation of Jesus Christ.
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White Raiment
The color white, which is so often mentioned in the Bible and always with an element of symbolism, is emblematical of purity.
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He Knocks
We are all familiar with the picture by a well-known artist which portrays Christ standing at the door.
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Consecration
The Baptism of Jesus Was Surrender to Vocation The baptism of our Lord was His self-consecration to His lifework.
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The Temptation of Jesus
Christ's Temptation: It Was Real Whatever view we take of the temptation--whether it was an inward struggle or an actual scene--the one thing to remember is...
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Christ's Temptation--How and When?
Jesus, as a Man, Was Tempted in Order to Show That No One Can Escape Temptation If our blessed Savior had to be the very Son of Man, it was, of course,...
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The Net Mender -- Part I
The God of all grace...
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The Net Mender -- Part II
The God of all grace... make you perfect--1Pe 5:10 It Is Distressing for It Misses What Is at Hand But not only is it a vital loss.
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The Two Worlds
Acceptance of the Material World When our Lord bids us pray for daily bread He accepts the visible world of space and time.
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The Wonder and Bloom of the World
Jesus Keenly Alive to the Message of Nature During the glorious days of June, when the world is so full of light and joy, it is an unspeakable satisfaction...
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The Candor of Christ
Jesus' Words Cannot Be Separated from His Person In the revived interest which is felt today in the person and character of Jesus Christ, it is inevitable...
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A Sermon for Springtide
The Ministry of Nature At the sweet and hopeful season of Spring, when freshness and beauty surround us, I am sure there are few of us whose thoughts do not...
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Putting First Things First
Necessity of Order The more narrowly one looks on life, the more one sees the necessity of order.
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The Restfulness of Christ
People Who Provide an Atmosphere of Restfulness There are some people we meet who impress us with a sense of restfulness.
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Enough!
Spirituality Is Conformity to Christ The highest praise that can be given to any man is that others, knowing him, should call him Christlike.
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Christ's Teaching on Providence
What Is Providence? The word providence is often on our lips, though perhaps not always with a clear conception of its meaning.
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The Sending of the Sword
Christ Came to Bring Both Peace and a Sword There seems to be a glaring contradiction between this word and some other words of Jesus.
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The Trifling Things of Life
The Importance of Little Things Every reader of the Gospel knows the stress which our Lord put on little things.
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Do We Look for Another?
The Finality of Our Christian Faith I wish to say a few words on the finality of our Christian faith, and there could be no better approach to that than the...
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The Decisiveness of Christ
In Jesus There Was Never Any Hesitancy There is one element in the character of Jesus which is well worthy of our consideration.
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The Timeliness of Christ
Thanksgiving in the Hour of Darkness and Seeming Failure Matthew never could forget the time at which these words were uttered.
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Surrender and Service
The Thought of Surrender There are, I think, three thoughts that meet and mingle in this beautiful figure of the yoke.
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Humility Interpreted by Christ
From Vice to Virtue It has been said that the greatest of all differences between ancient and modern morality is not the introduction of new virtues, but...
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Christ's Teaching On Man
The Expression of Compassion Originates with Christ Not very far away from where we sit there are gleaming the lights of our great city hospitals.
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The Lure of the Impossible
No Challenge to Handling That Which Is Easy Few things are so attractive as those which seem impossible.
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The Intolerance of Jesus
Christ Rejects Accusations Made against Him Our Lord had just performed a notable miracle healing a man who was possessed of a devil.
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The Dangers of Emptiness
Christ's Insight into Secret Failures Our Lord had a quick eye for moral tragedies, and in the pictorial setting of these two verses He has delineated one...
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The Pearl of Great Price
The Pearl in Ancient Times Although the pearl is still held in high esteem, it does not now occupy the place which once belonged to it.
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They Need Not Depart
The Christ of Every Occupation One recognises how in that crowd there would be folk of very various occupations. Every trade and calling would be there.
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Feeding the Five Thousand
The Only Miracle Recorded in All Four Gospels This is the only miracle recorded in each of the four Gospels, and we must take that as a token of the...
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The Lavishness of Jesus
Love Never Asks How Little Can I Do One of the characteristics of our Lord was a certain glorious lavishness, an uncalculating generosity that was impatient...
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Jesus Walking on the Sea
Jesus Felt the Necessity of Being Alone with God It had been a day of trial and stress for Jesus, and when the sun set, the danger was not over.
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Beginning to Sink
The Pathos of a Wasted Life There are two sights in human life which fill the heart with profound sorrow. The first is that of a person who has sunk.
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The Syrophoenician Woman
Jesus in Heathen Territory The first interest of this story lies in the fact that Jesus is now moving in heathen territory.
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The Cross and the World -- Part I
I, if I be lifted up...
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The Cross and the World -- Part II
I, if I be lifted up...
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Son of Man
The Name by Which Jesus Most Frequently Called Himself There are two names which our Lord was wont to use when He spoke about His person or His work.
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Elijah or Jeremiah
Elijah--A Prophet of Wrath; Jeremiah--A Prophet of Tears It is of the deepest interest to discover what was the common impression about Jesus, and in this...
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Founded on Rock
Christ Wanted to Be Understood To understand these words aright we must endeavour to recapture the right atmosphere.
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The Master Builder
Jesus Used the Term Church Only Twice Only on two occasions did our Lord use the word Church, here and in the eighteenth chapter, where He says, "Tell it to...
