The Church

Perfect Cleansing

Joel 3:21

… He loves His Church and gave Himself for it, that He might present it to Himself a perfect Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing …

Wakeful and Watchful Eyes

Psalm 121:4

… The Lord will not let even the suburbs of the New Jerusalem be conquered by the foe! He will preserve the holy city, His own Church, until the …

How To Become Fishers of Men

Matthew 4:19

… I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much …

The Work of Grace the Warrant for Obedience

John 5:11

… The history of a congregation or a sect is of small account compared with the practical good which it is doing. Now, if any Church under Heaven can …

Serving the Lord With Gladness

Psalm 100:2

… Nothing can cover a naked soul but the righteousness of our Lord Jesus! You may go to church or the Meeting House. You may say prayers and read …

The Sons of God

Romans 8:16

… Now let me ask my congregation, do any of you know that you are God’s children? Say not, “In my baptism, wherein I was made a member …

Songs For Desolate Hearts

Isaiah 54:1

… though you sigh and cry over the fewness of the congregation and the coldness of the Church members—your desolate heart can do the same! And doing it …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… God has given it to His Church—it is somewhere. But there are very many Church members who hold back the wealth which they ought to consecrate to …

Reform

2 Chronicles 31:1

… There are such to be found, such in every congregation, I fear. Our streets have not yet become such as Chastity might pace at midnight, nor are the …

A Sermon to Open Neglecters and Nominal Followers of Religion

Matthew 21:28-32

… How few after all know what the way of salvation is; though they go to church, and to chapel, they have not yet learned God’s plan of …

Satan in a Rage

Revelation 12:12

… Minister, if you would save your congregation by the Spirit of God, seek to do it at once, for your tongue will soon be silent. Teacher in the …

The Throne of Grace

Hebrews 4:16

… This week has been a very memorable one in the history of this church. Larger numbers than ever before at one time have come forward to confess Christ …

Peace at Home, and Prosperity Abroad

Psalm 147:14

… We must look to the preservation of the health of the Church. Alas! if her doctrines be tainted, her faith will not be maintained, and the Church being …

The Heavenly Race

1 Corinthians 9:24

… There are a vast number of people in the world who go to church and to chapel, because everybody else does so. It is disreputable to waste your …

Remember Lot's Wife

Luke 17:32

… He again settles down in Sodom and forgets the holy congregation which clustered around the tent of Abraham. Being, still, a man of God, he could not be …

Preaching! Man's Privilege and God's Power

Mark 6:20

… Oh! what would the damned in hell give for a sermon could they but listen once more to the church-going bell and go up to the sanctuary …

High Doctrine And Broad Doctrine

John 6:37

… There may be some little children here—indeed, I am glad to see boys and girls mingling with the congregation. Listen to me, my children! I am always …

The Voice Of Cholera

Amos 3:3-6

… In our Established Church the Gospel is no longer dominant, albeit that a little band of good and faithful men still linger in it, and are like a …

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… Many of our young members are more useful at literary institutions than in the Church. Other useful occupations are all very well in their way, but I wish …

Psalm 88

Psalm 88

… They have made me a marked man, they have made me feel like a leper separated from the congregation of thy people, and they have caused others to …

Characteristics of Faith

John 4:48

… There is a congregation where God is blessing souls; the man, if he enters, will probably have to stand in the crowd; but it does not signify, seeking …

Psalm 4

Psalm 4

… The joy of the Jewish church was so great that they needed music to set forth the delightful feelings of their souls. Our holy mirth is none the …

Heaven and Hell

Matthew 8:11-12

… I heard of a minister who once said to his congregation, “If you do not love the Lord Jesus Christ, you will be sent to that place which …

“Forward!”

… I thank God that I can say this,—there is no member of my church, no officer of the church, and no man in the world, to whom …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… If David were present in churches where quartets and choirs carry on all the singing, he would turn to the congregation and say, "Praise ye the Lord." Our …

Psalm 147

Psalm 147

… provision for the church's service of song, that God may have in all respects a perfect offering. How gracious and lovely is the congregation singing with the …

On the Voice

… Guthrie charitably traces the slumbers of a certain Scotch congregation to bad ventilation in the meeting-house; this has something to do with it, but a bad condition …

Psalm 113

Psalm 113

… The Gentile church is a spiritual example upon a large scale of the gift of fruitfulness after long years of hopeless barrenness; and the Jewish church in the …

A Traveller’s Letters Home

… The leaders are two good fellows, pronounced Baptists, believing firmly that their church is that of the catacombs, and the only true Church of Christ in Rome; the …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… From the church,—it is offered as a sacrifice of sweet smell, acceptable unto God. “A house,—founded in love, walled with sincerity, roofed in with generosity. Its …

Psalm 98

Psalm 98

… Not to Abraham's seed alone after the flesh, but to the elect among all nations, has grace been given; therefore, let the whole church of God sing …

Psalm 122

Psalm 122

… Enquire why the church needs walls. 2. Enquire what are the walls of a church. 3. Enquire on which side of them we are. Verse 7. The church …

Pure Fun

The whole Church will he indebted to Dr. Stanford for having protested against the superstition which regards wit and humour as deadly sins. He has not only set …

The Love Of Jesus—What It Is—None But His Loved Ones Know

Ephesians 3:19

… Do you know that in the early ages of the Church they spoke more of Christ and of His Person, and thought more of Him than we do …

Psalm 107

Psalm 107

… goodness in the congregation of the people and the assembly of the elders, Ps 107:32, which is the mark of the true Church and her usual description …

Faith.

… I could not help observing, as I gazed upon these relics, that the ensigns of the death of Christ were all of Him that the Romish Church possessed …

Psalm 103

Psalm 103

… A large congregation, in many-coloured attire, always reminds us of a meadow bright with many hues; and the comparison becomes sadly true when we reflect, that as …

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

… Such reasoning as this would never be adopted by a proud man, and when we hear it repeated in the public congregation by those great ones of the …

“A New Departure”

… The Universal Church has been thus circumstanced; it has had its Pentecosts, its Reformations, its revivals; and between these there have been sorrowful pauses, in which there was …

The Guilt and the Cleansing

Psalm 51:7

… You can mingle with the great congregation—I pronounce you clean through the sprinkled blood." And David's faith, acting upon the telescopic principle, looked far down the …