Death & Dying

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… the gloating multitude on whom his dying gaze rested; the vinegar and the gall; the evil odours of the hill of death and corruption. The ploughers ploughed upon …

Psalm 73

Psalm 73

… For there are no bands in their death. This is mentioned as the chief wonder, for we usually expect that in the solemn article of death, a difference …

Communion With Christ And His People

… We must be one with Christ in heart, and soul, and life; baptized into His death; quickened by His life, and so brought to be members of His …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… be when I am called to rejoin him through the avenue of the grave, or at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. So …

Retrospect—"The Lord Has Blessed"

Joshua 17:14

… God has not blessed us, and then paused, but He has blessed us "until now." One silver thread of blessing extends from the cradle to the grave. "He …

Diary, April to June, 1850

… NOT very long after our marriage, my husband brought to me, one day, a small clasped book, and putting it into my hand with a grave and serious …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… And when we have newly come from the grave and our heart has been ready to break through bereavement, the sight of the Savior has sweetened our bitter …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… This is too, too often the case with even those who trust in Jesus and have passed from death unto Life—and whenever it is the case, it …

The Joy of Harvest

… We have gone to the grave with precious sheaves that belonged to our Master, and when we were there we thought we could almost say, “Lord, if they …

Psalm 29

Psalm 29

… The voice of our dying Lord rent the rocks and opened the graves: his living voice still works the like wonders. Glory be to his name, the hills …

Psalm 126

Psalm 126

… the last day he shall doubtless come again with joy from the grave of death bringing his sheaves with him ; and will, in the new Jerusalem state, be …

My Comfort In Affliction

Psalm 119:50

… If you walk in the ways of unrighteousness, you shall be taken in snares and held there even unto death. There is no escaping trouble! We are born …

Two Coverings and Two Consequences

Proverbs 38:13

… He has smoothed it down, and spread his carpet over the grave of his lust. Little did he reckon of the Omniscient eye. Little did he count on …

Sin Slain

Judges 4:22

… The charnel house must be empty, and where death reigned, life must reign. There is no mistake perhaps more common in these dangerous times than to mistake externals …

Watch-Night Service

Psalm 90:1-22

… You hear the ticking of that clock!—it is the footstep of death pursuing you. Each time the clock ticks, death’s footsteps are falling on the ground …

The Stony Heart Removed

Ezekiel 36:26

… To chase the shades of death away And bid the sinner live! A beam of heaven, a vital ray, 'Tis thine alone to give." But while such a …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… The Psalmist says of them, "There are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they …

Messengers Wanted

Isaiah 6:8

… Our preaching is a savor of death unto death, as well as of life unto life. "Oh," says one, "I should not like to preach if that is …

The Minister’s Fainting Fits

… He who must never see death, yearns after the rest of the grave, even as Caesar, the world’s monarch, in his moments of pain cried like a …

Sin Immeasurable

Psalm 19:12

… God has brought you to the gates of death, and you have promised that if he would but save your wretched soul that you would lead a fresh …

The Character of Christ’s People

John 17:16

… Thy boasting of religion is empty as a phantom, and shall pass away when the sun rises, as the ghosts sleep in their grave at the crowing of …

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

… Such is the construction of our nature that the very word of life, if heard without regard becomes a savour of death unto death. What consequences hang upon …

Psalm 85

Psalm 85

… We are dead or dying, faint and feeble, God alone can revive us, he has in other times refreshed his people, he is still the same, he will …

The “Down-grade” Controversy Foreshadowed

… with spirit. “We are sure this book could not cheer us on a dying bed, or even nerve us with faith for a living conflict. Its sentiments are …

Hatred Without Cause

John 15:25

… and yet all classes conspired to hate him; the priests cried him down because he spoiled their dogmas; the nobles would put him to death because he spoke …

Divine Sovereignty

Matthew 20:15

… You have not a father to death with, but a judge . You say all men are God’s children; I demand of you to prove that. I never …

Nonconformity

From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 7

… many dying in prison; repeated conspiracies; executions of great and honourable men; but still, still the element of Nonconformity held on, and you come to the death of …

The First and Great Commandment

Mark 12:30

… One wish of his infinite will would have brought thee to the grave, and given thy body to the worms; and at this moment, though thou art strong …

Daniel's Undaunted Courage

Daniel 6:10

… He was cast into the den—into the grave. His soul was among the lions. They sealed His tomb with their signet, lest any should steal Him by …

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

… It is also a pledge that He always will love you when the heavens and the earth shall pass away. "I am persuaded that neither death, nor life …

A Solemn Embassy

2 Corinthians 5:20

… Peace; eternal, unbroken peace; peace that shall endure in life and outlive death; peace which shall endure throughout eternity, we testify and make known to you. This peace …

A Memorable Interview

John 20:27

… Behold the Lord of Life, who had overcome the sharpness of death and passed out of the portals of the tomb in triumph, having spoiled principalities and powers …

Goodness Going Before

Psalm 21:3

… You had a death in the house—but a month or two before the death came, you had an unusual season of joy and you did not know …

The Battle of Life

… What is life but a great battle, lasting from our earliest days until we sheathe sword in death? This battle we hope to win, and yet if we …

Psalm 103

Psalm 103

… to redeem our souls from death by dying in our stead. Adam Clarke. Verse 4. From the pit, including death, the grave, Hades. The Targum renders "from Gehenna …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… The last enemy that shall be destroyed is Death. How shall we see Him in His beauty when Death, itself, shall die! I cannot attempt to describe that …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… Whether we look at Him within or without, in His youth, or in His childhood, or in His Manhood—in His life or in His death—in His …

The Bed and Its Covering

Isaiah 28:20

… We need “kind nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep.” If we could not sleep, should we not even wish for death? Let sleep be long withholder from our …

Waiting Only Upon God

Psalm 62:6

… the grave were what it seems to be, the goal of all existence, if the black nails in the coffin were not bright with stars, if death were …

The March!

Numbers 10:35

… Where was that day the boast of death? Had Christ remained in the jaws of death—had the Holy One seen corruption?—then had the redeemed remained the …