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The Transfiguration
Scenes on Mountains How often the Bible brings us into mountain scenery.
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The Child in the Midst
Jesus' Love for Children I want to speak on Jesus and the child to show you out of the Bible story how precious childhood was to Jesus Christ.
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How to Be Rid of Contempt
The Savage Are Characterized by Contempt of Others The spirit of contempt is very strongly developed among savage races.
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When the Child-Spirit Dies
Christlikeness Is Childlikeness It is a beautiful thought, of such are the kingdom of heaven.
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The Labourers in the Vineyard
The Divine Plan in the Ordering of Scripture Chapters As we move through chapter nineteen of Matthew's Gospel, we seem to breathe a different atmosphere...
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The Eleventh-Hour Man
Staying outside the Kingdom to the Last By the eleventh-hour man I mean the man who at five o'clock is still outside the Kingdom, and one would notice first...
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The Ambitious Disciples
A Promise Misunderstood The disciples had been pondering deeply, we may be sure, on the great promise Jesus had lately made to them--"When the Son of man...
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The Errand for the Ass
Bethphage Became Famous in Providing an Ass The village of Bethphage, which is here mentioned, lay in the immediate neighbourhood of Bethany.
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The Message of the Colt
Join the Procession Palm Sunday is the Sunday preceding Easter Day, which commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
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The Marriage Feast
Distinct from Luke's Parable The parable of the Great Supper recorded by St.
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The Frivolous Spirit
The King Was Earnest in His Invitation One thing that strikes us in this parable is the intense earnestness of the king.
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Mistaken Magnitudes
The Evil of Not Seeing Things in Their True Proportion It was one great complaint of our Lord against the Pharisees, that they had lost the relative...
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Respectable Sin
The Jewish Background The imagery of this denunciation would appeal powerfully to a Jewish audience.
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The Springs of Endurance
To Grow Bitter Is to Be Beaten He who is able to endure has learned one secret of the overcoming life.
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The Ten Virgins
The Tradition of a Jewish Wedding The ceremonies at a marriage in the East were very different from those we are accustomed to, and the more clearly we can...
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The Talents
Slaves Were Trusted Servants To understand this parable we must remember that the servants spoken of were really slaves.
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The Fact of Faithfulness
Faithfulness, a Test of Character One might dwell for a long time upon this parable without exhausting its message or its meaning.
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The Lowly Duty of Fidelity
Fidelity Can Be Anybody's Virtue It was very like our Lord to make fidelity the test of life. He was quick to recognise the lowly virtues.
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Judgment Part I
Preaching on the Judgment One always notices in time of revival that a great deal is preached about the Last Judgment.
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Judgment Part II
Can God Be Love and Punish? I fancy our other profound difficulty is this. How can God be love?
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The Anointing at Bethany
Jesus Was Calm on His Way to the Cross We are now approaching the last days of the earthly life of Jesus in our study of Matthew's Gospel, and our lesson...
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Love's Wastefulness
A Strange Deed Lives Forever The scene was Bethany, and the time was near the end. A few more days and the earthly life of Jesus would be over.
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The Lord's Supper
Christ's Perfect Composure What first impresses us in the narrative of the Lord's Supper is the perfect composure of the heart of Jesus.
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The Cry for Companionship
The Closest Disciples Sleep Most Often The scene was the Garden of Gethsemane, and all three disciples were asleep.
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On Making Allowances
To Forgive When Hurt Is Hard There are times when it is very hard to make allowances for other people. To forgive them seems a counsel of perfection.
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Jesus before Caiaphas
Jesus Had to Be Tried Twice Our Saviour had to undergo two trials, the one before the high priest, and the other before the Roman governor, and it is with...
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Jesus before Pilate
Pilate the Last Roman to Manage Jews By the Jewish law no sentence of death could be passed by night, and therefore, when the morning dawned (Mat 27:1), a...
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Which Is Your Answer?
Jesus Is Unavoidable One possible answer to this question is: I shall have nothing to do with Him at all. I shall ignore Him and pay no heed to Him.
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The Crown of Thorns
A Touch of Brotherhood Amid all the sufferings which Christ had to endure in the last and terrible days of His humility, none has more deeply moved the...
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The Great Refusal
The One Cup Jesus Refused to Drink It was a kindly provision of the Jews to give an opiate to the condemned.
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The Darkness at the Cross
When Jesus Was Born there Was Light, When He Died There Was Darkness It is notable that when our Lord was born there was a supernatural light across the sky.
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The Place Where the Lord Lay
The Grave Is Associated with Gladness One does not usually associate gladness with the grave. That is not the experience of men.
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Where They Found Him
Lost and Found--Sinner and Savior!
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The Touch That Reveals
We Reveal What We Are by What We Habitually Do It has been said that if we want to judge a person we should never do it by a single action; but if we must...
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Personality and Property
Christ's Presence Brought Disturbance into the House I propose today to cast some sidelights on this delightful and arresting miracle, and one is that when...
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Harvest Thoughts
Christ Introduces the Evidential Value of the Ordinary Harvest helps us to recapture the thought of God in the common things of nature.
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The Kind of Man He Was
He Was an Ordinary Man If we center our attention on this man we see him as a quite ordinary person.
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The Responsibility of Hearing
Frequent Emphasis on the Responsibility of Speaking On the responsibility attached to our speaking our Lord was never weary of insisting.
