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A Scroll of Heroes 2Ti_2:3 : ’93Thou therefore endure hardness.’94 Historians are not slow to acknowledge the merits of great military chieftains. We have the full-length portraits of the Washingtons, the Napoleons, the Wellingtons, the Baldwins, the Cromwells, and the Marshal Neys of the world. History is not written in black ink, but with red … Continue reading “528. A Scroll of Heroes”

From Dungeon to Palace 2Ti_4:6 : ’93The time of my departure is at hand.’94 The way out of this world is so blocked up with coffin and hearse and undertaker’92s spade and screwdriver, that the Christian can hardly think as he ought of the most cheerful passage in all his history. We hang black instead … Continue reading “529. From Dungeon to Palace”

2 Timothy Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

The Grandmother 2Ti_1:5 : ’93The unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois.’94 In this affectionate letter which Paul, the old minister, is writing to Timothy, the young minister, the family record is brought out. Paul practically says: ’93Timothy, what a good grandmother you had! You ought to be better … Continue reading “527. The Grandmother”

Woman’92s Happiness 1Ti_5:6 : ’93She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.’94 The editor of a Boston newspaper some time ago wrote asking me the terse questions: ’93What is the road to happiness?’94 and ’93Ought happiness to be the chief aim of life?’94 My answer was: ’93The road to happiness is the continuous … Continue reading “524. Woman’s Happiness”

The Guess of Evolution 1Ti_6:20 : ’93O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding oppositions of science, falsely so called.’94 There is no contest between genuine science and revelation. The same God who by the hand of prophet wrote on parchment, by the hand of the storm wrote on the rock. The … Continue reading “525. The Guess of Evolution”

The Go-Between 1Ti_2:5 : ’93For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.’94 Words of an old minister to a young theological student’97Paul to Timothy. The old man was afflicted with diseased eyes. The pain was so sharp and stinging that he describes it as ’93a thorn in … Continue reading “522. The Go-Between”

(A New Year’92s Sermon.) Ante-Mortem Religion (A New Year’92s Sermon.) 1Ti_4:8 : ’93Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.’94 There is a gloomy and passive way of waiting for events to come upon us, and there is a heroic way of … Continue reading “523. Ante-Mortem Religion”

The Glorious Gospel 1Ti_1:11 : ’93According to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.’94 The greatest novelty of our time is the Gospel. It is so old that it is new. As potters and artists are now attempting to fashion pitchers and cups and curious ware like those of … Continue reading “520. The Glorious Gospel”

Prayer for Rulers 1Ti_2:1 : ’93I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority.’94 That which London is to England, Paris to France, Berlin to Germany, Rome to Italy, Vienna to Austria, St. Petersburg to Russia, … Continue reading “521. Prayer for Rulers”