January 1, 1970

The Sheep before the Shearers   “As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.”— Isaiah liii. 7.   IT is very suggestive of the way in which our Lord Jesus took the sinner’s place that we are here in the context compared to sheep: “All we like sheep have gone astray,” and then …

Isaiah:53:7

January 1, 1970

I Was Before    “Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious.”— 1 Timothy i. 13.   I AM not going to dwell at this time upon the special items of the text as to what Paul was before his conversion, because none of us have been exactly as he was. We have all gone astray like …

1 Timothy:1:13

January 1, 1970

Bad Lodgers, and How to Treat Them    “O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?” — Jeremiah iv. 14.   ONE notices in reading such a chapter as this fourth of Jeremiah that the change which God required in the Jewish people was a very …

Jeremiah:4:14

January 1, 1970

The Golden Lamp and its Goodly Lessons    “And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, and said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of …

Zechariah:4:1-3

January 1, 1970

MASCHIL OF ETHAN: A MAJESTIC SONG.   “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.”— Psalm lxxxix. 1, 2.   THIS psalm is one of the very choicest …

Psalms:89:1-2

January 1, 1970

Desires towards God: a Sermon for the Weak    “Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.”— Psalm xxxviii. 9   IT is our earnest, desire that all who are in Christ may be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. I could earnestly wish to see such …

Psalms:38:9

January 1, 1970

The Duty of the Present Hour    “Break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”— Hosea x. 12.   “BREAK up your fallow ground.” Our nature at its largest is but a small farm, and we had need to get a harvest out of every acre …

Hosea:10:12

January 1, 1970

The Plain Man's Pathway to Peace    “And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They …

Matthew:9:27-30

January 1, 1970

Tokens for Good    “Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.”— Psalm Ixxxvi. 17.   I WOULD have you note, beloved friends, at the outset, how this man of God, in the hour of conflict, looks to his divine protector. …

Psalms:86:17

January 1, 1970

RARE FRUIT.   “I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace.”— Isaiah lvii. 19.   “THE fruit of the lips”! The lips are neither trees of the orchard nor herbs of the garden. What fruit can they bear? The scattering of Babel came of human speech when languages were multiplied, and the uuited race split up into fragments. …

Isaiah:57:19