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Taking Him as He Was
Without What Some Thought as Necessary Provisions From the first verse of this chapter we infer that Christ had been teaching the people from the boat.
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The Ultimate Discovery
They Went Out Searching and They Lighted on Jesus As many of my readers are aware, there are no verses in the Greek New Testament.
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Why She Was Treated So
Why Didn't the Lord Let Her Go Unnoticed? One is ready to think it would have been kindlier treatment if our Lord had let this woman slip away.
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Sleep and Death -- Part I
This thy brother was dead, and is alive again--Luk 15:32 Death as a Fact and What Christ Thought of It I wish to speak for a little while on some of our...
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Sleep and Death -- Part II
This thy brother was dead, and is alive again--Luk 15:32 Jesus Spoke of Death as Sleep Dismissing that, then, we may advance a little if we remember Jesus'...
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What Jesus Learned at His Trade
We Learn from Our Trades Every man learns certain lessons from the trade in which he is engaged. Nobody is unaffected by his business.
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The Ministries of Leisure
Rest Helps Us See Things in Their Right Perspective Most of us, at this season of the year, are looking forward to a time of leisure.
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The Evident Christ
It Was Impossible to Conceal Christ Jesus was in retirement at this time. He had sought seclusion in the coasts of Tyre.
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The Category of Genius
Impossible to Think of Christ as Genius Among all the recent answers to this question, there is one that has obtained peculiar prominence.
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So Near and Yet So Far
Difficult to Estimate Crowds and Distances There are two things which it is very difficult for the uninstructed eye to gauge, the one is the dimensions of a...
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The Grace of Appreciation
Appreciation Alleviates Drudgery Few gifts are more helpful than the gift of appreciation.
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The Blessing of the Unexpected
His Physical Weakness Speaks of His Humanity I want you, please, to note the words that are employed in Mar 15:20-22.
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Misunderstood
Christ's Life Began and Ended in Misunderstanding We are here in the center of the Gospel mystery. It is the closing scene in the earthly life of Jesus.
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Behold the Place: an Easter Message
The Angel Kindly Compelled Them to Come and See It was a kindly compulsion of the angel that bade the women come and see that place.
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In Another Form
We Are Not Told What Form This is all that St. Mark has got to tell us of our Lord's appearance on the Emmaus road. It is in the Gospel of St.
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The Worldwide Gospel
The Gospel Deep and Wide There are two directions in which the sway of Jesus is without any parallel in human history.
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The Feeding of the Lamb
The first words which John ever heard of Jesus were words that described Him as a Lamb.
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How Science Helps Religion
One hears a great deal from many different quarters of the conflict of science and religion.
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The Problem of Pain
The problem of pain, I think, is in its full intensity a modern problem. There is today a sensitiveness to pain which in past ages was unknown.
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Service in Heaven
Of the life of the glorified in heaven Scripture does not tell us very much.
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The Beatific Vision
It should be noted that this beatitude of glory immediately follows on another. It immediately follows on the promise that His servants shall serve Him.
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The Reign of the Saints
I venture to say that with this expression there creeps in a touch of unreality.
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The Root and the Star
Nothing is more notable in Jesus than the union of apparent contradictories.
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Self-Ignorance
It is the true desire of every earnest heart that preceding the Communion Service our thoughts should be turned inward in self-examination.
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John the Forerunner
Forerunners Precede Great Events or Persons It is one of the ways of God in the ordering of history to grant forerunners of great events or persons.
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Faith Refusing Deliverance -- Part I
Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance--Heb 11:35 Faith Leads to Deliverance Among the blessings which we connect with faith, one of the most...
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Faith Refusing Deliverance -- Part II
Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance--Heb 11:35 Faithfulness Is Better Than Happiness When Happiness Is Brought On by What Is False Or I might...
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The Call of the Fishermen
Christ Singles Out an Individual's Disappointment It was not easy for Jesus Christ to be alone, men were so eager and so curious about Him.
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Somewhat to Say
Jesus Christ Has Somewhat to Say It is one of the notable things about our Lord that always He has somewhat to say. No hour of need ever finds Him silent.
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Seeming to Have
Not Hypocrisy but Self-Deception You will observe that when our Lord speaks of the man who seems to have, He is not referring to the hypocrite.
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Jairus' Daughter
The Only Child Dying The morning that saw the Gadarene demoniac cured dawned sadly over one home in Capernaum.
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The Weapon of Ridicule
From Lament to Ridicule This incident occurred in Capernaum, whither our Savior had just returned.
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Cross-Bearing
The Cross Signified Anything Difficult to Bear When the Romans crucified a criminal, not only did they hang him on a cross.
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Ashamed of Christ
Why Some Were Ashamed of Christ in His Day... I can understand how men were ashamed of Christ as He moved about the villages of Galilee.
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The Prerequisite of Vision
Sleeping on the Mount of Transfiguration Is Spiritually Unnatural It is very strange to find the disciples heavy with sleep, even on the Mount of...
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The Conflict of Duties -- Part I
The Conflict between What Is Right and Wrong There has been very considerable discussion as to the precise import of this incident, but the moral...
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The Conflict of Duties -- Part II
The Concentric Circles of Our Lives and the Various Voices That Call Us to Duty But still more powerfully do men feel this pressure in regard to the...
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The Mission of the Seventy
There Is a Place for You to Serve Can you picture the distress of a farmer when he sees his fields golden with a harvest, and there are no servants to...
