Hope

An Urgent Necessity

Hosea 10:12

… Let no person living say he has not time, for while life lasts, hope lasts. The sentence, "Depart, you cursed," is not yet pronounced by Christ's lips …

Close

… Those who hope to be saved by trying to do their best know nothing of that glowing fervor, that hallowed warmth, that devout joy in God, which come …

His Name—Wonderful!

Isaiah 9:6

… I dared not lift up mine eyes, but I thought within myself, “There may be hope, there may be mercy for me. Perhaps the God whom I have …

The Last Three Months at Mentone;–and Afterwards

… Until then, beloved, sleep ! We praise God for thee ; and, by the blood of the everlasting covenant, we hope and expect to praise God with thee. Amen." The …

Good Cause for Great Zeal

Ezra 4:14

… If the doctrine of Substitution is not true, I am a lost man—therefore, tooth and nail, will I fight for it! No other hope beneath the skies …

The Father's Will

John 6:39

… But we cannot depend on these things! We cannot mix them up with the blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ! Our one hope lies here, that Jesus died …

Absconding and Apostasy

John 6:67

… May God in His Omnipotent Mercy break your stubborn heart, or there will be no hope for you! Such people frequently lose all conscience. They can go a …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… There must be another state in which these anomalies will all be rectified. 'If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men …

Justification, Propitiation, Declaration

Romans 3:24-26

… The holy, just, and sacred Three Are terrors to my mind! But if Emmanuel's face appears, My hope, my joy, begins! His Grace forbids my slavish fear …

Preface

… For this I hope I shall escape censure, even if I do not win commendation. The preface to the Catalogue will be found on pages 33 and 34 …

Pride and Humility

Proverbs 18:12

… for this they have dared to risk their hope of salvation, to leave the gentle yoke of Jesus, and go toiling wearily along the way of life, seeking …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… Do but ask boldly, receive gratefully, wait patiently, hope trustfully and walk rejoicingly, for as God has given you His Son, shall He not, with Him, also freely …

'A Kind of First Fruits'

James 1:18

… Why are you cast down, O my Soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health …

A Faithful Friend

Proverbs 18:24

… I hope there are some brothers here who would be prepared to do the same if they should ever be brought into the same difficulty. It is saying …

Some Reminiscences of Foreign Travel

… In some future chapters, I hope to let him tell, in his own sweet words, by his letters home, how his heart was stirred, and his spirit refreshed …

The Smoke Of Their Torments

Genesis 19:27

… As you go to your bed, remember the despair and the dismay of those who dared to live in sin and have already died without hope. I think …

Secret Sins

Psalm 19:12

… O renounce the foolish hope of secresy, for thy sin is this day recorded, and shall one day be advertised upon the walls of heaven. II. In the …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… I believe I should have a better hope of conversions, tonight, if I were speaking to people who had never heard the Gospel before. For after long hearing …

The Voice of the Blood of Christ

Hebrews 12:24

… It said, “Cain, although thou mayest now be spared there is no hope for thee; thou art a man accursed on earth, and accursed for ever, God hath …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… Conscience will, perhaps, say to some child of God tonight— indeed, I hope it will—"There has been much today in business that has not been what it …

Psalm 60

Psalm 60

… There is so much in the fact of a banner being given to the hosts of Israel, so much of hope, of duty, of comfort, that a pause …

Where to Find Fruit

Hosea 14:8

… O Christian, prize this precious doctrine of union to Christ; hold it firmly, because it is the source of every atom of fruitfulness which thou canst ever hope …

Jacob's Waking Exclamation

Genesis 28:16

… If we leave the parental roof we may hope still to sojourn where there is an altar to the Most High God, and where we can still unite …

Lovest Thou Me?

John 21:15-17

… So, no doubt, has many a deluded one, because he had a fictitious faith, and a fancied hope in Christ; therefore the name of Christ seemed to gladden …

God's Thoughts and Ours

Psalm 139:17

… I hope in Your Word. For You will be sure to do as You have said. Your promises are not like men's—they cannot be broken—and …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… I only wish I could have any hope that it would be so in me—instead of this I find that to will is present with me, but …

Holy Song From Happy Saints

Isaiah 5:1

… Suppose, even, that you had not a hope of Heaven, I might say to a man, "Be thankful that you are not in Hell." But to you, Christian …

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved

Psalm 127:2

… To you and me by grace ‘tis given, To know the Saviour’s precious name; And shortly we shall meet in heaven, Our end, our hope, our way …

Thanksgiving And Prayer

Psalm 65:11

… I hope to see every congregation in the land raising a special offering unto the Lord, to be devoted either to His Church, to the poor, to missions …

"Things To Come"

1 Corinthians 3:22

… Lay hold on this hope, poor Weeper! You who are in the heyday of your youth, looking to the joys of the future, reckon not too surely upon …

The New Year's Guest

Matthew 25:35

… This is He of whom Jeremiah said, "O the hope of Israel, the Savior thereof in time of trouble, why should You be as a stranger in the …

The Great Reservoir

Proverbs 4:23

… So in vain the rules by which men hope to fashion their lives; in vain the regimen by which we seek to constrain ourselves to the semblance of …

The Joint Heirs and Their Divine Portion

Romans 8:17

… Reach the bottom of Christ’s sea of joy, and then hope to understand the bliss which God hath prepared for them that love him. Overleap the boundaries …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… And after he had seen the strength of the holy city, he fled! How could he ever hope to scale such ramparts as those? Brothers and Sisters, Satan …

Salvation of the Lord

Jonah 2:9

… And this thing I hope I can say from my heart: if to be made as the mire of the streets again, if to be the laughingstock of …

Over the Mountains

Song 2:16

… I hope there is a spiritual region attainable where there are no clouds to hide the Sun of our soul, but I cannot speak positively, for I have …

Spiritual Liberty

2 Corinthians 3:17

… says, “he shall be lost in flames for ever, and there is no hope.” Behold him alone in his retirement: when he lays his head on his pillow …

Faith First, Confession Following

Romans 10:10

… To confess Christ is to say of Him, "I have received Him into my soul as my Savior and He is my sole hope for time and for …

Sincere Seekers—assured Finders

1 Chronicles 28:9

… the Mercy Seat and plead it! Be thankful for the smallest degree of hope! Trust that the first beams of day will soon expand and deepen into dawn …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… I hope that many of us, looking back to the time of our conversion, can use the words as our own and oh, how many times since, if …