"For there stood by me this night the angel of God." -Acts 27:23
Tempest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had brought the crew of ...
"The place which is called Calvary." -Luke 23:33
The hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross; th...
"Thy gentleness hath made me great." -Psalm 18:35
The words are capable of being translated, "thy goodness hath made me great." David gratefully ascribed all...
"And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him." -Luke 23:27
Amid the rabble rout which hounded the Re...
"I will fear no evil: for thou art with me." -Psalm 23:4
Behold, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a brigh...
"If they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?" -Luke 23:31
Among other interpretations of this suggestive question, the following ...
"Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord." -Isaiah 2:3
It is exceedingly beneficial to our souls to mount above this present evil world to some...
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." -2 Corinthians 5:21
Mourning Christian! why ...
"It is time to seek the Lord." -Hosea 10:12
This month of April is said to derive its name from the Latin verb aperio, which signifies to open, because all t...
"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth." -Song of Solomon 1:2
For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour's passion, and for some little t...
"Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am." -John 17:24
O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading br...
"And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed." -Matthew 26:39
There are several instructive features in our Saviour's prayer in his hour o...