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Holding On
The Ploughman: A Symbol of the Person Who Holds On Holding to things doggedly was one of the controlling thoughts of Jesus.
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Unexpected Comforters
No Help Came from Those He Expected It From If ever a comforter was unexpected it was in the case of this poor wounded wayfarer.
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Just There
The Lord Himself as a Good Samaritan Our Lord, true poet that He was, had a great liking for pictorial teaching, and in all the pictures of His gallery none...
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Christ and Worry
Seizing upon the Essential These words, you will remember, are taken from the brief description of the well-known scene in the home of Martha and Mary at...
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Social Claims Impelling Us to God
This Parable Resulted from a Request How to Pray This parable was spoken to encourage men in the difficult exercise of prayer.
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The Holy Spirit Not a Luxury
A Gift Bestowed at Salvation There is a widespread if undefined belief that the act of coming to the Savior is something different in experience from the...
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The Lamp
Everything We See Depends on the Condition of the Eyes At first sight this might seem to thoughtful readers a somewhat inappropriate comparison.
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Interior Alms
The importance of the Within That the rendering of the Revised Version is the right one is suggested by a study of the context.
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The Rich Fool
What Jesus Did When He Was Interrupted Jesus was often interrupted in His teaching, and some of the choicest sayings in the Gospel spring from these...
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The Great Supper -- Part I
The Peril of the Neglected Invitation At the table of the chief Pharisee, where Jesus was reclining when He spoke this parable, the guests were almost...
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The Great Supper -- Part II
Don't Let Pride, Anxiety or Family Keep You Away Next note the excuses of the invited guests, and see first the points in which they differ.
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Counting the Cost
Life Is a Building It is notable that in this little parable, and in the one which directly follows it (Luk 14:31), which deal with the great endeavors of...
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The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin
"There Is Something Astonishing in the Christian Religion" In the Catacombs at Rome there is no more familiar painting than that of the Good Shepherd with...
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The Two Petitions of the Prodigal
Father, Give Me I wonder if my readers ever noticed that the prodigal made two petitions to his father. The first was: "Father, give me."
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Coming to Oneself
You Are Not Yourself While Unrepentant In a few graphic touches Jesus delineates the kind of life the prodigal had been leading.
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Homesickness of the Soul
A Little Light on a Dark Subject A very fresh and delightful American writer, John Burroughs--a man who often reminds us of our own Richard Jefferies--has...
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The Prodigal Son
The Tenderness of Jesus' Words A friend of mine was on one occasion visiting one of our seaport hospitals.
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The Elder Brother
Seeing beneath the Regularities There is not a little that is excellent in the character of the elder brother, and our Lord, with His eye for what is fine,...
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Refusing to Go In
An Inexhaustible Parable I have often spoken on this beautiful parable, and I hope often to speak on it again.
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Our Duty Toward Our Equals
The Elder Brother's Duty toward His Younger Brother The moral failure of the elder brother is very significant in one respect.
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The Thoughtfulness of Jesus
The Manifestation of the Divine and Human Jesus This is an exquisite and charming instance of the thoughtfulness of Jesus.
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
The Passion Was the Same Our Lord had been speaking against the sin of covetousness, when the Pharisees, who were themselves lovers of money (Luk.
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The Fatal Power of Inattention
It Wasn't Inhumanity There is a well-known picture by Gustave Dore, which portrays this parable of the rich man and the beggar.
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Obedience and Blessing
The Faith of the Lepers Was in Believing These words occur in the account of the miracle wrought on the ten lepers.
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Fainting in Prayer
Jesus Taught Men to Pray This is one of the passages in which our Lord gave encouragement to prayer.
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The Doctrine of Delays
A Freedom Only a Son Would Take This parable, as the Scripture itself tells us, was meant to teach us importunity in prayer.
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Zacchaeus
Jesus and Modern Man The eighteenth chapter of Luke closed with Jesus giving sight to a blind man; Luk.
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The Parable of the Pounds
The Context of the Parable The Gospel tells us what was the occasion of this parable.
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The Tears of Jesus -- Part I
He beheld the city, and wept over it--Luk.
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The Tears of Jesus -- Part II
He beheld the city, and wept over it--Luk.
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The Road to Emmaus
The Most Memorable Appearance of the Risen Christ Of all the appearances of the risen Christ, none has a stronger hold upon Christendom than the one along...
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The Burning Heart
A Beautiful Story That Lives in Our Hearts Every detail of this beautiful story lives in the imagination of Christendom.
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The Mastery of Our Thoughts
Practicing the Control of Thought We are all familiar with the difference that is made by the thoughts which arise within our hearts.
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Hands Beautiful
The Hand--A Symbol of the Active Life The Bible is signally distinguished for this, that with a message from God it reaches the human heart, but not less...
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The Ascension
Why Forty Resurrection Days?
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John the Witness-Bearer
The Large Place Witnessing Has in Scripture The thought of witness-bearing finds ample expression in the Bible.
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The Unrecognized Christ
The Presence of Christ Is Perpetual It is almost a commonplace to say that the world does not know its greatest men.
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The First Disciples
The Beginning of Changes When a man has risen to great eminence, we are always interested in the story of his childhood.
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The Best Wine Last
With God, the Best Is at the End Into the story of this memorable marriage I do not propose to go.
