"We shall see him as he is" - 1 John 3:2 It is one of the most natural desires in all the world that when we hear of a great and a good man, we should wish to see his person. When we read the works of any eminent author, we are accustomed [...]

"Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of [...]

"Peace, peace; when there is no peace" - Jeremiah 6:14 Ministers are fearfully guilty if they intentionally build up men in a false peace. I cannot imagine any man more greatly guilty of blood than he who plays jackal to the lion of hell [...]

"Thus hath the Lord GOD shown unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass [...]

"These are the two covenants", Galatians 4:24. There cannot be a greater difference in the world between two things than there is between law and grace. And yet, strange to say, while the things are diametrically opposed and essentially [...]

"Therefore let us not sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober", 1 Thessalonians 5:6. What sad things sin has done. This fair world of ours was once a glorious temple, every pillar of which reflected the goodness of God and every [...]

"As thy days, so shall thy strength be", Deuteronomy 33:25. Beloved, it seems a sad thing that every day must die and be followed by a night. When we have seen the hills clad with verdure to their summit and the seas laving their base with [...]

"Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him", Psalm 2:12. It will not be needful for me this morning to be controversial in my [...]

"This man receives sinners", Luke 15:2. DEARLY BELOVED, It has pleased the Lord by a painful illness to interrupt, for a little while my usual labors. As I was unable to preach last Lord's day, accept this week the issue of an old sermon. [...]

"The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground", Genesis 4:10. Cain was of the wicked one and slew his brother. "The way of Cain" is not hard to describe. He is too proud to offer atonement for his sin, he [...]

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me", Philippians 4:13. The former part of the sentence would be a piece of impudent daring without the latter part to interpret it. There have been some men who, puffed up with [...]

"And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father", Galatians 4:6. We do not find the doctrine of the Trinity in Unity set forth in Scripture in formal terms, such as those which are [...]

"There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they [...]

"He hath made us accepted in the beloved". Ephesians 1:6. "THE beloved"! This was a golden name which the ancient church in her most joyous moments was wont to give to the Anointed of the Lord. When the time of the singing of [...]

"But when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away". Genesis 15:11 We might use this text, if we chose, as a picture of the ease with which faith repels all attacks that are made upon Christ, the great sacrifice of the [...]