“BUT now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have need of you.”—1 Cor. 12:20, 21. My remarks on this occasion …
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CHRISTIANITY REVERSED
OR, A NEW OFFICE OF INITIATION, FOR ALL YOUTHS OF THE SUPERIOR CLASS BEING A SUMMARY OF LORD CHESTERFIELD’S CREED. I BELIEVE, that this world is the object of my hopes and morals; and that the little prettinesses of life will answer all the ends of human …
THE BRAZEN SERPENT
JOHN 3:14, 15 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life. Jesus and his salvation were the substance of all the ancient …
JESUS OF NAZARETH PASSING BY
MAT. 20:29–34 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord thou Son of David. And …
Literature of the Dust
John 8:6: “Jesus stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground.” A Mohammedan mosque stands now where once stood Herod’s temple, the scene of my text. Solomon’s temple had stood there, but Nebuchadnezzar thundered it down. Zerubbabel’s temple had stood there, but that …
The Dumb Bell
MR. GATTY, in his book on “Bells,” gives the following anecdote, on the credit of Cardinal Baronius: “When Charles II., King of France, A.D. 615, was at Sens, in Burgundy, he heard a bell in the church of St. Stephen, the sound of which pleased …
ON CHRISTIAN LOVE
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.—John 15:12. SEEING the time is so far spent, we will take no more in hand at this time than this one sentence; for it will be enough for us to consider …
WATCHFULNESS AND PRAYERFULNESS
1 PETER 4:7.—“Watch unto prayer.” IN explaining this injunction of St. Peter, we shall show the importance of a watchful and prayerful spirit, by considering the innate disposition of the human heart. We shall find the argument derived from the fact that man is naturally …
THE HEAVENLY FOOTMAN
So run that ye may obtain.—1 Cor. 9:24. HEAVEN and happiness is that which every one desireth, insomuch that wicked Balaam could say, “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.” Yet, for all this, there are …
SANCTIFICATION COMPLETED AT DEATH
1 CORINTHIANS 2:9.—“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” THESE words primarily refer to the higher knowledge which is in reserve for the Christian in heaven. …