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The Miracle at Cana
Two Periods of Christ at a Feast When a man has set his hand to some stupendous task that can only be achieved through years of suffering, there are two...
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The Tidings of the Breeze -- Part I
The Night Wind This is one of the profoundest sayings that ever fell upon a listening ear, and yet it bears to us every mark of being occasional and...
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The Tidings of the Breeze -- Part II
Resistance to the Wind Brings Music, So Is It with Life in the Spirit Again there are two elements in this utterance which it is well that we should bear in...
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The Casual Contacts of Jesus
The Casual Encounters of Jesus One notes, in the life of Jesus, how many folk there were who met Him casually.
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The Woman of Samaria
Scenes by Wells It is remarkable how many of the choicest scenes of Scripture should be associated with wells.
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The Dedication of the Will
Is Religion Based on Reason or Feeling,' It has been a matter of controversy time and again which is the true wellspring of religion; and to this question,...
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The Cure of the Nobleman's Son
The Beginning of His Ministry It is to be noted that all the miracles in this Gospel, with the exception of those of the loaves and the walking on the sea,...
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Some Features of Christ's Working
Christ Taught That Work Is Honorable It is characteristic of the Christian Gospel that its Savior should be a worker.
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The Judgment of the Son
Not Future Judgment but Present When we hear the word judgment on the lips of Christ we are prone to cast our thoughts into the future.
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Finding Him on the Other Side
Men Sought after Christ When our Lord had fed the multitude He constrained His disciples to depart. He wanted a season of solitary prayer.
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The Drawing of the Father
These Words Spoken in Pity We get some light on these deep words by remembering the occasion of their utterance.
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Our Lord as a Student
He Gave the Impression of a Student What our text implies is this, that our Lord gave the impression of a student.
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There Are Things We Cannot Hear
No One Could Complain That They Could Not Hear I should think that when these words were spoken they must have caused a great deal of perplexity.
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The Rainbow and the Throne
This vision, like all the visions of the Apocalypse, is given for the most practical of purposes. It is not the dreaming of an idle seer.
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The Man Born Blind
The Self-Forgetfulness of Christ The eighth chapter of John closes with the Jews insulting Jesus.
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The Pattern of Service
The Perfect Service of Our Lord Our Lord came among us as one who suffereth, and so He has taught us how to suffer.
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The Good Shepherd
The Man Born Blind and the Good Shepherd Chapter nine of John's Gospel tells about the man born blind.
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Eternal Life
What Is Life? Amid all the mysteries which engird us there is none deeper than the mystery of life.
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The Thing Incredible
History Has Come Full Circle It is strange how often in the course of history the wheel has "come full circle."
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The Man Who Does No Miracle
The Brilliant and the Average The kind of man who does no miracle is the kind we are meeting every day. He is the man who never makes us marvel.
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The Number of the Hours
The Disciples' Misunderstanding of Christ These words were spoken by Jesus at the time when news had been brought Him that Lazarus was sick.
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We May Live Too Long
The Confidence of Christ These words are the recoil of Jesus from the fearfulness of the disciples.
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Cock Crow
What You Hear Depends on What You Are It is a deep truth, though not the whole truth, that what we hear depends on what we are.
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Unwarrantable Interferences
The Error of the Pharisees There was a sense in which the Pharisees were entirely wrong.
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Undeveloped Lives
Waste in Nature In the summer, when the world is at its fairest, one thing that impresses us very strongly is what I might call the prodigality of nature.
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Spiritual Analysis
Christ's Agony and God's Assurance The visit of these Greeks to Jesus was a very memorable hour in His experience.
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Great Faith
The Greatness of Faith Measured by the Obstacles It Overcomes The greatness of faith often can be measured by the obstacles it overcomes.
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Seeing Jesus Is Seeing God
Utterances of Transcendent Importance That these words are of profound importance we may gather from two considerations.
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The Washing of the Disciples' Feet
Jesus' Love for His Disciples From this point onward in the Gospel of St. John, we have the private communion of Jesus with His disciples.
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The Loneliness of Sin
He Made His Bed in Hell What first strikes us here is the utter loneliness of Judas.
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Tribulation and the Untroubled Heart
He Speaks Peace in the Midst of Tribulation There are few more profitable studies than that of comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
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The Great Affirmation
Christ Knew about Death; Socrates Only Speculated It is not by any amplified detail that these words so appeal to human hearts.
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The Way, the Truth, the Life
Love Prepares a Welcome No one was more ready than Jesus to detect the anxieties of those He loved.
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The Ladder of Promise
The Ascending Scale of Promise Out of all the riches of these verses, let us take what the Lord says about Himself.
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Religion and Remembrance
The Holy Spirit Quickens the Things of Christ One great office of the Holy Spirit is to quicken and refresh the memory.
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Peace, the Possession of Adequate Resources
What Is Peace? Talking with a young fellow some time ago, I was struck by a remark he made.
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Christ with Us
The Need of Christ After the Last Supper When the Last Supper was concluded and Jesus had finished His teaching of His own, He said to them, "Arise, let us...
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The Great Comparison
The Love of Christ That their blessed Master loved them was one thing which the disciples never doubted. It was the crowning glory of their years.
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The Joy of the Lord
The Joy of Christ Was an Intense Reality Our Lord, especially as the days advanced, frequently spoke about His joy, and the notable thing is that when He...
