Death & Dying

A Song, A solace, A Sermon and a Summons

Psalm 136:1

… tempest, sailing, as it were, between the very jaws of death and into the throat of the grave. Surely they whispered to one another, "Will she brave it …

Why Christ Is Not Esteemed

Isaiah 53:3

… Then said He unto them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death; tarry you here, and watch with Me. And He went a little farther, and fell …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… There is life or death in the human tongue! There is life in the tongue that is under subjection to the will of God. There is death, there …

The Duty of Remembering the Poor

Galatians 2:10

… Remember, if thou dost not relieve them, thou givest great and grave suspicion that thou lovest not Christ, for if ye love not Christ’s people, how can …

On Conversion as Our Aim

… Your people may fall into grave spiritual diseases through the lack of a certain form of spiritual nutriment which can only be supplied by the doctrines which you …

The Light of the World

John 8:12

… His death gave yet more palpable evidence of unfaltering submission to the will of God—and unflinching self-sacrifice for the welfare of men! Oh, Beloved, the Light …

A Blow For Puseyism

John 6:63

… When my heart relies upon the merit of His death. When the bread and wine so refresh my memory that thoughts of Jesus Christ and His agonies melt …

Predestination and Calling

Romans 8:30

… If the call be effectual, and you are brought out and brought in—brought out of sin and brought to Christ, brought out of death into life, and …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and because obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted …

The Sages, The Star, and The Savior

Matthew 2:2

… God is like unto that being to whom it is a matter of grave consequence whether a cup of wine is lifted in worship as high as a …

Deliverance From the Power of Darkness

Colossians 1:13

… Now we can look at the river of death without being alarmed at it, for beyond it we can see the turrets and pinnacles of the new Jerusalem …

Absconding and Apostasy

John 6:67

… They are petitioning Parliament to open museums and theaters on Sundays, and at the same time they are hounding to death a poor fellow who prefers going to …

A Personal Application

Hebrews 9:26

… But, inasmuch as Jesus Christ bowed His head to the stroke of His Father's sword, and poured out His soul unto death for us, we may rest …

Pride and Humility

Proverbs 18:12

… art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the …

Secret Sins

Psalm 19:12

… Oh, that he might touch your hearts and bring you to him! For death is a solemn thing, damnation is a horrible thing, to be out of Christ …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

… it came from an old man standing almost on the borders of the grave. In an early part of my ministry, while but a lad, I was seized …

Jacob's Waking Exclamation

Genesis 28:16

… As with the grave digger and with undertaker’s men, the least thoughtful of all, the most careless of all men, so is it with them who are …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… Avalanche, hurricane, earthquake, are but order in an unusual form; destruction and death are but progress in veiled attire. Everything that is and is done, worketh out some …

Going Home—A Christmas Sermon

Mark 5:19

… Oh! suppose not, any of you, that Christianity was ever meant to interfere with households; it is intended to cement them, and to make them households which death …

A Vision of the King

Isaiah 33:17

… He comes and calls them, "Go forth...show yourselves." And at His bidding they appear, even as Lazarus came forth from the grave at His command. Now listen …

The Exodus

Exodus 12:41

… toils of Egypt, but shall be able to say, “O death where is thy sting? O grave , where is thy victory?” O hell , where is thy triumph? Thou …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… Your best hopes overleap the narrow bounds of time and fly beyond the grave—your spirit must not, therefore, be earthbound and groveling, but soaring and heavenly! There …

Salvation of the Lord

Jonah 2:9

… As they were redeemed from their filthy conversation by grace, so they must be redeemed from death and the grave by grace too, and they must enter heaven …

The Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… probabilities of life and death—before another Sabbath one of us will lie in the shell, prepared to be taken to the grave! And if that should happen …

Faith First, Confession Following

Romans 10:10

… of meeting a few of your fellow Christians? Why, you have to meet DEATH! You have to face a scorning, scoffing, frowning, jeering, persecuting world! If you are …

Unstaggering Faith

Romans 4:19-21

… And, fourthly, we shall show its bearing upon the case of a seeker, showing that he, also, will have to feel his own natural death and utter helplessness …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… necessity that He should die except that the power of His death might deliver you from death! There was no need whatever that He should be a Servant …

Good Cheer From Christ's Call and From Himself

Mark 10:46-52

… Tell Him you are a sinner worthy of death. Tell Him you have a hard heart. Tell Him you are a drunkard, or a swearer, if such is …

Mercy, Omnipotence, and Justice

Nahum 1:3

… you death has put his cold hand, and frozen your hair to whiteness. Ye need your staff: it is the only barrier between you and the grave now …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… Thou wilt prolong the king's life; or, better, "days to the days of the King thou wilt add." Death threatened, but God preserved his beloved. David, considering …

The Christ-Given Rest

Matthew 11:28

… With the child of God, there is no death of conscience. On the contrary, he who lives to the Lord has a more tender conscience than he ever …

A Practical Discourse

1 Kings 5:14

… our guide even over death." We shall trample down death, or, as one puts it, we shall stand by the grave of death! What a glorious place for …

The Best of Masters

John 14:27

… They that rest there, rest upon a bed of death; but the peace which Christ gives is no delusion. When the Christian can sit down and say “I …

Hiding Among the Stuff

1 Samuel 10:22-23

… Oh, how many amiable daughters, the joy of their mother's heart, have been enough, after all, to bring gray hairs with sorrow to the grave! How many …

'Return Unto Your Rest'

Psalm 116:7

… First, He has delivered your soul from death. You will never die the second death. You are a saved man! For you, as a Believer in Christ, death …

The Compassion of Jesus

Matthew 9:36

… Never one so indigent in death as He, without a friend, without even a tomb, except such as a loan could find Him. He gave up all the …

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… Through His death, being justified by faith, we have peace with God. "It is finished." Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Now is the way paved for …

Unparalleled Loving Kindnesses

Psalm 89:49

… is he that lives, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. The brevity of life makes it all …

The Priesthood of Believers

1 Peter 2:5

… Hatred is the cerement in which the dead soul is wound up, the grave clothes in which it is put away in the tomb. But love is the …

Providence

Matthew 10:30

… They wither not by chance; the grave is not filled by accident; men die according to God’s will. Your child is gone, but the Master took it …