Sermons and Biblical Studies

Destitution in Ireland Mat_25:35 : ’93I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat.’94 Owning California, Australia and Golconda, all the reindeer of the forest, all the buffalo of the plain, all the wild, duck of the marshes, all the plover of the sky, all the fish of the five oceans, all the grain fields … Continue reading “379. Destitution in Ireland”

Welcome and Dismissal Mat_25:31-32 : ’93When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from … Continue reading “378. Welcome and Dismissal”

Rewards for the Dull Mat_25:15 : ’93Unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability.’94 Many of the parables of Jesus Christ were more graphic in the times in which he lived than they are now, because circumstances have so much changed. In … Continue reading “377. Rewards for the Dull”

Winter and How to Meet It Mat_24:20 : ’93Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.’94 The inhabitants of the old city of Jerusalem were here told that they would have to fly for their lives. Such flight would be painful, even in the flush of spring-time, but superlatively distressing if in cold … Continue reading “376. Winter and How to Meet It”

Divine Satire Mat_23:24 : ’93Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.’94 A proverb is compact wisdom, knowledge in chunks, a library in a sentence, the electricity of many clouds discharged in one bolt, a river put through a mill-race. When Christ quotes the proverb of the text, he means to … Continue reading “375. Divine Satire”

Martyrs of the Needle Mat_19:24 : ’93It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.’94 Whether this ’93eye of the needle’94 be the small gate at the side of the big gate at the entrance of the wall of the ancient city, as is generally interpreted, or the eye of … Continue reading “374. Martyrs of the Needle”

Easy Divorce Mat_19:6 : ’93What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.’94 That there are hundreds and thousands of infelicitous homes in America no one will doubt. If there were only one skeleton in the closet, that might be locked up and abandoned; but in many a home there is a skeleton … Continue reading “373. Easy Divorce”

Midnight Exploration Third Night Mat_16:18 : ’93The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’94 You know about the gates of heaven. You have often heard them preached about. There are three to each point of the compass. On the north, three gates; on the south, three gates; on the east, three gates; on the … Continue reading “372. Midnight Exploration”

Contrary Winds Mat_14:24. ’93The wind was contrary.’94 As I well know by experience on Lake Galilee, one hour all may be calm, and the next hour the winds and waves will be so boisterous that you are in doubt as to whether you will land on the shore or on the bottom of the deep. … Continue reading “371. Contrary Winds”

As I well know by experience on Lake Galilee, one hour all may be calm, and the next hour the winds and waves will be so boisterous that you are in doubt as to whether you will land on the shore or on the bottom of the deep. The disciples in the text were caught … Continue reading “370. As I well know by experience on Lake Galilee, one hour all may be calm, and the next ho…”