Marriage

The Bliss of the Glorified

Revelation 7:16

… his native country? Should not the bride, the married wife, when she has been long away from her husband, long to see his face? If you did not …

To Sunday School Teachers And Other Soul-winners

James 5:19

… In the case of a husband, none should be so earnest for his restoration as his wife—and the same rule holds good with regard to the wife …

Early Pastoral Epistles

… Tenderly as a husband thinks of the doting affection of his wife, as the father receives the fond homage of his children, as a brother when he is …

The Blessed Guest Detained

Luke 24:28

… come between us and Christ for a single moment? Will a wife treat her loving husband with coldness and then excuse herself that she had other matters on …

Have You Forgotten Him?

Genesis 41:9

… Every man must mourn apart, and every woman apart—the husband apart, and the wife apart—the brother apart, and the sister apart. "I do remember my faults …

The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 3:7

… seen your sisters saved, but you still remain unconverted! There is a husband, yonder, whose wife has told him with sparkling eyes of the rest she has found …

Sin—Its Springhead, Stream and Sea

Psalm 106:7

… so successfully helped and found the wife at home. He told her the case and she answered at once, "My husband will be ready to lend you his …

Christ's Marvellous Giving

Titus 2:14

… hold of that sweet word—himself! It is the love of a husband to his wife, who not only gives her all that she can wish, daily food …

The Luther Sermon at Exeter Hall

Galatians 5:6

… Like the prudent wife in Proverbs, faith will do a man good and not harm all the days of his life. First, it touches the mainspring of our …

The Right Kind of Fear

Proverbs 28:14

… a Christian husband should act towards his wife." Other members of the household may say, "I fear lest I should not be such a wife, or such a …

Jubilee Joys

… I confess that I would not go across the street to hear myself preach ; but I dare not say more upon that matter, because my wife is here …

Is It True?

Daniel 3:14

… In some cases the wife and mother, or the husband and father, or the friend and teacher constitute the main support of the individual's religion—he leans …

Noah's Faith, Fear, Obedience, and Salvation

Hebrews 11:7

… There were no other believers, if you except his wife and his sons and daughters. There were eight in all; but I am afraid that some of these …

No Quarter

1 Kings 18:40

… love of Christ! If you are a wife, a loving, tender wife, you will do nothing which would grieve your husband. If you have grown cold in love …

Pride Catechized

Job 34:33

… together—it is only wicked men who have pretended to celebrate this unholy marriage! God proclaims a perpetual separation between sin and happiness and it is well that …

Among Lions

Psalm 57:4

… Well may we pity a godly wife bound to an ungodly husband! Alas, full often a she is married to a drunk whose opposition amounts to brutality. A …

Singing in the Ways of the Lord

Psalm 138:5

… You cannot always be in the company of your wife and children. You must go from home to get a little pleasure." That is a bad fellow! I …

Three Homilies From One Text

Matthew 4:23-25

… Christ! Mother, bring out your sick son, and your sick daughter! Wife, bring out your demoniacal husband who seems as if he were possessed of the devil! I …

Sychar's Sinner Saved

John 4:10

… Go, call your husband, and come here. The woman answered and said, / have no husband. Jesus said unto her, You have well said, / have no husband. Praise people …

'Who Is on the Lord's Side?'

Exodus 32:26

… the wounds of a friend." Some have condoned sin to please a wife or a husband, but they who are faithful to God must also be faithful to …

First Things First

… She telegraphed to her husband two words. The first was very pleasant to his eyes—"Saved." The next was full of misery—"Saved alone." Ah me! Would you …

Testimony And Experience

John 4:39-42

… Many a husband has been won to God by his wife's witness to the power of religion in her own soul—and many a child has been …

Jesus Appearing To Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… And now what if I say that Christ was her father, her brother, her husband, her friend, her children, her everything? He was her family and there was …

Enoch

Genesis 5:21-24

… But now with my husband, who is not always in the best of tempers, and with my children who seem to have an unlimited number of needs and …

Two Coverings and Two Consequences

Proverbs 38:13

… Three hours after, when his wife, Sapphire, said the same, the feet of the young men who had buried her husband were at the door, ready to carry …

Concerning Saints

Psalm 145:10

… having finished a picture, he laid down his palette and said to his wife, "My power to paint is gone!" "Oh," she asked, "how is that?" "Well," he …

Life's Need and Maintenance

Psalm 22:29

… The wife remains a happy wife by loving fellowship with her husband. When the betrothed one is married to her beloved, the wedding day is not the end …

Travailing for Souls

Isaiah 66:8

… Yes, wife, the husband’s heart will be won when your heart is perfectly consecrated. Yes, mother, the girl shall love the Saviour when you love him better …

The Scales of Judgment

Daniel 5:27

… Every man apart—husband apart from wife. Apart, let us seek our chambers of praying again and again, “Lord renew me: Lord forgive me: Lord accept me.” And …

Compassion For The Multitude

Matthew 14:17

… Am I a son, and have I no duty to my father? Am I a husband and have I no duties of kindness to the wife? Am I …

Am I Clear Of His Blood?

Genesis 4:10

… How often have I seen this in the husband who seeks to prevent the wife's attendance at the House of God and in the young man who …

The Heavenly Wind

John 3:8

… that his dear wife who had written the above letter had died soon after finishing it, and with a bleeding heart the lone husband sent it on to …

Spiritual Glean1ng

Ruth 2:15

… Yes, more than that, He is the Husband of His Church, and He may well let His wife go and glean among the sheaves, for all she gets …

Faith Among Mockers

Psalm 22:8

… The husband has been known to say to his wife, "Ridiculous nonsense, your trusting in God!" Yes, and parents have said the same to holy children and, alas …

The Form and Spirit of Religion

1 Samuel 4:3

… It is hard for a woman to believe religion if she has a minister for a husband who is profane and wicked. This woman’s husband not only …

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

John 14:1

… Suppose that these should meet and that the man, as a patriot, is oppressed with the ills of his country? Suppose, as a father and a husband, he …

Preaching! Man's Privilege and God's Power

Mark 6:20

… The wife is glad to think that her husband is in a hopeful state. He rises from his seat; he goes up stairs; he walks about the house …

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… Wherever she goes, it certainly does her no hurt—why not let her go?" In the next conversation the wife said, "I really think, Husband, that our servant …

Introduction

… Many a time, during my husband’s long absences, when fulfilling his almost ceaseless preaching engagements, has this portrait comforted me; its expression of calm confident faith strengthened …

Later Literary Works

… Spurgeon, concerning her dear husband, after he was “called home,” proved that a student penetrated the disguise through which the deacon could not see. Referring to his beloved …