Death & Dying

The Arrows Of The Lord'S Deliverance

2 Kings 13:19

… man, or a dying man angry. But I think the Prophet here did well to be angry, even though at the hour of his death. Oh how he …

Singing Saints

Psalm 30:4

… They indicate the flesh and the blood, but the blood separate from the flesh—a sure mark that death has taken place. It is Christ's death that …

Psalm 6

Psalm 6

… Read the passage as you will, the following verse is full of power. "For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in the grave who shall give …

The Double "Come"

Revelation 22:17

… I have cried, "Come," but my voice will be hushed in the grave before long. Younger men who have heard through my voice, will cry, "Come," when I …

The Withering Work of the Spirit

Isaiah 40:6-8

… the flesh should be seen in its true nature as corrupt and dying, and the grace of God alone should be exalted. This would be seen under the …

The Barrier

Revelation 21:27

… How could I blot such brightness and spoil such happiness?" Suppose myself infected today with a deadly fever—an incurable typhus which would bring death to any that …

Redemption By Price

1 Corinthians 6:19

… the heathen! Go and die among them—find a grave where malaria shortens life, or cruelty brings sudden death"—you must go without question, for, "you are not …

Love's Labours

1 Corinthians 13:7

… Bear it; bear all things! Remember how the multitude thrust out the tongue at your Lord and Master when he was dying, and be not you so proud …

The Three Hours of Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… become familiar with the grave. As the companions of our youth die at our side, we are not seized with amazement, for death is everywhere about us and …

Seeing and Testifying

1 John 4:14

… When our Lord Jesus came to the grave of Lazarus, before He raised him, you remember that He said to Martha, "Said I not unto you that if …

Perfection in Christ

Colossians 1:28

… We were in Him when they laid Him in the grave. We were in Him when He rose and led captivity captive. And we are in Him now …

The First Resurrection

Revelation 20:4

… The second death on them has no power This, too, is a literal death—none the less literal because its main terror is spiritual—for a spiritual death …

Refined, But Not With Silver

Isaiah 48:10

… found ourselves on the borders of death and at the gates of Hell—it was then that Free Grace and dying love rang out most sweetly in our …

Grace and Glory

Psalm 84:11

… When you are to die, you shall have dying grace in dying moments! I have heard one say, "I am afraid I am not a child of God …

Lessons from the Christ of Patmos

Revelation 1:16

… May God save His Church from the smoking flax of dying ministries! Blessed are they who, trusting in God, shine and shine on in His keeping. "Yes, they …

Consider Before You Fight

Luke 14:31

… arms against the God of Heaven in your dying moments! They that have God for their friend yet find death no very pleasant task. But what will you …

A Golden Prayer

John 12:28

… He lies in the grave till the third morning, but He bursts the bonds of Death! Lo, God's great name is glorified again, since the Divine power …

A Sweet Silver Bell Ringing in Each Believer's Heart

Micah 7:7

… purpose? Will the object of your life die with your dying, and be buried in your grave? Or can you say unto the living God, "O God, thou …

Compassion For The Multitude

Matthew 14:17

… We are weak and hang our heads like bulrushes, as men who seek the grave that has long been seeking them." Let me tell you, My Brethren and …

Three Arrows—or Six?

2 Kings 13:18

… Life, death, and Hell, and worlds unknown, may hang upon the preaching and hearing of a sermon! To hear attentively and not be disturbed in the sermon may …

Songs in the Night

Job 35:10

… What? Can you not sing a little of that blessed hour when Jesus met you, when, as a blind slave, you were sporting with death and He saw …

Christ—Perfect Through Sufferings

Hebrews 2:10

… Moses cries "Look, look, ye dying; look and live!" and, asking no questions about what he has felt, or what he was, or what he should feel, yonder …

Esther's Exaltation—or, Who Knows?

Esther 4:13

… If you are not creating a holy warmth, the chill of sin is freezing you! Unconsciously, the death which is all around will creep over you who are …

Faith's Ultimatum

Job 13:15

… from the grave my body shall yet rise—and in my flesh I see shall God. As for my spirit, though it pass through the death shade, it …

A Solemn Warning for All Churches

Revelation 3:4

… sleepiness, coldness, lethargy; therefore he said, “Be watchful.” Oh! John, if from thy grave thou couldst start up, and see the church as thou didst at Sardis, having …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878 (Continued)

… He administered the medicine in effervescing draughts. “After this, came the wise counsel, so kind, so grave, so gracious, so fatherly; then the prayer that lifted us to …

The Wedding Garment

Matthew 22:11-14

… prepare him for death. Alas, there are some who are bound and pinioned even before the breath is out of their bodies. In their dying hours false professors …

Cambridge Life and Letters, 1850-1851

… a boy should say to a dying Uncle. False fear should never prevent us from being faithful with men walking on the confines of the grave. Could I …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… He even told me that one was heard to say when he was dying, that his only regret in dying was, that in heaven there would be no …

Salvation by Knowing the Truth

1 Timothy 2:3

… his death. Do you know that many, while they have been sitting, as it were, at the foot of the cross, viewing the Son of God dying for …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… The holy Psalmist said, “I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness;” “I shall behold thy face in righteousness.” And most saints on their death-beds …

A New Song For New Hearts

Isaiah 12:1

… look at the minister, and the poor dying servant of God saw him, and the ruling passion was strong in death. He called him. "David," said he, "did …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… Then put thine heart with him who will never leave thee; trust thyself with him who will go with thee through the black and surging current of death …

A Type and Its Teaching

Genesis 22:8

… He would gladly say, "Spare that one," but then they would put the other to death! And he would gladly say, "Spare this one," but then the other …

A Psalm of Remembrance

1 John 4:16

… We have never found a change in his love, “Immutable his will, Though dark may be my grave; His loving heart is still Unchangably the same. My soul …

The Enchanted Ground

… First, what is that state of sleep into which the Christian man may fall? It is not death. He was dead once, but he is now alive in …

Things That Accompany Salvation

Hebrews 6:9

… See behind it its brother Victory; hear him, as he cries, “O Death, where is thy sting? O Grave where is thy victory?” The last word, “victory,” is …

Israel at the Red Sea

Psalm 106:9

… see , another death which we only know of by the shrieks, and groans, and anguish, which even we may hear on this side of the grave. But what …

God's Gentle Power

1 Kings 19:11-13

… the subjects of very frightful accidents, and brought to the borders of the grave? These things were loud voices to you, but you did not hear them. They …

Christ—Our Substitute

2 Corinthians 5:21

… He laid in the grave that I might rise from the dead and that I may dwell in him, and all this he comes again to give me …