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The Testimony of His Enemies
Love Is Not Blind I take it that if you want to understand a person, the first essential is that you should love him.
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It Is Finished
The Power of a Single Word These three words, "It is finished," are in the original a single word.
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The Garden and the Cross
The Proximity of the Cross and the Garden To a deep-seeing eye like that of John, this proximity was more than a coincidence.
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The Resurrection
Failure to Believe Christ for the Present Although Jesus had been teaching His disciples with increasing clearness that He would rise from the dead, none of...
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Love and Grief
Mary's Grief In this beautiful and ever memorable incident I wish first to dwell on Mary's grief, trying to make plain to you the greatness of that grief;...
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Turning Back to See
The Love of Mary We must remember that Mary in the garden was eagerly seeking for the Lord. She was filled with a love that would not let Him go.
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The Intrusiveness of Christ
A Time of Conflicting Emotions This was a very memorable Sunday evening, one of the most memorable that history has known.
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The Doubting of Thomas
The Supreme Importance of the Resurrection There is no reader of the New Testament who has not observed the supreme importance given to Christ's resurrection.
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Desertion and Drudgery
In the Absence of the Master When the feast of Passover was ended, the disciples left Jerusalem for Galilee.
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The Boat's Breadth
Turning Back to Old Tasks There are few scenes in the Gospel more impressive than this scene in the early morning by the sea of Galilee.
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The Reversions of Jesus
The First Command It is deeply significant to notice the reversions of our blessed Lord.
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Waiting
The Ascension--Christlike and Natural Our lesson begins with the narrative of the Ascension, and the reader will remember that this is the second account of...
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The Sabbath Day's Journey
A Three-Quarter Mile Journey A Sabbath day's journey with the Jews was a quite exact and definite expression.
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Filled with the Spirit
Be filled with the Spirit--Eph 5:18 Pentecost Was a Great Day for the Church That the day of Pentecost was a great day for the Church is one of the plainest...
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The Pentecostal Blessing
The Power of Pentecost Let us reverently try to understand what happened on that day of Pentecost. It is rightly called the birthday of the Church.
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Cure of the Lame Man
The Conversion of a Soul as Great a Miracle as Physical Healing It is perhaps wrong to call this the first miracle after Pentecost, though it is generally...
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Peter and John before the Council -- Part I
Miracle and Sermon Distasteful to the Rulers An old writer has said that a miracle was like the bell before the sermon, it caught the attention of the...
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Peter and John before the Council -- Part II
You Can Tell Who Has Been with Jesus The next thing that we observe is this, there is no mistaking one who has been with Jesus.
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Elective Affinity
After a Miracle, a Sermon, an Arrest and Release from Prison The healing of the lame man at the Gate Beautiful of the Temple had stirred an intense...
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Philip and the Ethiopian
God Removed Philip from the Middle of Evangelistic Success Philip was in the full tides of work for Christ when the message came from God that he must leave it.
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The Revelation of Duty
Sudden Conversion but Gradual Revelation The first thing to be taught us in these words is how duty is gradually revealed.
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The Blindness of Vision
It Was When His Eyes Were Opened That He Could See Nothing Blinded by the flash of light from heaven, the apostle was flung prostrate on the ground.
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Aeneas and Dorcas
In the City, Peter Found One Who Needed Healing When the fierce fires of persecution had died out, Peter set forth on a tour of visitation.
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Peter and the Angel
Plotting Versus Praying At the time when Christianity was spreading and getting its first welcome in the pagan world, Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the...
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The Angel and the Sandals
Peter, the Prison-breaker There is a vividness of detail about this story which assures us that facts are being recorded.
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The Departing of the Angel
The Ministry of Prisons In the verses that precede our text we have the familiar story of Peter's release from prison.
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Rhoda
Her Name Meant "Rose" and She Was One Indeed In visiting a sickroom where there is so much that speaks of suffering one is often met by a single spot of...
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The Grace of Continuance
A Person Should Not Be Judged by a Single Action It is perilous to judge a person by one action. Life is too complex and intricate for that.
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The Stoning of Paul
God's Purpose in Persecution Driven from Antioch by the outbreak of persecution, Paul and Barnabas moved on to Iconium.
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The Baffling of the Spirit
The Circumstances of the Hindrance Were Not Clear but the Message Was.
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The Gospel in Europe
Europe was Reached with the Gospel through the Vision of One Man It was in the second missionary journey of St.
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Unconscious Ministries
An Unconscious Ministry in Music Strangers in a strange city, Paul and Silas had very violent treatment.
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He Called for Lights
The Human Heart Protests Darkness That call of the Philippian jailer is the deepest call of every human heart. It distinguishes man from the dumb beasts.
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The Attraction of Agnosticism
Atheism and Agnosticism Not very long ago in Glasgow there was a criminal trial which attracted much attention, not only by reason of its peculiar...
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The Perils of Unsettlement
These Words Paul Spoke on His Way to Jerusalem Paul was journeying to Jerusalem when he spoke the words of our text.
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Paul before His Judges
Paul's Two Years in Prison After being five days at Caesarea, Paul was formally indicted by the Jewish party.
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Paul's Voyage and Shipwreck
Paul's Mediterranean Voyage All of us love stories of voyages and shipwrecks, and our lesson of today deals with these themes.
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The Life of Drift
Causes of Drifting: Internal Breakdown It is interesting to remember some of the causes that make vessels drift.
