“I know their sorrows.”  Exodus 3:7            The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows”; and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us? 1. He is the Physician, and if he knows all, there is no need that the patient […]

“And the evening and the morning were the first day.” Gen. 1:5 The evening was “darkness” and the morning was “light,” and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone! This is somewhat remarkable, but it has an exact analogy in spiritual experience. In every believer there […]

Faith which works by love.” Galatians 5:6           Love is that grace of the Spirit that brings faith into active exercise; and faith, thus brought into exercise, brings every spiritual blessing into the soul. A believer stands by faith; he walks by faith; he overcomes by faith; he lives by faith. Love is therefore a […]

Sweet thought! In Jesus, and the relationship, which he hath condescended to place himself in, all his poor followers may find a supply to fill up every vacancy. My soul, contemplate Jesus in this blessed feature of character. What relation do we need? The fatherless are commanded to look to him whose name is the […]

Dwell Together In Unity “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” (Psalm 133:1). I preached last week for such a delightful and enthusiastic crowd in Canada, Kentucky. After having dinner with about twenty people at the pastor’s home, we adjourned to the porch for coffee and talk. […]

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What is a Successful Ministry?          In this day of big business religion, when churches are measured not by           their orthodoxy, but by the opinions of men, when a preacher’s success is measured not by his faithfulness, but by the number of names added to the church roll, it might be wise to consider […]

“She gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.”                              Ruth 2:3            Her hap was. Yes, it seemed nothing but an accident, but how divinely was it overruled! Ruth had gone forth with […]

“Behold I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy.”  Luke 10:19.             Astonishing the mercy, and wonderful the privilege manifested to the followers of the Lamb! Poor, and weak, and helpless, as they are in themselves, yet how strong in the grace which is […]

Dear Lord, into Thy faithful hands, My welfare I commit; And to Thy righteousness alone, For safely I retreat.  Sorrows and agonies and death, Thou didst endure for me; When all the sins of God’s elect Where made to meet on Thee.  Though worthy in myself of hell And everlasting shame; I cannot dread the […]