The Church

Psalm 64

Psalm 64

… Our sin is or will be the church's sorrow, and the way to make all the upright rejoice is to be upright ourselves. C. H. S. Verse …

The Bird Escaped from the Snare

Psalm 124:7

… Why, Satan can encompass a whole Church with one of those nets and you scarcely know that it is there! And yet the minds within its meshes are …

Prayer 26 — Prayer Answered and Unanswered

… Raise up in the Church many intercessors who shall plead for the prosperity of Zion and give Thee no rest till Thou establish her and make her a …

Prayer 3 — The Love Without Measure or End

… in our business transactions with our fellow men, in our dealings with the Church of God, may we be true, upright, pure, kept from the great transgression because …

The Eternal Name

Psalm 72:17

… Lamb! that precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.” His powerful “name shall endure for …

Roads Cleared

Isaiah 57:14

… Since then I have been the minister of a Church that numbers nearly 6,000 souls and that for many years—and I have found out that nearly …

The Special Call And The Unfailing Result

1 Corinthians 1:9

… AS I look round upon this large Church, numbering far above two thousand members, my soul is often cast down within me. Yes, I am brought into the …

The Rising Sun

Malachi 4:2

… Should the Spirit of God visit this Church with revival it will not have an equally beneficial effect upon all. To some, the rising of this Sun will …

The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit

… Know ye not that the church is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all? Without his people Jesus would have been a shepherd without …

Little-faith

… 129 The Church and the World. 130 The Fight of Faith. 132 Life’s Great Object. 134 Love’s Circumference. 136 The Way to Heaven. 137 Religion Exemplified …

Prayer 4 — The All-Prevailing Plea

… Oh! that Thou wouldest bless Thy Church throughout the world! Let visible union be established, or if not that, yet let the invisible union which has always existed …

The Poor Man's Prayer

Psalm 106:4

… Have you done that? You have been a Church member and you have gone sadly astray. Have you quite forgotten His Commandments? You thought you loved Him. You …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… May the Church be built up by many who, having believed, are baptized unto the sacred name. We pray Thee go on and multiply the faithful in the …

The Well-Beloved

… We hear much discourse upon “the Unity of the Church” as a thing to be desired, and we may heartily agree with it; but it would be well …

Psalm 56

Psalm 56

… The ogres of nursery tales exist in reality in the enemies of the church, who would crush the bones of the godly, and make a mouthful of them …

Two Good Things

Psalm 119:71

… I have seen men walking upon the high places of the earth till their brain turned and they fell—and there was woe in the Church of God …

Psalm 6

Psalm 6

… Verse 8. "Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity." May not too much familiarity with profane wretches be justly charged upon church members? I know man is …

Psalm 138

Psalm 138

… Had half the time spent in councils and controversies been given to praising the Lord, the church would have been far sounder and stronger than she is at …

Manoah's Wife and Her Excellent Argument

Judges 13:22

… too! It cannot be that Christ loved His Church and gave Himself for it and that, now, the Church must perish, also! It cannot be that the Lord …

Psalm 116

Psalm 116

… There are thousands in the church of God at this time who can each one of them say for himself, " I was brought low, and he helped me …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… If some of you knew the enjoyment of feeding upon Christ in that ordinance you would chide yourselves for not having united with the Church in fellowship. In …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… When the whole Church shall be wakened up to a spirit of earnestness and enterprise, the conversion of this world will be speedily accomplished; the idols will then …

The Fainting Soul Revived

Jonah 2:7

… Not unlikely in this assembly there may be a woman who used to be a member of a Christian church, but she married an ungodly man; after that …

Coming to Christ

1 Peter 2:4

… Some will attend their church or their chapel with wonderful regularity, and think that that will ease their conscience, and when they get no ease of conscience from …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot do

… Evidently no believing man should be left outside of the garner of holy fellowship; he should be carried into the midst of the church with all the joy …

In the Sunny South

… He says that, in the early Christian Church, baptism was always administered by immersion." The crypt at once rang with laughter, in which the interpreter joined as heartily …

To Die Or Not To Die!

2 Corinthians 5:8

… He thanked God that he had lived to see the Church in prosperity and it made his heart glad. He should like, he said, to be a sharer …

Rahab's Faith

Hebrews 11:31

… Furthermore, this woman’s faith was A STABLE FAITH, which stood firm in the midst of trouble, I have heard of a church clergyman who was once waited …

The Fruits of Grace

Isaiah 19:18-25

… The Church of God has come to her manhood, in which she has done with material altars and material oblations, seeing that she has Christ to be her …

Psalm 117

Psalm 117

… recognition on the part of those that were without the pale of the church that God's favour to Israel was a source of blessing to themselves. Such …

Forgiveness

Isaiah 43:25

… look back twenty years ago, when he was a member of a Christian church; he was apparently walking in the fear of the Lord, and all men thought …

His Name—the Mighty God

Isaiah 9:6

… be indeed “the mighty God ” to us, and in the experience of his church. I. First let note point out THE FOLLY OF THOSE WHO PROFESS TO BE …

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… ye cursed!” And what if this were to be the lot of the church-officers who sit around me, or of any one amongst you? Brother, you have …

Confession of Sin—A Sermon With Seven Texts

Exodus 9:27

… So many do; they offer sacrifices to God on the shrine of Mammon; and whilst they will give to the building of a church, and distribute to the …

Christ in the Covenant

Isaiah 49:8

… Represented by him, their Head, all his people even now are glorified in him—even in him who is the head over all things to his church. In …

Heaven

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

… I have passed by many persons who have died in our church, without having made any parade of funeral sermons; but, nevertheless, three or four of our friends …

Reigning Grace

Romans 5:21

… Behold Your Church bows herself before You— "With vials full of odor sweet, And harps of sweeter sound." The elders chant before Your Presence and we, even we …

Joseph Attacked by the Archers

Genesis 49:23

… Let the foes of the church expect a hard struggle if they attack an heir of life. Mightier than giants are men of the race of heaven; should …

Psalm 29

Psalm 29

… these two verses chimes in with the loud pealing thunder, which is the church bell of the universe ringing kings and angels, and all the sons of earth …

Israel at the Red Sea

Psalm 106:9

… Am I unkind to utter such a wish? Well I repeat it, I should; for I shall never get you into the church unless you do; you will …