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Social Consequences of Individual Faith
What You Believe Affects the Lives of Others It might seem as if what a man believed were no concern to anybody else.
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The Broken Things of Life
Broken Time Among the broken things of life one would think first of broken time.
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Kindness at Melita
On the Island of Malta When at last the shipwrecked company reached shore, they learned that the island on which they were cast was Melita.
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The Saving Power of Hope
It is not difficult as one looks out on life to recognize the saving power of hope.
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The Separating Power Of Things Present
It is notable that in his enumeration of things which might dim the love of God to us, the apostle should make mention of things present, and by things...
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Maintaining the Glow
All of us have hours in the interior life when we are conscious of the glowing spirit. Our hearts burn within us as we journey.
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The Things That Make for Peace
Peace! There is a benediction in the word! It is one of the fairest words in human speech.
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Joy and Peace in Believing
It is a question we ought to ask ourselves, in our quiet hours of meditation, whether we really know the joy and peace which are the benediction of our text.
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The God of Hope
In the Hebrew language, as scholars know, there are several different words for rain.
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The Limits of Liberty
It has been said by some one, I forget by whom, that a Christian has no rights, he has only duties.
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The Grace of Happy-Heartedness
Cast thy burden upon the Lord--Psa 55:22 There are few graces which the world admires so much as the grace of a cheerful heart.
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The Wonder of That Night
Attention has been directed in these days of ours to what is called the method of suggestion.
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The Tyranny of Type
There is a constant tendency in social life to reduce men to a common level.
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Forewarned, Forearmed
This is a chapter of autobiography. It is one of the glimpses we get into the great human heart that everywhere throbs in these epistles.
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The Inescapable Elements of Life
When the apostle speaks about necessities he does not think of necessary things. That is not the sense of the original.
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A Plea for Simplicity
There are some words that have a tragic history. To the hearing ear and to the understanding heart they whisper strange secrets about human progress.
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The Apostolic Paradox
It will at once occur to you how true this was of the apostles.
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Free Grace
What the thorn was of which the apostle speaks is a question we never can answer.
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The Three Centers of Love
Christ also loved the church--Eph. 5:25 The Son of God, who loved me--Gal.
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The Offense of the Cross
Paul Longed for the Salvation of the Jews One thing which marks the ministry of Paul is how he lovingly yearned over the Jews.
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Acceptance in the Beloved
Forgiveness Does Not Necessarily Imply Acceptance It ought to be noted carefully by all who ponder the interior life that acceptance is something different...
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The Evangelical Grace of Tenderheartedness
Paul's Hard Heart The first thing to impress me as I read these words is the change which had been wrought in the apostle.
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The Uplift of the Body -- Part I
The True Charter of the Human Body Students of the New Testament have often remarked how much mention is made of the body.
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The Uplift of the Body -- Part II
Christ's Compassionate Care for the Body The second factor in this change of view was the compassionate care of Jesus for the body.
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The Shield of Faith
The Power That Protects Us The armor of the ancients was of two different kinds, and both kinds were absolutely necessary.
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The Tactfulness of Love
Tact--the Grace of Touching Others Gently The word that is here used for judgment is a very interesting word. It occurs nowhere else in the New Testament.
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The Subjugation of Our Higher Longings
Paul's Love for Christ One cannot wonder that the Apostle Paul had a desire to depart and to be with Christ.
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The Form of a Servant
Slaves and Servants On one occasion our Lord announced "I am among you as one who serveth." That was the summation of His ministry.
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Living Dangerously
Who Was Epaphroditus? All we know of Epaphroditus is told us in this letter.
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The Power of the Resurrection
The Fact Versus the Power Of the fact of the resurrection, Paul had not a shadow of a doubt. It was one of his indubitable certainties.
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The Discipline of Thought
Two Unseen Worlds When we speak of unseen things, we commonly refer to things that are eternal.
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How to Control Your Thoughts
The Power of Our Thoughts We are all familiar with the difference that is made by the thoughts that arise within our hearts.
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The Virtue of Forbearance
Three Necessary Virtues If a man is to live with any joy and fullness and to find what a noble abode this world may prove, there are three virtues which he...
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The Perfecting Power of Love
Paul, an Apostle of Love We are accustomed to think of Paul as a dogmatic writer, never so happy as when immersed in argument, but we must not forget with...
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The Thankful Spirit
In the Midst of Adversity The people to whom this was addressed were mostly people in very humble circumstances. Many of them would have been slaves.
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In the Name
Men of Old Put Great Faith in Names To the original readers of this letter this text would have a deep significance, and it would have that because to them...
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To the Half-Hearted
A Command to Slaves I want you to note how our text is introduced; it has a very. suggestive and illuminative context.
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Folk Who Are a Comfort to Us
Others Can Be Our Paregoric The word comfort in our text is a very interesting word.
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The Ambition of Quietness
Dangers of Great News of the Past and the Future The church at Thessalonica to which Paul wrote the letter was in an unsettled and distracted state.
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The Moral Conditions of Belief
Tampering with Conscience We must try to understand what the apostle means when he speaks of putting away a good conscience.
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Christ and the Hope of Immortality
The Mingling of the New and Old There are two ways in which Christ has worked in His long task of the regeneration of mankind.
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The Tragedy of Renounced Service
Demas--Col 4:14 Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world--2Ti 4:10 The Downfall of Demas The disloyalty of Demas has had a strange grip upon...
