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Good News for the Destitute
Psalm 102:17
… Therefore there must be some connection between the two—and it is just this—the Church of God must never expect to see great revivals, nor to see …
SERMON • SERMON 1149My Restorer
Psalm 23:3
… Who cares to be one of the Eskimos of Christianity, or the Laps and Fins of the Church? Yet, alas, these abound on all sides! We have to …
SERMON • SERMON 3468Consolation for Poor Petitioners
Isaiah 38:14
… Let not the Church in modern times forget to draw consolation out of that well! Here the Psalmist gives us a description, as I think it is, of …
SERMON • SERMON 2792A Psalmist's Question and Answer
Psalm 130:3
… There is a dear Brother—not present now, or else I might not tell the story—an earnest and useful member of this Church. Many years ago I …
SERMON • SERMON 1802Thought-Reading Extraordinary
Psalm 10:17
… Cease not to obtain blessings beyond number both for yourself, for the Church and for a perishing world—but take heed that your heart is found greatly exercised …
SERMON • SERMON 2794A Refreshing Canticle
Song 1:4
… All the affections that Christ has, He bestows upon His Church and these are so varied that they may well be called, "loves," rather than, "love." The Septua …
SERMON • SERMON 3024Christ's Death And Ours
John 12:23-24
… itself appears! Christ, the Great High Priest, is the only one that His Church needs! You may banish your many-colored robes. You may put away your precious …
SERMON • SERMON 2486Overcoming Christ
Solomon 6:5
… First, dear Friends, let us notice that LOOKING ON HIS CHURCH HAS ALREADY OVERCOME THE HEART OF OUR HEAVENLY BRIDEGROOM. It was so in the far-distant past …
SERMON • SERMON 2028The Love of God and the Patience of Christ
2 Thessalonians 3:5
… And he sets before us a holy model—"Even as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with …
SERMON • SERMON 412God'S First Words To The First Sinner
Genesis 3:9
… IT will be interesting to the members of this Church to know that it was under a sermon delivered by Mr. William Wallin from this very text, that …
SERMON • SERMON 1354All Things Are Ready, Come
Luke 14:17
… At whose door did Christ knock according to the Scriptures? It was at the door of the Laodicean Church, at the door of the very Church concerning which …
SERMON • SERMON 966Joseph's Bones
Hebrews 11:22
… There are better days for the Church of God. Though the fathers sleep— "All the promises do travail, With a glorious day of Grace." Though one after another …
SERMON • SERMON 1246The Blessings Of Following On
Hosea 6:3
… very much delighted when you used to sit in such-and-such a Church, in years gone by, but have you moved into the country now? Yes, but …
SERMON • SERMON 2557A Vexed Soul Comforted
Job 27:2
… time vexed your godly wife? When seeing friends who come to join the Church, I am often struck with the way in which converts have to confess that …
SERMON • SERMON 644God'S Witnesses
Isaiah 43:10
… We do not like it as we see it in the Church of England—we do not believe in that sponsorial salvation in which one man promises for …
SERMON • SERMON 2889Christ Receiving Sinners
Matthew 9:10
… persecute Me?" The further sequel is given in Paul's words to the church at Ephesus, "Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is …
SERMON • SERMON 2116The Unchanging God Cheering Jacob in His Change of Dwelling Place
Genesis 46:1-4
… Are you undertaking some new service in the Church and are you trembling at the responsibility? Cry to the Lord at once to strengthen your weak hands and …
SERMON • SERMON 32The Necessity of Increased Faith
Luke 17:5
… You want this church to stand, do you not? It can stand only in proportion as you are men of faith. I know I might exhort you to …
SERMON • SERMON 2299Thorns and Thistles
Genesis 3:18
… that pierce us to the very heart! You can neither live in the Church nor live in the world without finding that this present state of life brings …
SERMON • SERMON 1449A Vile Weed and a Fair Flower
Hebrews 13:5
… He has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." "I might bring dishonor upon the Church to which I should unite myself." Very likely you would …
SERMON • SERMON 1128Love's Crowning Deed
John 15:13
… The Church has lost everything when she has lost her old heroism! She has lost her power to conquer the world when the love of Christ no longer …
SERMON • SERMON 3377The Greatest Wonder of Grace
Ezekiel 9:8
… The Lord says, "Begin at My sanctuary." Begin at the Churches! Begin at the Chapels! Begin with the Church members! Begin with the ministers, the bishops! Begin with …
SERMON • SERMON 2100Faith Essential to Pleasing God
Hebrews 11:6
… What can you give to Him to whom all things belong? Truly, you can assist in an ornate worship, or build a gorgeous Church, or embroider the furniture …
SERMON • SERMON 3478Go Back? Never!
