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Lamentations Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

The Swelling of Jordan Jer_12:5 : ’93If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?’94 Jeremiah had become impatient with his troubles. … Continue reading “297. The Swelling of Jordan”

A New Year’92s Discourse Jer_28:16 : ’93This year thou shalt die.’94 Jeremiah, accustomed to saying bold things, addresses Hananiah in these words. They prove true. In sixty days Hananiah had departed this life. This is the first Sabbath of the year. It is a time for review and for anticipation. A man must be a … Continue reading “298. A New Year’s Discourse”

Jeremiah Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

Splendors of Orthodoxy Jer_6:16 : ’93Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.’94 A great London fog has come down upon some of the ministers and some of the churches in the shape of what is called ’93advanced thought’94 in Biblical interpretation. … Continue reading “296. Splendors of Orthodoxy”

A Motherly God Isa_66:13 : ’93As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.’94 The Bible is a warm letter of affection from a parent to a child, and yet there are many who see chiefly the severer passages. As there may be fifty or sixty nights of gentle dew in one summer … Continue reading “294. A Motherly God”

The Bride of Nations Isa_62:4 : ’93Thy land shall be married.’94 As the greater includes the less, so does the circle of future joy around our entire world include the epicycle of our own republic. Bold, exhilarant, unique, divine imagery of the text. At the close of a week in which for three days our … Continue reading “292. The Bride of Nations”

Pageantry of the Woods Isa_64:6 : ’93We all do fade as a leaf.’94 It is so hard for us to understand religious truth that God constantly reiterates. As the schoolmaster takes a blackboard, and puts upon it figures and diagrams, so that the scholar may not only get his lesson through the ear, but also … Continue reading “293. Pageantry of the Woods”

Voices of Nature Isa_60:13 : ’93The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary.’94 On our way from Damascus we saw the mountains of Lebanon white with snow, and the places from which the cedars were hewn, and then drawn by … Continue reading “290. Voices of Nature”

Alexander H. Stephens Isa_60:22 : ’93A little one shall become a thousand.’94 In this prophecy is set forth that which we have all noticed; that the amount of avoirdupois weight does not decide the amount of one’92s effectiveness. Many a man with vast physical equipment does not weigh a half ounce on the side of … Continue reading “291. Alexander H. Stephens”