Sermons and Biblical Studies

Heroes of the Navy Jas_3:4 : ’93Behold also the ships.’94 If this exclamation was appropriate about eighteen hundred and seventy-two years ago, when it was written concerning the crude fishing smacks that sailed Lake Galilee, how much more appropriate in an age which has launched from the dry docks for purposes of peace the Oceanic … Continue reading “539. Heroes of the Navy”

Shams in Religion Jas_2:20 : ’93Faith without works is dead.’94 The Roman Catholic Church has been charged with putting too much stress upon good works and not enough upon faith. I charge Protestantism with not putting enough stress upon goods works as connected with salvation. Good works will never save a man, but if a … Continue reading “538. Shams in Religion”

James Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

Contentment Heb_13:5 : ’93Be content with such things as ye have.’94 If I should ask some one, ’93Where is Brooklyn today?’94 he would say, ’93At Brighton Beach, or East Hampton, or Shelter Island.’94 ’93Where is New York, today?’94 ’93At Long Branch.’94 ’93Where is Philadelphia?’94 ’93Cape May.’94 ’93Where is Boston?’94 ’93At Martha’92s Vineyard.’94 ’93Where is Virginia?’94 … Continue reading “536. Contentment”

The Saving Look Heb_12:2 : ’93Looking unto Jesus.’94 In the Christian life we must not go slipshod. This world was not made for us to rest in. In time of war you will find around the streets of some city, far from the scene of conflict, men in soldier’92s uniform, who have a right to … Continue reading “535. The Saving Look”

Suffering for Others Heb_9:22 : ’93Without shedding of blood is no remission.’94 John G. Whittier, the last of the great school of American poets who made the end of the century brilliant, asked me in the White Mountains, one morning after prayers, in which I had given out Cowper’92s famous hymn about ’93The Fountain Filled … Continue reading “534. Suffering for Others”

The Art of Forgetting Heb_8:12 : ’93Their sins and their inquiries will I remember no more.’94 The national flower of the Egyptians is the heliotrope, of the Assyrians is the water-lily, of the Hindus is the marigold, of the Chinese is the chrysanthemum. We have no national flower, but there is hardly any flower more … Continue reading “533. The Art of Forgetting”

Hebrews Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

Lawyers Tit_3:13 : ’93Bring Zenas the lawyer.’94 We all admire the heroic and vigorous side of Paul’92s nature, as when he stands coolly deliberate on the deck of the corn-ship, while the Jacktars of the Mediterranean are cowering in the cyclone; as when he stands undaunted amid the marvels of the palace, before thick-necked Nero, … Continue reading “531. Lawyers”

Titus Autor: T. De Witt Talmage