Family & Children

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… pleasure in the sympathy of His children. When you have been very heavy of heart, even to weeping, if your little child has said, “Dear father, don’t …

Diary, April to June, 1850

… Addressed the children upon Prayer. Went visiting with Mr. M., six fresh children. Evening at Mr. B.’s. Engaged in prayer at his family altar. Today has been …

Letters to Father and Mother, January to June, 1850

… Oh, what a horrid state! It seems as if no real child of God could ever look so coldly on, and think so little of, the love of …

The Hunger-Bite

Job 18:12

… As they have looked upon poor persons with family loves and domestic joys— and felt that their own joys were few in that direction—they have greatly envied …

The Long Illness

… and every Christian heart must feel for him, and for you, and his family, and pray for his recovery. " Believe me, " Yours very faithfully, "J. J. S. Worcester …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… Thus we read that the Latins sacrificed the tenth of their children to Jupiter; that men and children were usually sacrificed to Saturn in many places in Candia …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Continued)

… I was welcomed, petted, and entertained most affectionately by all the family, and I remember being taken to see every place and object of interest in and around …

Psalm 136

Psalm 136

… None can be likened unto him, he is alone in wonderland, the Creator and Worker of true marvels, compared with which all other remarkable things are as child …

The Holy Spirit in the Covenant

Ezekiel 36:27

… Just once more—THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE GIVEN TO GOD'S CHILDREN AS A COMFORTING SPIRIT. This is peculiarly His office. Have you ever felt, immediately before …

Psalm 144

Psalm 144

… in polished Greece in times of old, and in some heathen nations even to this day, the female children of a family have been cruelly destroyed, as adding …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… Brown, of Dublin, speaks truly when he says of him, in a lately-published eulogy, “So wonderful a man, and yet so simple, — with a great child-heart …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… Received into the Family. 6. Considered as children: food, protection, clothing, education, attendance provided. 7. Under the control of the Father. (ii) In some things they disagree I …

Preaching in the Open Air

… Fresh air, and plenty of it, is a grand thing for every mortal man, woman, and child. I have preached twice, on a Sabbath day, at “Blairmore,” not …

Communion With Christ And His People

… Children of one family need not wait to be introduced to each other: having eaten of this one bread, we have given and received the token of brotherhood …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878 (Continued)

… There were springing up around me, as my own spiritual children, many earnest young men who felt an irresistible impulse to preach the gospel; and yet, with half …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man

… If you wish to keep them all, I will not grumble, as it is all ‘in the family.’ With all best wishes, “Yours very truly, In this instance …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… When the family returned from the morning service, varied emotions filled their souls. They had never before heard just such preaching; they were bewildered, and amazed, but they …

The Christian’s Heaviness and Rejoicing

1 Peter 1:6

… As to his pedigree, what a riddle he is! He is a child of the first Adam, “an heir of wrath, even as others.” He is a child …

Threshing

… heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” If, we being evil, yet succeed with our children by our poor, imperfect …

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… We were sad children if we did not love our Father's dwelling place. Though we own no sacred buildings, yet the church of the living God is …

The Minister’s Ordinary Conversation

… it the children’s friend is one who will be worth knowing. Have a good word to say to each and every member of the family—the big …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… cause him to offend again, or will not lead other members of the family to think lightly of his offense and will prevent any mischief coming from the …

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… suppose that they must lose their children when such unaccountable diseases suddenly appeared in them and yet they survive. In the family of Christ certain epidemics break out …

Smoking Flax

Isaiah 42:3

… not better instructed in the doctrines, he is no child of God." The Lord has some of His children whose heads are in a very strange state and …

The Horns of the Altar

1 Kings 2:30

… it is a superstition which begins with, "In my baptism, wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom …

Our Great Shepherd Finding the Sheep

Luke 15:4

… However little the flock may be, even if it is restricted to our own family, or to the little class that gathers about us on the Sabbath, we …

The Joy of Harvest

… When the children of Israel were in the wilderness they went forth every morning and gathered the manna. Our manna does not come to us every morning, but …

The Bird Escaped from the Snare

Psalm 124:7

… Ah, me, that men should be so moved from their integrity! Oh, child of God, be upright in everything! However well you may gloss a matter over, and …

The Orphan's Father

Hosea 14:3

… As to the fatherless children they say, "Let them go to the workhouse—we cannot be troubled with them." The gentle-hearted one never sees a little child …

The Pastor's Life Wrapped Up with His People's Steadfastness a Pleading Reminder for the New Year

1 Thessalonians 3:8

… I call that holiness which makes a kind father, a true brother, an obedient child and makes me mind my daily calling and see that I make others …

Spiritual Gleaning

… In spiritual matters God is a great husbandman; and there, too, all his works are done for his children, that they may be fed upon the finest of …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… True faith always has repentance for its twin-brother, love for its child, and holiness for its crown. If you have looked to Jesus for life, be sure …

Jesus, The Stumbling Stone Of Unbelievers

1 Peter 2:7

… What if there are mysteries in it? Can you expect to comprehend all that God knows? Be teachable as a child and the Gospel will be sweet to …

To Workers with Slender Apparatus

… pence, and that be can make out of them a dinner for a family of five or six, all the good wives open their eyes, and wonder how …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878

… When a young man resides in a Christian family, not only is he under the most vigilant oversight, but he never ceases to be one of the people …

Roads Cleared

Isaiah 57:14

… Oh, but," says one, "I should have to run the gauntlet in my family if I became a Christian." Run the gauntlet, my Friend! It is better to …

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind

Acts 9:5

… I tried to show that we must receive the kingdom of Heaven as little children, or else we could not in any way enter into it. I wanted …

The Broken Fence

… I go a step farther; I believe that there is a great guardian power about family prayer, and I feel greatly distressed because I know that very many …

Nonconformity

From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 7

… men and women began to leave property to found schools, schools in which the children of the middle classes should receive an education that would put them upon …

Might Have Been, or May Be

John 11:37

… David fasts, prays and cries to God as long as his child is alive, but when his child is dead, he washes his face and eats bread because …