Hope

Psalm 55

Psalm 55

… The divisions of error are the hope of truth. For I have seen violence and strife in the city. The rabble and their leaders were plotting and planning …

First Literary Friends

… Altogether, he seems to want the reverence of manner which is essential to the success of a minister of the gospel.* We hope, however, that in these respects …

A Refreshing Promise

Isaiah 27:3

… the brim and keep it full forever! Fulfill this Word unto Your servant, upon which You have caused me to hope, and water me every moment, even me."

Psalm 18

Psalm 18

… As the Lord our God liveth so would we live to him. "And blessed be my rock." He is the ground of our hope, and let him be …

Stewards

… I hope none of you have ever had the misfortune to be made a trustee. It is a thankless office. In executing a trust, there is little scope …

Psalm 83

Psalm 83

… Hidden away from all harm are the Lord's chosen; their enemies think not so, but hope to smite them; they might as well attempt to destroy the …

Memorable Services away from Waterbeach

… order for an old man, and hardly feel myself failing at all.” ” I hope your good health will continue for years to come, and that, like Moses, you …

Pure Fun

… We hope these wise and genial pages will work a revolution in the ideas of thousands who now blush when they smile, and put down an honest laugh …

Psalm 112

Psalm 112

… they are far scarcer than the breadth of profession might lead us to hope. Lord, make us all to possess these admirable qualities. Verse 5. A good man …

Psalm 78

Psalm 78

… That they might set their hope in God. Faith cometh by hearing. Those who know the name of the Lord will set their hope in him, and that …

Memories of Maidstone and Newmarket

… I hope I am not violating his confidence in mentioning this fact. It is no discredit to the memory of a great man that he was willing to …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Continued)

… more like a week! I was hurried round and round the field without hope of escape until, suddenly seeing a nice open carriage, with two occupants, standing near …

Psalm 134

Psalm 134

… Then we may confidently hope that the third time we think of blessing we shall find ourselves conscious receivers of it from the Ever blessed One. Amen. EXPLANATORY …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… Yet, further, the resurrections that have already taken place give us hope and confidence that there shall be a resurrection of all saints. Do you not remember that …

Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation

John 14:28

… Love Him as the Source of your hope, your pardon, your life, your future Glory! Loving Him, we learn to prize all His gifts the more, for he …

The Holy Spirit in the Covenant

Ezekiel 36:27

… gave it as their opinion that she died in the sure and certain hope of salvation. The appointed day came. She was hung, but it being very rainy …

The Principal Wheat

… Perform to your faith, to your hope, to your love, and to all the plants that are in your soul every other service which the husbandman renders to …

“A New Departure”

… God forbid that we should ever try to cover our decline of heart by the invention of our self-conceit! I hope that, when our ministry begins to …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… Humility is produced by faith, and hope breathes through faith. In doing good to others, and particularly in combat with evil, let us have faith. I. FAITH IS …

Preaching in the Open Air

… within hearing, yet did he “waste his sweetness on the desert air.” I hope it relieved his own mind. Really, it must be viewed as an essential part …

Psalm 89

Psalm 89

… When inveterate sensuality has succeeded in quenching in a man's heart the hope of a life beyond the grave, the dreary void which succeeds utters itself, not …

The Guilt and the Cleansing

Psalm 51:7

… up you? O you who are out of Christ—without God and without hope—what will you do? What will you do when God shall put on His …

The Uses of Anecdotes and Illustrations

… If he hears some narrative in connection with his village or county, you will have him “all there,” and you may then hope to do him good. The …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man

… For this, I hope I shall escape censure, even if I do not win commendation. Few can conceive the amount of toil which this compilation has involved, both …

Lecture III: The Uses Of Anecdotes And Illustrations.

… If he hears some narrative in connection with his village or county, you will have him "all there," and you may then hope to do him good. The …

Threshing

… morning.” Rejoice, ye daughters of sorrow! Be comforted, ye sons of grief! Have hope in God, for you shall yet praise him who is the health of your …

Psalm 127

Psalm 127

… One would hope that the workmen were not called upon to hurry up in the morning nor to protract their labours far into the night; but we would …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers

… Who could have told you such a thing? I hope I have not led anyone to think so. It is a hard battle, but I know the victory …

Psalm 41

Psalm 41

… When the fox calls on the sick lamb his words are soft, but he licks his lips in hope of the carcass. It is wretched work to have …

Psalm 52

Psalm 52

… God shall still be the psalmist's hope; he will not in future look elsewhere. He whose name has been so gloriously made known in truth and righteousness …

Retrospect—"The Lord Has Blessed"

Joshua 17:14

… Come, Brothers and Sisters, we have not driven out all the Canaanites yet, but we have driven out many of them! We are not what we hope to …

Elijah's Plea

1Kings 18:36

… fulfill this Word unto Your servant, upon which You have caused me to hope. There is no merit in my faith, or my baptism, or my repentance, or …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… There was nothing in the people themselves to secure them success, the Lord's favour alone did it, and it is ever so in our case, our hope …

The Sheep Before the Shearers

… You that have been shorn have, I hope, received comfort through the ever blessed Spirit of God. May God bless you. Oh that the sinner, too, would humble …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… Come to Himself! He is your food, your hope, your joy, your Heaven. Come to Him—give Him no rest till He reveals Himself to you and you …

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

1 Thessalonians 3:8

… I have small hope for them if 30 years of ministry have not brought them to Christ! At any rate, these many years add to the dreadful probability …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… By His agonies and death He did not merely give a bare hope of the pardon of sin, but He hurled the sin of all His elect into …

Christ Exalted

Hebrews 10:12-13

… We are, therefore, many of us, “looking for that blessed hope; that glorious appearing of the kingdom of our Saviour Jesus Christ;” many of us are expecting that …

Christ's Marvellous Giving

Titus 2:14

… It is Christ Jesus, the man, the God, "who gave himself for us." Now I hope we shall not make any mistakes here, for mistakes here will be …

The Dual Nature and the Duel Within

Romans 7:23

… I can only hope that those who have no conflict within may begin to feel one. May God grant that you may not rest quiet in sin, for …