“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” — Mark 8:36 MANY MEN have been made bankrupts through inattention to their books. No man ever loses anything by counting the cost, knowing his own expenditure, and keeping his debtor and creditor pretty closely up; but…
“This man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.” — Hebrews 10:12-13 AT THE LORD’S TABLE, we wish to have no subject for contemplation but our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, and we have been…
“Verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.” — Hebrews 2:16 THE ALMIGHTY GOD, who dwelt alone, was pleased to manifest himself by created works, which should display his wisdom and his power. When he set about the mighty work of creation, he determined…
“They hated me without a cause.” — John 15:25 IT IS USUALLY UNDERSTOOD, that the quotation our Saviour here refers to is to be found in the 35th Psalm, at the 19th verse, where David says, speaking of himself immediately and of the Saviour prophetically, “Let not them who are mine enemies rejoice over me,…
“Do as thou hast said.” — 2 Samuel 7:25 NATHAN had been giving to David, on God’s behalf, sundry exceeding great and precious promises. David expresses his gratitude to God for having so promised, and he says, “Now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish…
“The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.” — Psalm 29:4 ALL GOD’S WORKS praise him, whether they be magnificent or minute, they all discover the wisdom, the power, and the benevolence of their Creator. “All thy works praise thee, O God.” But there are some of his more majestic works which sing the…
