The Bible

The Deep-Seated Character of Sin

Jeremiah 17:1

… You know very well that when you take up the Bible in the evening and begin to read it, it is a dreadfully dry book. You have no …

Wordless Prayers Heard in Heaven

Isaiah 41:17

… works can save him, as no sermon-hearing can save him, as no Bible-reading can save him, no praying can save him—NOTHING that he can do …

The Cedars Of Lebanon

Psalm 104:16

… He may read his Bible regularly and have family prayers in his house. He may subscribe his guineas to all sorts of societies. He may be very kind …

The Student's Prayer

Psalm 119:27

… He said, "Oh no! By no means! But it was an intellectual treat." Is there anywhere in the Bible a word about intellectual treats, or anything approximating to …

'The Desire Of All Nations'

Haggai 2:7

… It does not seem time for you to help the Bible Society, but it seems to be time to male another investment, and purchase another estate that adjoins …

The Rainbow

Genesis 9:16

… Now, whatever you may think of that gloss, there certainly is one circular rainbow in the Bible, for that angel, in the tenth of Revelation, had "a rainbow …

Sunlight for Cloudy Days

Psalm 40:17

… They break out into words and this precious Bible contains the expression of those thoughts of love. This priceless Book is a love letter from our Father who …

Great Difference

Malachi 2:17

… not." The division will be sharp and decisive! Wherever you read in the Bible you find only two classes. You never read of three—you find the righteous …

Peter's Restoration

Luke 22:60-62

… Why, Brethren, a volume as big as a Bible is contained within that look of Jesus. I defy all the tongues and all the pens in the world …

Lessons on Divine Grace

1 Corinthians 15:10

… You went home to read your Bible and though you knew that it was a precious Book, it did not seem precious to you. It might be like …

The Form and Spirit of Religion

1 Samuel 4:3

… afterwards, sometimes to go to church, take a handsomely bound prayer-book and Bible, be very attentive and observant, and the bishop will no doubt set us all …

A Home Question and a Right Answer

John 6:66-69

… The Bible is put away; prayer is a thing neglected and, perhaps, despised! They walk no more with Christ, for they prefer a broader or a smoother road …

Sleepers Awakened

Jonah 1:5

… When you hear a passage from the Bible read, or when you hear of a friend who has died, you get somewhat aroused. Why, the very conversion of …

A Sacred Solo

Psalm 28:7

… know right well! Did you ever notice the middle verse of the whole Bible? It is the eighth verse of the 118th Psalm—"It is better to trust …

"Out of Darkness into Light"

Isaiah 49:9

… I read my Bible a great deal and the more I read it, the more the darkness thickened about me. Then I tried to pray and, ah, me …

Man's Extremity, God's Opportunity

Deuteronomy 32:36

… Have you come to such a pass that when you read the Bible, it condemns you? And when you hear the Gospel, the preacher seems as if he …

Jesus!

Matthew 1:21

… name! They sing to Him there as Jesus! See how it concludes the Bible. Read Revelation! Read its songs and see how they worship Jesus, the Lamb of …

Citizenship In Heaven

Philippians 3:20

… This book, the Bible, is the newspaper of Heaven, and therefore we must love it. The sermons which are preached are good news from a far country. The …

Bonds Which Could Not Hold

Acts 2:24

… They took away the Bible from the people. They concealed the Gospel in the Latin tongue and the nations were steeped in midnight darkness. Yet Christ could not …

Soul Saving Our One Business

1 Corinthians 9:22

… There are ministers of Christ present, at this hour, together with City Missionaries, Bible-Women, Sunday school teachers and other workers in my Master's vineyard. And I …

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… talk of our being justified by repentance, those of us who know our Bible would be up in arms against such a perversion of the Truth of God …

God's Goodness Leading to Repentance

Romans 2:4

… Think once more of how you felt when you were sitting at the table on which the family Bible lay open and morning and evening prayer was offered …

The Two Debtors

Luke 7:41

… father diligently instruct you in the way of salvation? You have read the Bible, you have a tolerably clear notion what is right and what is wrong, so …

“A New Departure”

… Return, my brethren, to  your earliest Bible-readings,  when you were wont to let the promise lie under your tongue as a dainty morsel. Ah! this Book, as …

The Barley Field on Fire

2 Samuel 14:29-31

… You have had calls, too, from your Bible, from religious books, from Christian friends. Holy zeal is not altogether dead, and it shows itself by looking after your …

The Danger of Unconfessed Sin

Psalm 32:3

… And if you do not confess to Him, you certainly will never obtain pardon, for there is not between the covers of the holy Bible a single intimation …

Retreat Impossible

Judges 11:35

… Say, "Here I go for Christ and His Cross, for the truth of the Bible, for the Laws of God, for holiness, for trust in Jesus! And by …

God—All in All

Job 34:29

… Some of you, whenever you turn the Bible over, can find nothing but threats in it. Each page cries out against you, "I bear a curse for you …

Prayer Found in the Heart

2 Samuel 7:27

… is, "You have opened the ear of Your servant." A promise in the Bible is often a promise to a deaf ear—but the promise, applied by the …

A Golden Sentence

John 4:34

… people who do nothing except read little Plymouth books, go to public meetings, Bible-readings, prophetic Conferences, and other forms of spiritual dissipation, would be a good deal …

Christ's Rest and Ours

Isaiah 11:10

… Yes, it is, itself, "glory." If you look in the margin of your Bible, you will see that our text may be read, "His rest shall be glory …

Martha And Mary

Luke 10:38-42

… Have we never erred in the same way? We must have that Sunday school excel- lently conducted, that morning Prayer Meeting must be improved, that Bible class must …

Seeing God's Goodness Here

Psalm 27:13

… When faith turns to the Bible and reads the history of the Lord's people, she sees that God has been good to them. And, knowing that He …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… I have been an evangelist, or I have been a Bible Woman, or I have been a Sunday school teacher now 20 or 30 years and I think …

Faith Without Sight

John 20:29

… was made a fool of? Find him out, if you can—in a Bible story or anywhere else—the man who really believed in God and, afterwards, came …

Gladness For Sadness

Psalm 90:15-17

… summers—then the day banishes the light altogether and you may read your Bible by the light of the midnight sun! Long wintry nights find compensation in a …

The Child Of Light Walking In Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… We read the Bible and we are not cheered by the promises. We attend public services and the silver bells of the sanctuary seem to have lost their …

Intercessory Prayer

Job 42:10

… If in the Bible there were no example of intercessory supplication, if Christ had not left it upon record that it was his will that we should pray …

A Singular But Needful Question

John 5:6

… So you do with this Bible—you read it as a sacred volume, but not as bearing upon your own best interests. How little you know of deep …

Abraham's Double Blessing

Genesis 12:2

… the new clerk moved the candle, went to his box, took out his Bible, drew his chair up, sat down as if he was quite at home, and …