“I know their sorrows."-Exodus 3:7
The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows;” and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend a...
“Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work."-Psalm 92:4
Do you believe that your sins are forgiven, and that Christ has made a full atonement for them? Th...
“He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils."-Mark 16:9
Mary of Magdala was the victim of a fearful evil. She was possessed by...
“The city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it." -Revelation 21:23
Yonder in the better world, the inhabitants are independent of all c...
"He shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom." -Isaiah 40:11
Who is he of whom such gracious words are spoken? He is the Good Shepher...
"Joint heirs with Christ." -Romans 8:17
The boundless realms of his Father's universe are Christ's by prescriptive right. As "heir of all things," he is the ...
"Thou art my portion, O Lord." -Psalm 119:57
Look at thy possessions, O believer, and compare thy portion with the lot of thy fellowmen. Some of them have th...
"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." -Psalm 30:5
Christian! If thou art in a night of trial, think of the morrow; cheer up thy he...
"And will manifest myself to him." -John 14:21
The Lord Jesus gives special revelations of himself to his people. Even if Scripture did not declare this, the...
"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...
