“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8 I SHALL have nothing new to tell you; it will be as old as the everlasting hills, and so simple that a child may understand it. Love’s commendation. “God commendeth his love toward us,…
“I will give thee for a covenant of the people.” — Isaiah 49:8 WE ALL BELIEVE that our Saviour has very much to do with the covenant of eternal salvation. We have been accustomed to regard him as the Mediator of the covenant, as the surety of the covenant, and as the scope or substance…
“For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.” — Philippians 3:18-19 PAUL WAS the very model of…
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of…
“And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.” — Luke 9:42 THIS CHILD possessed with an evil spirit, is a most fitting emblem of every ungodly and unconverted man. Though we…
“Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.” — Galatians 2:10 Preached on behalf of the Aged Pilgrims’ Friend Society. POVERTY is no virtue; wealth is no sin. On the other hand, wealth is not morally good, and poverty is not morally evil. A man…