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The Selective Power of Personality
Misapplications of Scripture It would be an interesting but a melancholy study to consider the texts of Scripture which have been misapplied.
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Christ and the Fear of Death
We Face Death with Curiosity There are two feelings which the thought of death has always kindled in the human breast, and the first of them is curiosity.
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The Temptations of Calvary
Christ's Temptations Were Real That our Lord's temptations were intensely real is the accepted faith of Christendom.
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The Sinlessness of Christ
A Truth of Utmost Importance It might seem at first as if the sinlessness of Jesus were a matter far away from human need.
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The Interceding Savior
The Strengthening Power of Prayer There are times in life when it is very helpful to know that somebody is praying for us.
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Through the Eternal Spirit
The Two Worlds It is not likely, from the turn of the expression, that the writer is thinking of the Holy Spirit, and probably we shall get nearest to his...
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The Anguish of the Light
Battle After Illumination This is a very remarkable conclusion to a verse that suggests the blessings of the light: it is one of those suggestive...
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Patience
Virtues of Necessity There are some virtues which are exclusive virtues and are only demanded in peculiar circumstances.
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The Tent and the City
The Unfaltering Faith of Abraham In this great chapter, the roll call of the heroes, Abraham occupies a very honorable place.
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The Winsomeness of Jesus
Christ's Manner Was Gracious Our text tells us that the words of Christ were gracious words, and in every sense of the word gracious that is true.
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The Cloud of Witnesses
The Eyes of the Witnesses upon us While the word witness in the New Testament generally has the sense of testifier, there can be little question that in...
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On Weights
Sins and Weights When the writer speaks of the sin which doth beset us, he is not referring to one particular sin.
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The Discipline of Uncertainty
This, you say, is nothing original and I grant you at once it is not unusual.
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The Living Hope
One of the glorious things in our religion is the preeminence it gives to hope.
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Doing Things Happily
That word conversation, as we all know, has a different meaning on our lips from that which it bears in Holy Scripture.
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The Cross and Sin
The cross, though it be a single fact, is a fact with large diversity of meaning. Its significance is inexhaustible.
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Keeping in Love With Life
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
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What to Do With Our Cares
The cares of which the apostle speaks were those associated with persecution.
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Our Daily Bread
Every Harvest Is Prophecy Once more in the kindly providence of God we have reached the season of the harvest.
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Inspiration Not of Private Interpretation
There are some texts with the words of which we have been familiar since our childhood, and yet we may never have seriously asked ourselves what is their...
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The Slowness of God
It is not difficult to understand the mood of those whom the apostle is addressing.
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The Necessity of Acknowledging Sin
This text is just a little difficult to understand, and the difficulty is of a peculiar kind because it is not quite so easy to see what is the connection...
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The Crowning Vision
Whether we shall see God as He is, is a question that has been often agitated in the schools. No man hath seen God at any time.
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The Omniscience of Love
There are some texts of Scripture, and this is one of them, which are very generally misinterpreted.
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Have You Tried the Way of Love?
In a thoughtful book I came across a striking suggestion about Jesus. It is that the question He is always asking is, "Have you tried the way of love?"
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Love Perfects Service
Think of some young man a hundred years ago drafted into the service of the navy.
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Contrasted Environments
The two brief texts which I have chosen suggest the two environments of life, and do so in a very vivid way.
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The Note of the Heroic
It is notable that in this vision of the ascended Savior, the eyes should have been as it were a flame of fire.
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His Eyes
When John was an old man he had a vision of the ascended Lord.
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The Setting of the Pearl
The Fact of Jesus--Mark's Gospel It is generally agreed that the Gospel of St.
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The Wise Men and the Star
God Speaks Our Language One of the first lessons of this passage is that God speaks to men in ways they can understand.
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They Found What They Diligently Sought
At Last They Reached Their Goal I notice first of all that these wise men from the East came to the house at last.
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The Eternal Son
Unto us a child is born--Isa 9:6 The Joy of Christmas At Christmas, in common with all Christendom, our thoughts gladly journey towards Bethlehem.
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The Angels and the Babe
God Speaks Your language One of the messages of this beautiful story is that God speaks in ways we understand. That is part of His fatherly compassion.
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Love and Courage
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping and seeth two angels and she turned herself back, and saw Jesus--Joh 20:11, Joh 20:12, Joh 20:14 The...
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Where to Go at Christmas
Bethlehem Did Not Know What God Was Doing in Its Midst Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, that we may see the unobtrusiveness of God.
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The Message of Christmas
Find Out What God Is Doing in Your Neighborhood It was a great thing for these shepherds to be in the same country with the new-born Christ.
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Simeon and Anna -- Part I
Age and Infancy Meet No more beautiful scene could be imagined than this meeting of age and infancy in the Temple.
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Simeon and Anna -- Part II
God's Performance Greater Than His Promise Next we see that God's performance is greater than His promise.
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The Boyhood of Jesus
Uneventful Years Need Not Be Unprofitable One of the holiest doctors of the mediaeval church, who was placed by Dante among the saints of paradise, said a...
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Coming Back Again -- Part I
It Was Hard to Return to Nazareth after the Vision of Jerusalem That visit to Jerusalem was one of the great hours in the life of Jesus.
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Coming Back Again -- Part II
Routine Should Never Be Counted as Drudgery Now, that is big with meaning for us all, and is capable of endless application.