Hebrews 11:15
… The very meaning of a Church is called out—by Christ we have been separated. I trust we know what it is to have gone outside the camp …
SERMON • SERMON 1828How "The Unspeakable" is Spoken of
Psalm 145:6
… Notice the feminine—it is not, "wherewith He shall be called," but, "wherewith she shall be called." The wife takes the husband's name—the Church is named …
SERMON • SERMON 1845The Pity of the Lord—the Comfort of the Afflicted
James 5:11
… This arithmetic is only known to faith and must be learned of the Lord Jesus. "We," that is, the Church of God, count them happy who are counted …
SERMON • SERMON 1226The Secret Of Health
Psalm 42:11
… is no more beautiful object in the world to Christ than His own Church! What a passage that is in the Song, where the king exclaims, "You are …
SERMON • SERMON 2443The Determination of Christ to Suffer for His People
Mark 15:23
… between you and the Church, tonight, is but a picture of an awful separation which shall be made between you and the Church at the Last Great Day …
SERMON • SERMON 643No Tears In Heaven
Revelation 7:17
… Think of Wickliffe looking down on this country where the Gospel has been preached so many years and seeing monks in the Church of England and seeing spring …
SERMON • SERMON 3260Spiritual Convalescence
Zechariah 10:12
… But for this we must look diligently, for the best of us has good cause to suspect himself, and in Church fellowship we ought to be very watchful …
SERMON • SERMON 1962The Friend of God
Isaiah 41:8
… I cannot explain to you the joy that God has in His people—we shall know that, by-and-by, but He calls His Church His Hephzibah and …
SERMON • SERMON 2071Trembling at the Word of the Lord
Isaiah 66:2
… I heard one minister of great experience, who believes in the doctrine of perfection, assert very plainly that he had lived in the midst of the Church of …
SERMON • SERMON 983Moab Is My Washpot
Psalm 60:8
… Behold the transformations of grace! This ungodly world outside the church, the world of wicked men, would naturally pollute us, but faith turns them into a washpot, and …
SERMON • SERMON 1480Constant, Instant, Expectant
Romans 12:12
… The whole church, like the twelve tribes, is instantly serving God day and night in prayer, hoping for the fulfillment of the promise of the glorious appearing. “Behold …
SERMON • SERMON 325Constraining Love
Psalm 31:23
… don't you know in the Church how much shrinking there is from labor for Christ? Why is it in any Church that there are found Brothers and …
SERMON • SERMON 2796A Man of God Alone With God
Psalm 119:26
… I have declared the way of my actions in my family, in the world and in the church." What a sorrowful stock-taking each day would be to …
SERMON • SERMON 1095The Monster Dragged to Light
Romans 7:13
… What effect has the zeal of Christians upon such? It excites them to malice! All the while the Church is asleep the world says, "Ah, we do not …
SERMON • SERMON 1346Guile Forsaken When Guilt Is Forgiven
Psalm 32:2
… She was sitting with her brother, who was an elder of the Scot Church, who began at once, somewhat harshly, to remind her of her negligence of Christian …
SERMON • SERMON 571Unbelievers Stumbling—Believers Rejoicing
Romans 9:33
… They will say, "Well, I would believe in Christ, but look at professors! See how inconsistent they are! See many Church members, in what an unholy way they …
SERMON • SERMON 2866Good News
Proverbs 25:25
… And you who have much to do in the Church, must keep up your communion with Christ, for that is the only way of preserving your service from …