"Sin ... exceeding sinful." -Romans 7:13
Beware of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender, that we are afraid of the s...
"Man ... is of few days, and full of trouble." -Job 14:1
It may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to remember this mournful fact, for it may ...
"In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved." -Psalm 30:6
"Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel." Give a man wealth; ...
"Abide in me." -John 15:4
Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight...
"Yea, he is altogether lovely." -Song of Solomon 5:16
The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He i...
"We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God." -Acts 14:22
God's people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when he chose his...
"Take up the cross, and follow me." -Mark 10:21
You have not the making of your own cross, although unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making; neither a...
"I will never leave thee." -Hebrews 13:5
No promise is of private interpretation. Whatever God has said to any one saint, he has said to all. When he opens a...
"The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power." -Nahum 1:3
Jehovah "is slow to anger." When mercy cometh into the world she driveth winged steeds; the axles...
"His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." -Genesis 49:24
That strength which God gives...
"Understandest thou what thou readest?" -Acts 8:30
We should be abler teachers of others, and less liable to be carried about by every wind of doctrine, if w...
"He hath said." -Hebrews 13:5
If we can only grasp these words by faith, we have an all-conquering weapon in our hand. What doubt will not be slain by this t...
