THE BARREN FIG TREE OR THE DOOM AND DOWNFALL OF THE FRUITLESS PROFESSOR SHOWING, THAT THE DAY OF GRACE MAY BE PAST WITH HIM LONG BEFORE HIS LIFE IS ENDED THE SIGNS ALSO BY WHICH SUCH MISERABLE MORTALS MAY BE KNOWN ‘Who being dead, …
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CHRISTIAN AND THE ARROWS OF BEELZEBUB “When Christian was stepping in at the Wicket Gate, Goodwill gave him a pull. Then said Christian, ‘What means that?’ Good-will said to him, ‘A little distance from this gate there is erected a strong castle, of which Beelzebub …
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me! and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”—JOHN 10:27, 28 THAT is a glorious saying, a perfect and …
PSALM 139:1–6.—“O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising; thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in …
A Lord’s Day morning invocation OH! that the salvation of God were come out of Zion! Oh! that his arm were made bare, and that the strength of his righteousness were manifested! Our soul this day waiteth upon thee, O God! We anxiously pray for …
The third conflict: Matthew 4:8–10 “Again the devil took him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and said unto him, all these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down …
Spring in the Heart “Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.”—Psalm 65:10. THOUGH other seasons excel in fulness, spring must always bear the palm for freshness and beauty. We thank …
“IT IS GOOD FOR ME TO BE NEAR UNTO GOD” When in holy ecstacy the Psalmist sings: “I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplication,” he pours out his whole soul in his song, but the love can not be …
The Covenant of Works In the eighth chapter we have depicted Adam in his eminent, holy, and glorious nature. We shall now speak of him as being in covenant with God—the covenant of works. Acquaintance with this covenant is of the greatest importance, for whoever …
Pictures from Pilgrim’s Progress A Commentary on Portions of John Bunyan’s Immortal Allegory “HELPS” HAVING spoken about the best way of helping souls out of despondency and distress, I shall now proceed to describe those who may truly be called HELPS—for it is not …
