“But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise.” — Matthew 22:5 MAN IS not much changed since the days of Adam. In his bodily frame, he appears to be exactly similar, for skeletons many hundred years’ old are the exact counterparts of ours; and sure…
“Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.” — Proverbs 18:12 ALMOST EVERY event has its prophetic prelude. It is an old and common saying, that “coming events cast their shadows before them;” the wise man teaches us the same lesson in the verse before us. When destruction walks through…
“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors.” — Rom. 8:12 OBSERVE the title whereby he addressed the Church— “Brethren.” It was the gospel which taught Paul how to say brother. If he had not been a Christian, his Jewish dignity would never have condescended to call a Roman—“brother;” for a Jew sneered at the Gentile, and called…
“This shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year” — Leviticus 16:34 THE JEWS had many striking ceremonies which marvelously set forth the death of Jesus Christ as the great expiation of our guilt and the salvation of our souls….
“Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” — Proverbs 27:1 On Behalf of the Metropolitan Benefit Societies’ Asylum, Ball’s Pond Road, Islington. GOD’S MOST HOLY WORD was principally written to inform us of the way to heaven, and to guide us in our path through this world,…
“I will be their God.” — Jeremiah 31:33 WHAT A GLORIOUS covenant the second covenant is! Well might it be called “a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” Heb. viii. 6. It is so glorious that the very thought of it is enough to overwhelm the soul, when it discerns the amazing condescension…
