Death & Dying

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… written in their hearts, in remembrance of his dying pains and agonies: Jesus was cheered, even in his death agonies, by the thought of the love of his …

Where Can We Find Anecdotes and Illustrations?

… It was even seriously questioned whether Phidias should not be stoned to death because he had so desecrated the statue. How could he dare, they asked, to put …

The Minister’s Self-Watch

… bid men come to Christ, while he himself is a stranger to his dying love? O sirs, surely this must be perpetual slavery. Such a man must hate …

The Fair Portrait of a Saint

Job 23:11

… Blessed are they in life and death of whom it can be said—as He was, so were they, also, in this world. Though misunderstood and misrepresented, yet …

Children'S Bread Given To Dogs

Matthew 15:27

… It tells us that this inability of ours to goodness is so great as to be tantamount to spiritual death. It describes us as being by nature "dead …

A Savior Such As You Need

Hebrews 10:15-18

… And as to his dying or his living, these are but small matters to him. If he lives in the flesh he serves God, and if he dies …

Election and Holiness

Deuteronomy 10:14-16

… people, and lifts these up, and that, too, by costly means; by the death of his own Son by the work of his own Spirit; that these must …

Lecture IV: Where Can We Find Anecdotes And Illustrations?

… It was even seriously questioned whether Phidias should not be stoned to death because he had so desecrated the statue. How could he dare, they asked, to put …

Personal Service

Psalm 116:16

… Within but a few centuries after the death of Christ, the cross had been uplifted in every land; the name of Jesus had been pronounced in every known …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… It will never do to imitate the famous Grecian who cried, “O heaven!” with his finger pointing to the earth; nor to describe dying weakness by thumping upon …

Psalm 101

Psalm 101

… He was of the same mind as the dying statesman who said, "Corruption wins not more than honesty." It is greatly to be deplored that in after years …

“Forward!”

… By the help of God, we have cut our way to positions of usefulness; and to descend is death. To us, forward means upward; and therefore forward and …

A Traveller’s Letters Home

… John Lateran, “the mother of all churches,” and I shall here only dare to write of one thing which, to my dying-day, I shall never forget. I …

Psalm 128

Psalm 128

… What anxiety is there about accomplishments which, how attractive soever, are but the dying blossoms of this wild olive tree!— Richard Cecil , 1748-1810. Verse 3. Although the …

Psalm 132

Psalm 132

… The frightful report of this calamity was brought to Eli, and occasioned his instant death. This appears to be the event referred to in the words, "We heard …

Our Manifesto

Galatians 1:11

… The treatment which has been given to eminent men while they have lived has been prophetic of the treatment of their reputations after death. This evil world is …

Our Public Prayer

… Let the sick, the poor, the dying, the heathen, the Jew, and all forgotten classes of people, be mentioned as they press upon your heart. Pray for your …

Psalm 98

Psalm 98

… Jesus, our King, has lived a marvellous life, died a marvellous death, risen by a marvellous resurrection, and ascended marvellously into heaven. By his divine power he has …

Strength in Weakness

… We get tugging away as if the salvation of the world depended upon our straining ourselves to death. Now, I do not want you to get away from …

Stewards

… The gospel lives by dying. Brethren, at any rate, in this contest, if we are not victorious, we will at least be faithful. 6.  A steward’s business …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890 (Continued)

… It was difficult for the patient to realize that he was slowly but surely dying ; indeed, he utterly refused to believe it, even when doctors and nurses had …

Psalm 35

Psalm 35

… Come, dear reader, have you not been delivered from sin, Satan, and death, and will not you bless the Redeemer? You were poor and weak, but in due …

Psalm 84

Psalm 84

… Shall I dread death? Indeed the "Sun" makes death terrible, forcing me to read God's curse in the motionless limbs and mouldering features; but then the "Shield …

Psalm 135

Psalm 135

… They cannot communicate with their worshippers; they are dumb as death. If they cannot even speak, they are not even so worthy of worship as our children at …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

… Salvation finds us in the dark, but it does not leave us there; it gives light to those who sit in the valley of the shadow of death …

Psalm 136

Psalm 136

… Even to redemption by the death of his Son did divine mercy stretch itself. What more can be desired? What more can be imagined? Many waters could not …

Psalm 17

Psalm 17

… We must follow the one or the other; the Book of Life, or the way of death; the word of the Holy Spirit, or the suggestion of the …

Psalm 147

Psalm 147

… He who causes summer to come in the place of winter has also removed the coldness and death from our hearts by the power of his word, and …

Psalm 32

Psalm 32

… The conscience of sin, and the terror of judgment doth break the heart of a true penitent, so long as he beholdeth his sin deserving death, his judge …

Psalm 109

Psalm 109

… A sore vexation to many on their death beds, and just enough upon graceless persecutors. But happy are they who, when they lie dying, can say as Luther …

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… David and the dying thief breathe the same prayer, and doubtless they grounded it upon the same plea, viz., the free grace and unmerited goodness of Jehovah. We …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… Sometimes by death. Thus with Elijah Weariness, loneliness, failure, had wrung from by death the strong man the cry, "Take away my life for I and not better …

Psalm 102

Psalm 102

… There are times when through depression of spirit a man feels as if all life were gone from him, and existence had become merely a breathing death. Heart …

The Old Man Crucified

Romans 6:6

… The death of our Lord Jesus Christ was an ignominious death. It was the death which the Roman Law accorded only to felons, serfs and Jews—few were …

Slaying the Sacrifice

Leviticus 1:5

… He laid down His life for us and became obedient to death, even the death of the Cross. The Law of God demanded death and death has fallen …

April 23 — NO FEAR OF DEATH

Rev. 2:11

April 23 NO FEAR OF DEATH "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; he that overcometh shall not be hurt …

Evening, October 13

Song 8:6

Evening, October 13 Go To Morning Reading “Love is strong as death.” Song of Solomon 8:6 Whose love can this be which is as mighty as the …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things …

To Sunday School Teachers And Other Soul-winners

James 5:19

… Is it not so? But the saving of a soul from death is a far greater matter! Let us think what that death is! It is not non …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… He was, therefore, to suffer perpetual banishment, even for causing death accidentally, in order that it might be seen how much God regarded the rights of blood and …