The Church

Gathering to the Center

Mark 1:45

… A taste for the Church loaves and fishes is pretty common, still, so that many come to the Church and, nominally to Christ, from the quarter of the …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden (Continued)

… out of a High Church building, which one of the early students secured for Dissenting worship when it was vacated by its Ritualistic congregation for a more imposing …

The Superlative Excellence Of The Holy Spirit

John 16:7

… Jesus Christ could not be present in this congregation after the flesh and yet present in a neighboring Church, much less present in America and in Australia and …

The Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… This warm hearted, joyful singing—why, it makes the congregation on earth to be like the assembly of the skies; and causes the meeting-place of the saints …

A Leap Year Sermon

1 Corinthians 15:8

… in the congregation, that day, a young man who had always been a ringleader in the Sabbath sports—he was no sooner out of church, in the morning …

A Tempted Savior—Our Best Succor

Hebrews 2:18

… My text, furnishing the motto for the congregation for the New Year is, as you know, always supplied to me by a most venerable clergyman of the Church …

A New Order of Priests and Levites

Isaiah 66:21

… I pray God sometimes that he would save a great multitude of the priests of the church of Rome and the church of England. Be did in the …

Two Ancient Proverbs

Proverbs 29:25

… What would have become of the Church of God if the Apostles had been such timid, gentle Christians as some whom I know? They would not have gone …

A Sermon For The Week Of Prayer

Colossians 4:2

… Consider it as such! Never expect that the world will be friends with the Church. Indeed the world will be friendly enough with the Church if the Church …

The Two Guards Praying and Watching

Nehemiah 4:9

… There may be some of you who like prayers made for you and it may be that, if all the congregation are to join in the supplication, and …

The Census of Israel

Numbers 16:66

… Search beyond the congregation for new converts, but do not forget to look within your own doors for the largest accessions to the Church! Hope that your sons …

A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children

1 John 2:12

… Therefore they are the solid strength of the Church! If the young men are the Church's arm, these are the Church's backbone. We need to have …

The Dew of Christ's Youth

Psalm 110:3

… Gough, but, with all his ability, if he were to deliver a teetotal lecture twice every Sabbath, in any pulpit in England, he could not command a congregation …

The Empty Place—a Christmas Day Sermon

1 Samuel 20:25

… Those who have served the Church are remembered, too, and empty chairs in the world, in the Church, and in the family awaken a great many memories. I …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… It appears that our Lord especially fixes His eyes upon the labors of the Church. What is the Church allowed to be on earth for but that she …

The Servants and the Pounds

Luke 19:12

… I do not think that systems of Church government which involve a measure of the spy system are at all after our Lord's mind. If Christians are …

Sown Among Thorns

Matthew 13:7

… An eloquent congregation will make any preacher eloquent: help me then this morning. If you will give me your ear, you will make up for my deficiency of …

Renewing Strength

Isaiah 40:31

… First, then, here WE SEE HOW A TRUE CHURCH MAY BE DESCRIBED—"They that wait upon the Lord." A Church such as a Church ought to be, consists …

Impotence and Omnipotence

John 5:5-9

… My Lord knows all about you! I cannot pick you out in this congregation, but remember, while I am preaching tonight, miracles will be worked—processes which will …

The Ever-Living Priest

Hebrews 7:23-25

… Sorry scoundrels come here at times—there may be dreadful characters at this moment mingled with this vast congregation—and truly, I am not sorry that they are …

Peace By Believing

Romans 5:1

… We might give it, even, in the midst of a congregation of assembled demons and defy them, if they can, to break its power. We may give it …

Among Lions

Psalm 57:4

… Then we can say, "My soul is among lions." I know that many in this congregation are the only ones in their family whom God has called. I …

The Unknown Ways of Love

John 13:7

… There are some in this congregation who do not know my Lord. I have been much exercised in my mind about you while I have been confined to …

An Astounding Miracle

Mark 1:21-28

… a person of whom this man is the emblem would come into the congregation today, for I have seen such people. I have not dared personally to apply …

Sleep Not

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… An unwatchful church will soon become an unholy church. A church which does not carefully guard the truth as it is in Jesus, will become an unsound church …

The Judgment Seat Of God

Romans 14:10-12

… Back then the bulk of the converts were Jews and, as such, they brought into the Christian Church their former religious habits—those men who had devoutly kept …

Life Eternal

John 10:28

… SOME will say that this is a mixed congregation and that such a doctrine as this should not be advanced in the presence of ungodly men and women …

Conversions Encouraged

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

… And probably there are some backsliders here who once stood in the Church of God, but have been cut off from there. Who once were very zealous and …

God's Handwriting Upon David

1 Chronicles 28:19

… Christ is the one Head of His Church and we must, in all that we do in the building of His Church, consult with Him, or else we …

The Place of Prayer and Pardon

2 Chronicles 6:28-30

… I may have some in this congregation, who can say, "We have no grief. We have no trouble." Well, if that is the case, I am not sure …

The New Fashion

Mark 2:12

… Some time ago a Missionary had told his congregation that in the winter time the water in England became so hard that a man could walk upon it …

A Silly Dove

Hosea 7:11

… In this congregation, in the midst of the city of London, we have too large a company of those who are "like a silly dove without heart." To …

No Compromise

Genesis 24:5-8

… All the Great Father's heart is set on giving to Christ a church which shall be his beloved for ever. Jesus must not be alone: his church …

Lukewarmness

Revelation 3:15

… The great curse of the Church—that which brings more dishonor upon the Lord than all the ribald jests of scoffing atheists—is the lukewarmness of its members …

Blessing on the Printed Sermons

… Although nominally a Church of England man, previous to reading the sermon alluded to, I had only been once to church since my arrival in the Colony, now …

Shiloh

Genesis 49:10

… If you expect there will be a unity of the Greek Church, the Latin Church and the Anglican Church, I can only say that were all three united …

Who Can Tell?

Jonah 3:9

… Oh church of God, never fear; remember the men that God has given thee in the days of yore. Look back to Paul; remember Augustine; think ye well …

Christ's 'New Commandment'

John 13:34

… During a revival, a young woman came into a certain congregation and was impressed by the services. She heard that the Christian Church was the home of union …

The Lord's Chosen Ministers

Luke 10:21

… How some of us long to see the Church of God fully astir! We seem to have a dreadful calm, nowadays, like that of the "Ancient Mariner" when …

The Key-Note of a Choice Sonnet

Luke 1:46

… The church has its temporal needs, and happy is that man who is privileged to supply them: but this kind of work can be followed by the child …