The Church

Trust In God—True Wisdom

Proverbs 16:20

… I have read a story of an old Doctor of the Church, who, going out one morning, met a beggar and said to him, "I wish you a …

Voices from the Excellent Glory

Matthew 3:16

… The three Apostles were the representatives of the Christian Church—as if to show that Law and Gospel meet in Jesus— and the things in Heaven and the …

Close

… Years of prayer-saying, and church-going, or chapel- going, and ceremonies, and performances, may only be an abomination in the sight of Jehovah; but a glance from …

Psalm 3

Psalm 3

… while Augustine, Theodoret, and various other early writers of the Christian church, regard them as a part of the inspired text; and the Jews still continue to make …

Our Champion

Judges 16:3

… Love to a most unworthy object, for He loved the sinful church which had gone astray from Him many and many a time. Yet He came from Heaven …

Our Youth Renewed

Psalm 103:5

… In the Christian Church there must be young blood coming in, and if there is not, it is generally an ill time with that Church. But surely, Beloved …

Preface

… To God I commend this labour, which has been undertaken and carried out with no motive but that of honoring his name, and edifying his Church by stimulating …

A Refreshing Promise

Isaiah 27:3

… The love of the Lord towards His whole Church goes forth to each individual member—the care which He displays towards the vineyard is exercised upon each vine …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… THE EFFECT OF THE WORKS OF GRACE WHICH GOD DOES IN HIS CHURCH AT LARGE IS TO BRING DOWN THE LOFTINESS OF MAN. Dear Friends, we believe, and …

Psalm 54

Psalm 54

… The church has taken a clear view in appointing this as one of the Psalms in commemoration of the passion of Jesus. It is seen with greatest effect …

Overwhelming Obligations

Psalm 116:12

… The Lord's name be praised! Even as a Church, over and above the mercies which have come to us as private Christians, I would say—and I …

Justification by Grace

… It is the doctrine of the Church of England, it is the doctrine of Luther, it is the doctrine of the Presbyterian church; it is professedly the doctrine …

An Awful Contrast

Matthew 26:67

… There are some, alas, who, for a time, have appeared to stand well in the Church of God—I will not judge them—but there have been some …

The Exodus

Exodus 12:41

… There are many men that came out of the land of Egypt who never were Israelites; and there are many that join with us in church fellowship, and …

The Centurion's Faith and Humility

Luke 7:6-8

… May the Church of God pluck up heart and feel that with a living Christ in the midst of her armies, victory shall before long wait upon her …

Life, and the Path to It

Psalm 16:11

… There have been a great many questions raised in the Christian Church, in all ages, concerning this matter. Some, taking the words literally, have said that Christ descended …

God in Nature and in Revelation

Psalm 19:7-9

… During this long night of the Church's history—the long night of her Lord's absence—His true ministers are enabled to shine as stars in His …

All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… No one in the Church of Rome claims to be now saved—completely and eternally saved. Such a profession would be heretical! Some few Catholics may hope to …

Love and Jealousy

Solomon 8:6

… What I long to see in every Church is not a breach of charity between man and man, but the utter destruction of that pseudo charity which is …

Good Cheer From Christ's Call and From Himself

Mark 10:46-52

… The father was probably a poor Believer known to all the Church, and the son made his mark in the Christian community. I should not wonder if he …

An Unalterable Law

Hebrews 9:22

… She said, "I have been in a church where I was taught to rest upon Christ Glorified and I did so fix my confidence, such as it was …

The Queen of Sheba

Matthew 12:42

… He keeps it at one, and together! Apart from Christ, the Church is a broken thing, divided into sects and parties, but in Christ Jesus, the Savior's …

Salvation to the Uttermost

Hebrews 7:25

… What a splendid general confession is that in the Church of England Prayer Book: “We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep; we have done …

The Almighty Warrior

Psalm 45:3-5

… Yet here, as the Head of the Church Militant, His mystical body, He is still warring against sin, struggling most strenuously to drive sin out of the world …

A Christmas Question

Isaiah 9:6

… He is content to do the meanest work for the church of Christ, and takes his station—not with Locke or Newton, as a mighty Christian philosopher—but …

Attention!

Matthew 17:5

… I know that it has led to much mischief in the Church of God. I remember hearing a minister speak of the controversy about Baptism with palpable levity …

Psalm 130

Psalm 130

… In the third and last part, he turneth him to Israel, to the church, and exhorteth them to await on God, as he had done, promising them mercy …

Psalm 21

Psalm 21

… Christ's church and cause are not only attacked by those who do not understand it, but there are many who have the light and yet hate it …

The Unrivalled Friend

Proverbs 17:17

… We should love Jesus Christ at all times, that is to say, in times when the Church seems dull and dead. Perhaps some of you are living in …

Spiritual Peace

John 14:27

… In the midst of a very large church of persons in all ranks, with the condition of most of whom I am as thoroughly conversant as man can …

Plenary Absolution

Psalm 103:12

… Their church, as if to chasten it for its alliance with the State, has lost the jubilant tone of faith and made its daily service rather a wail …

Rivers Of Water In A Dry Place

Isaiah 32:2

… It cannot be that the Church of God has erred these many years in not applying such a passage as this to the Lord Jesus Christ. Surely the …

The Snare of the Fowler

Psalm 91:3

… Christ and his church are one—one body; but if any of the members of my body were cut off, I should be maimed, and if Christ could …

Death and Life in Christ

Romans 6:8-11

… When the Lord shall be pleased to restore to his Church once more a fervent love to Christ, and when once again we shall have a ministry that …

Gathering Without Planting

Joshua 24:13

… The Church of God is put in trust with it, so let not future generations have to say concerning this period in which we are living, "There was …

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Job 19:25-27

… An aged deacon, who has been for more than fifty years a member of this Church, has been removed from our midst; and a sister, the beloved wife …

Eyes Opened

2 Kings 6:17

… Go into a parish church and you will usually see the Ten Commandments printed legibly before you. Yet I am speaking the truth when I say that men …

Search the Scriptures

Isaiah 8:20

… It is very much the custom of people to say, “Was I not born in the Church of England? Ought I not therefore to continue in it?” Or …

The Allegories of Sarah and Hagar

Galatians 4:24

… So there you are some of you, when the searching day shall come to try God’s church, though you have been living in the church as well …

Why Men Do Not Believe

John 5:46

… A young gentleman, in conversation with a bishop, was endeavoring to show his lordship the unscriptural character of the Episcopal body as now held in the Church of …