Death & Dying

Psalm 71

Psalm 71

… Dogs howl over a dying lion. When David's arm was able to chastise his foes, they were yet impudent enough to slander him, and he fears that …

The Reward Of The Righteous

Matthew 25:31-36

… It has been my delight to preach to you Christ dying on the Cross, and, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross." But I want …

God's Nearness To Us

Acts 17:27

… in the grave, sheeted and bound—if Jesus is at the mouth of the sepulcher, at His bidding you shall quit the abode of death! Have hope, O …

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

… Laborers, too, are often sorely oppressed in their wages and have to work themselves to death's door to earn a pittance. Those are the people who ought …

Psalm 79

Psalm 79

… who bear the sentence of death in themselves. Men and devils may consign us to perdition, while sickness drags us to the grave, and sorrow sinks us in …

The Great Liberator

John 8:36

… The sting of death is sin—sin is pardoned—death has a sting no longer. If you believe in Christ you shall never die in that sense in …

Hands Full of Honey

Judges 14:8

… pluck him by the beard, and say to him, "O Death, where is your sting? O Grave, where is your victory?" We even look forward to the time …

The Lion and the Bear—Trophies Hung Up

1 Samuel 17:36

… Then He went down into the grave, met with death and grappled with it. Death, by dying, He destroyed. He rifled the sepulcher and brought resurrection to light …

No Fixity Without Faith

Isaiah 7:9

… He was to go and speak to people who would not hear him and to be to them a messenger rather of death, than of life. Though the …

Sweet Savor

Ezekiel 20:41

… These two things are sweet before the Most High, and for the sake of His doing and His dying, His substitutionary sufferings and His vicarious obedience, the Lord …

Beginning at Jerusalem

Luke 24:47

… Our Lord seemed to say, “Point to the very place where my death took place. Tell them that they crucified me; and see if they dare deny it …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden

… It is a curious medley that memory gives back to one, passing quickly 'from grave to gay, from lively to severe.' " This exactly describes my experience while trying …

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men

Matthew 9:27-30

… He died and was buried, but only for a short time could the grave contain Him. Early in the morning of the third day He rose and left …

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… dying in a workhouse, to be carried by angels into Abraham's bosom! What a change for the martyr standing at the stake, burning slowly to death, and …

Psalm 40

Psalm 40

… conquered, the Nazarene has laughed them to scorn, the dying Son of Man has become the death of death and hell's destruction. For ever blessed be his …

God Is With Us

Romans 8:31

… Is God for us? Remember He is so if we have been reconciled to Him by the death of His Son. But an absolute God must be in …

The Holy Spirit Compared To The Wind

John 3:8

… When one of the old saints lay dying, he could only say, "O Lord, I trust You languida fide," with a languid faith. It is poor work that …

Serving the Lord With Gladness

Psalm 100:2

… not what it is to live, for living, you dread to die, and dying, you tremble to meet your Judge. Nothing can cover a naked soul but the …

Psalm 4

Psalm 4

… There are multitudes who say, Who will shew us good? Man wants good; he hates evil as evil, because he has pain, suffering , and death through it; and …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… Unbelief! it has mixed many a cup of poison it has brought thousands to the gallows, and many to a shameful grave, who have murdered themselves, and rushed …

The Heavenly Race

1 Corinthians 9:24

… Or mayhap, they may wear the cloak until the last day of their lives, and then death comes, and strips them of all their tinsel and gewgaw; And …

Refuges of Lies and What Will Become of Them

Isaiah 28:17

… Look back and see whether there are not more stains than you thought, more grave faults than you would like to confess. You have a very flattering memory …

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

John 14:1

… The political atmosphere is far from being clear, no, it is thick and heavy with death-damps of mutual distrust which bring no increase to England's greatness …

The Great Change.—Conversion

… Dying, all but dead, diseased, pained, chained, scourged, bound in fetters of iron, in darkness and the shadow of death, Jesus appeared unto me. My eyes looked to …

Psalm 118

Psalm 118

… Perhaps he had been sick, and brought to death's door, but he had a presentiment that the sickness was not unto death, but to the glory of …

On the Voice

… sepulchral tones may fit a man to be an undertaker, but Lazarus is not called out of his grave by hollow moans. One of the surest ways to …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

… The Septuagint renders it yanatos, death, for ordinarily it is death; and it is expressed by "Death, " Re 6:8, he sat on the pale horse, and killed …

Jesus, The Gread Object of Astonishment

… Our Lord is now exalted in being lifted up from the grave, lifted up above all angels, and principalities, and powers. The Man Christ Jesus is the nearest …

Early Religious Impressions

… buried, and doomed, having through a course of vice brought myself to my grave, or I might have been as earnest a ringleader amongst the ungodly as I …

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… to help them— "Rescue the perishing, care for the dying— Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave." In such a city as this, with hundreds of …

Memories of Maidstone and Newmarket

… Spurgeon from time to time, always receiving a fresh check when the fund in hand became exhausted, and this was continued until her death about three years later …

Wheat in the Barn

… With grave, sweet melodies let us sing around their tombs. Let us feel that, surely, the bitterness of death is passed. When we remember their glory, we may …

Psalm 69

Psalm 69

… to man God's image of favour; and having destroyed sin, death, hell, and the grave, he restored to his redeemed a better paradise than our nature had …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Continued)

… would, on my return, rise and greet me with a handshake, and a grave “How are you?” as if I were a strange visitor; then, noting the amused …

Psalm 72

Psalm 72

… Alexander the Great acknowledged at death that he was a frail and feeble man. "Lo! I, "said he, "am dying, whom you falsely called a god." But Christ …

Thy Redeemer

Isaiah 41:14

… I gave my life, my soul, for thee; I slumbered in the grave, I descended into Hades, all for thee; I will help thee. It will cost me …

Psalm 59

Psalm 59

… The overthrow of a Napoleon is a homily for all monarchs, the death of a Tom Paine a warning to all infidels, the siege of Paris a sermon …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… But when a man is nigh unto death, hath one foot in the grave, or is, in the eye of reason, past all recovery; if then the physician …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… My own gracious God bless you in all things, — in heart, in feeling, in life, in death, in Heaven! May your virtues be perfected, your prospects realized, your …

A Good Confession.–Baptism

… A fter his death, she joined the church over which he had presided, relating, at some length, a truly interesting experience, which gave universal pleasure to all who …