The Church

Bitter Herbs

Exodus 12:8

… I wish that I could say that of all of you who are members of the Church, but I can truly say it of most of you. You …

The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living

Numbers 16:47-48

… He may belong to the Anglican or to the Romish church. Ay, and to any church under heaven. If he claimeth to be anything of a priest more …

Christ's Hospital

Psalm 147:3

… He gathers together the outcasts of Israel." The Church of God is never so well built up as when it is built up with men of broken hearts …

The Gospel'S Healing Power

Luke 5:17

… Church must pray if she would have the healing power! And, my Brothers and Sisters, we have prayed! There has been such prayer put up by this congregation …

A Sermon For Men Of Taste

1 Peter 2:1-3

… I declare to you all, if Christ were not better than the visible Church, we might be weary of Him. His Church, alas, is but the blurred and …

Wheat in the Barn

Matthew 13:30

… A WORD OF CONGREGATION. What a blessed thing this gathering is! I feel it a great pleasure to gather multitudes together to hear the Gospel! And is it …

Divine Surprises

Isaiah 64:3

… Haslam had built a church and schools there and his joy was great until he entered the church. At the sight of the surprised choir and the Ritualistic …

Mongrel Religion

2 Kings 17:41

… bring the thunders of the law to bear on the congregation, and they, being inside the church, are not afraid of the tempest. They hide behind their false …

Up from the Country and Pressed Into Service

Mark 15:21

… There is a Baptist Church, but the members are nearly all poor and no gentlefolk are among them. Even the Evangelical Church is down at the heel—the …

Holy Work For Christmas

Luke 2:17-20

… like to hear preach it in the great congregation, for if all were mouth, what a great vacuum the Church would be! Yet every Christian in some method …

God—All in All

Job 34:29

… But if the Lord were gone, what could you do? By what means could you ever make this Church to revive again, or any other Church? Alas for …

North and South

Isaiah 43:6

… Come and unite with his church and people. It is due to the church; it is due to the preacher who was the means of your conversion, it …

The Singing Army

2 Chronicles 20:4

… But, I never can finish my discourse without having the very sad thought that there are always in our congregation some to whom these comfortable things do not …

Working Out What is Worked In

Philippians 2:12

… When we set up different policies in a Church, we cannot all be equally wise. Therefore some of us need to be better led of the Spirit of …

A Grateful Summary of Twenty Volumes

Ephesians 3:8

… Indeed, I have not heard of another case in which for so long a time published discourses have been welcomed by the Christian Church and scattered broadcast over …

The Power of the Risen Savior

Matthew 28:18-20

… It is He that convicts men of sin and leads them to a Savior— gives them new hearts and right spirits—and plants them in the Church and …

God'S Estimate Of Time

2 Peter 3:8

… When one sermon shall be enough to convert a congregation. When that one congregation shall in an instant be endowed with fiery tongues and all the Brethren shall …

The Plague of the Heart

1Kings 8:38-40

… Plague in the heart is mortal and I would be much surprised if I have not in this great congregation some who have a present pain, a present …

Untitled Sermon

Acts 9:32-35

… Now, lest there should be one in this congregation who does not know Jesus Christ, and does not understand how it is that He is able to heal …

The Lord Leading—David Following

2 Samuel 5:24

… Often have I said to myself, as I have come along to this place, "I shall have a picked congregation." The Lord has an election of Grace and …

The Sieve

Matthew 7:21

… There never was a time in the Church of God in which all were Christians who professed to be so. Surely the golden age of the Church must …

Warning and Encouragement

Solomon 5:2

… I have heard of a Believer in Christ who, on one occasion, was intoxicated, and he was expelled from the church as the result of it. But he …

The Sin Offering

Leviticus 4:3

… It was to be laid by the elders upon the head of the bull when the sin was no longer hidden from the eyes of the congregation. Sin …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… O, how could I dare to stand before this congregation tonight and have to say, "Friends, I have had no objective. I have lived in this world for …

Psalm 100

Psalm 100

… The Jewish church came to its perfection in the reign of Solomon, but a greater than Solomon is here. The perfection of the New Testament church is here …

A Prayer for the Church Militant

Psalm 28:9

… time, in one congregation, could be found in exactly the same condition of sad decrepitude of faith. Brethren, we must pray for the entire Church of God that …

The Rule of Grace

Luke 4:27

… Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people, and praise Him in the assembly of the elders. Let them not only praise the Lord in …

Teaching for the Outer and Inner Circles

Mark 4:33

… alone." When they formed themselves, as it were, into a Church and the rest of the congregation went to their own homes—when they distinctly acknowledged themselves to …

By The Fountain

Genesis 49:22

… We count that Church happy to which God adds daily of such as are being saved. But we are very much concerned about the quality of our converts …

Seeing And Not Seeing—Or, Men As Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-25

… a Church, and thus never consider themselves as personally responsible to God. They say the confession of sin, but it is always with the whole congregation. They chant …

What We Would Be*

… Some use their wisdom in a very unwise way, and curse the church which they should bless. And so you would go about the church, and put everybody …

An Ancient Question Modernized

Ezekiel 24:19

… Tonight, as with a drawn sword, Christ divides this congregation into two parts. If you believe in Him, you are His. But if you believe not in Him …

Learning in Private What to Teach in Public

Matthew 10:27

… So, dear Friend, if you are not qualified to be a leader in the Church of Christ, be willing to be Number Two—but do serve the Master …

What The Church Should Be

1 Timothy 3:15

… It is, "The Church of the living God"— not your congregation, O Diana, though they said of you that you did fall from Heaven, for you are a …

The Story of God’s Mighty Acts

Psalm 44:1

… He was preaching in the church-yard to a great congregation, that could not get into any edifice; and while preaching, the power of God came upon the …

Preparation for Revival

Amos 3:3

… If God shall be pleased to be with his Church, then direct good shall visit our congregation. We used to say at Park Street, that there were not …

A Sunday School Sermon

Isaiah 40:11

… the Church there was only one poor little girl there. Most preachers would have gone home when one child made up the whole of the congregation, but Dr …

Lessons From the Manna

Exodus 16:4

… And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… Many years ago when this great congregation first met in the Surrey Music Hall and the terrible tragedy occurred— when many persons were either killed or wounded in …

"This Thing Is From Me"

1 Kings 12:24

… We have said to ourselves, "However did things get into this tangle and snarl?" Look at the professing Church at this present moment—what is there about it …