"Thy Maker is thy husband; the Lord of hosts is his name. The ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion, with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads." Isaiah 54:5, 35:10 When Cyrus took the king of Armenia and his son Tigranes, and their wives and...
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men." John 1:4 "Whatever rational knowledge men may have of divine truths as they are doctrinally proposed in the Scripture, yet if they know them not in their respect unto the person of Christ as the foundation of the...
"The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again. 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15....
"By the grace of God I am what I am." 1 Corinthians 15:10 Be this my motto, both as to my natural and spiritual life: how else could I have existed at all. Had not foreknowledge planned, and wisdom contrived, and power put every atom together, and fixed my scene of...
Praise on the Lord's Day ~ March 11, 2012 "I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is...
"Upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. The King’s daughter is all glorious within—her clothing is of wrought gold. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; so shall the King...
"Unto you, therefore, which believe, he is precious." 1 Peter 2:7. Reader, put these few following questions to thine own heart, as in the presence of God: if thou canst answer them affirmatively, doubt not thy real interest in him, and in his great salvation. Is...
"Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat; but narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:13,14. This sounds too harsh in the ears of the old man, who would not have the law made use...
"I live by the faith of the Son of God." Galatians 2:20. In spiritual things we are too often living upon self; we seek in frames, forms, creatures, and animal life, that inward peace and stability of mind which is only to be found in the Redeemer. Outward duties...