Sermons and Biblical Studies

(easter) Psalm 118:24 “This is the Day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” IT is always very difficult to realize any great joy or great sorrow. We cannot realize it by wishing to do so. What brings joys and sorrows of this world home to us, is their … Continue reading “DIFFICULTY OF REALIZING SACRED
PRIVILEGES”

(sixth sunday in lent) John 12:32 “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.” A GREAT number of men live and die without reflecting at all upon the state of things in which they find themselves. They take things as they come, and follow their inclinations as … Continue reading “THE CROSS OF CHRIST THE MEASURE OF THE
WORLD”

(sixth sunday in lent) Phil. 2:8 “Being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross.” HE who thus humbled Himself—being first made man, then dying, and that upon the shameful and agonizing Cross—was the same who from eternity had been “in the form … Continue reading “THE INCARNATE SON, A SUFFERER AND
SACRIFICE”

(fifth sunday in lent) Heb. 9:11 “Christ being come, an High Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building.” BEFORE the Passover the Jews numbered fourteen days, and then the Feast came. It was to be the fourteenth … Continue reading “CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD MADE MAN”

“Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” AS time goes on, and Easter draws nearer, we are called upon not only to mourn over our sins, but especially over the various sufferings which … Continue reading “2 COR.
8:9”

(fifth sunday in lent) 2 Cor. 8:9 “Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” AS time goes on, and Easter draws nearer, we are called upon not only to mourn over our sins, … Continue reading “CHRIST’S PRIVATIONS A MEDITATION FOR
CHRISTIANS”

“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake, and thine often infirmities.” THIS is a remarkable verse, because it accidentally tells us so much. It is addressed to Timothy, St. Paul’s companion, the first Bishop of Ephesus. Of Timothy we know very little, except that he did minister to St. … Continue reading “1 TIM.
5:23”

(lent) 1 Tim. 5:23 “Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake, and thine often infirmities.” THIS is a remarkable verse, because it accidentally tells us so much. It is addressed to Timothy, St. Paul’s companion, the first Bishop of Ephesus. Of Timothy we know very little, except that he … Continue reading “APOSTOLIC ABSTINENCE A PATTERN FOR
CHRISTIANS”

(second sunday in lent) Gen. 27:34 “And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.” I SUPPOSE no one can read this chapter without feeling some pity for Esau. He had expected that … Continue reading “LIFE THE SEASON OF REPENTANCE”

(first sunday in lent) Matt. 4:2 “And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungered.” THE season of humiliation, which precedes Easter, lasts for forty days, in memory of our Lord’s long-fast in the wilderness. Accordingly on this day, the first Sunday in Lent, we read the Gospel which … Continue reading “FASTING A SOURCE OF TRIAL”