Music in Worship Neh_7:67 : ’93And they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.’94 The best music has been rendered under trouble. The first duet that I know anything of was given by Paul and Silas when they sang praises to God and the prisoners heard them. The Scotch Covenanters, hounded … Continue reading “149. Music in Worship”
148. The Midnight Horseman
The Midnight Horseman Neh_2:15 : ’93Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.’94 A dead city is always more suggestive than a living city: ancient Rome than modern Rome; a ruin rather than newly frescoed … Continue reading “148. The Midnight Horseman”
147. Nehemiah
Nehemiah Autor: T. De Witt Talmage
146. Benediction For Doctors
Benediction For Doctors 2Ch_16:12-13 : ’93And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. And Asa slept with his fathers.’94 At this season of the year, when medical … Continue reading “146. Benediction For Doctors”
145. The Spicery of Religion
The Spicery of Religion 2Ch_9:9 : ’93Of spices great abundance… neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.’94 What is that building out yonder, glittering in the sun? Have you not heard? It is the house of the forest of Lebanon. King Solomon has just taken to it his … Continue reading “145. The Spicery of Religion”
144. 2 Chronciles
2 Chronciles Autor: T. De Witt Talmage
143. Two Decades—1864 and 1884
Two Decades’971864 and 1884 1Ch_21:27 : ’93And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.’94 One day in Davidic times the people looked up and saw against the sky something which made the blood curdle and the cheek blanch and the breath stop’97an angel of overtowering stature, … Continue reading “143. Two Decades—1864 and 1884”
142. Superfluities a Hindrance
Superfluities a Hindrance 1Ch_20:6-7 : ’93A man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot; and he also was the son of a giant. But when he defied Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David’92s brother, slew him.’94 Malformation photographed, and for what … Continue reading “142. Superfluities a Hindrance”
141. Cradle of the Twentieth Century
Cradle of the Twentieth Century 1Ch_12:32 : ’93The children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.’94 Great tribe, that tribe of Issachar. When Joab took the census, there were one hundred and forty-five thousand six hundred of them. Before the almanac was born, through … Continue reading “141. Cradle of the Twentieth Century”
140. A Snowy Day
A Snowy Day 1Ch_11:22 : ’93He went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.’94 Have you ever heard of him? His name was Benaiah. He was a man of stout muscle and of great avoirdupois. His father was a hero, and he inherited prowess. He was athletic and there was … Continue reading “140. A Snowy Day”