Marriage

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… far away? In Jesus' keeping we are safe, and they." Yes, the dear wife is at home. We do not know how things are going there with the …

The Holy Spirit in the Covenant

Ezekiel 36:27

… A coffin was provided and she was moved in it to East Lothian where her husband was going to bury her. They stopped at a public-house on …

The Eternal Name

Psalm 72:17

… We would not wish, when God hath given to man one wife, that he should drag in twenty, as the companions of that one. We cannot prefer Mormonism …

Real Contact With Jesus

… If thou darest not tell thy wife, or thy child, or thy father, that thou art trusting in Jesus, it need not be told as yet. Thou mayest …

Psalm 69

Psalm 69

… It is well known what Tertullian relates of Socrates, when his wife met him after his condemnation, and addresses him with a woman's tears: "Thou art unjustly …

Psalm 74

Psalm 74

… A God of the night, my darling, Of the night of death so grim, The gate that leads out of life, good wife, Is the gate that leads …

The New Park Street Tracts

… with her profession of religion for many years, and at length became the wife of a minister of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. [Perhaps, dear reader …

The Miracles of Our Lord's Death

Matthew 27:50-53

… What rapture as they saw again the beloved husband! It may be that some of them appeared to father and mother. And I doubt not that many a …

Spiritual Gleaning

… It is a high and charming mystery that our Lord Jesus is the Husband of his church; and sure he may well let his spouse glean among the …

“In Labours More Abundant” (Continued)

… Before they had finished, the wife of one of the deacons was seized with a fit, and died in a few minutes. I had not arranged to preach …

The Fruits of Grace

Isaiah 19:18-25

… His wife knows it; his children know it; his workfolk know it; and though some of them will think him a fool to speak after the way in …

"Living, Loving, Lasting Union"

Ephesians 5:30

… Indeed, dear Friends, while we mourn with you, we cannot but congratulate you that you have had such a husband, such a father, such a brother as our …

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind

Acts 9:5

… the Head over all things to the Church—He is His Church's Husband and the world's Ruler—Master of Providence, Sovereign of Heaven, Conqueror of Hell …

The Believer Not An Orphan

… No circle of friends can supply to a bereaved woman the loss of her husband; without him, she is still a widow. Even thus, without Jesus, it is …

Enquirers and Converts

… In another case, a man went home, and told his wife that he was going to write the word Condemned ; she pleaded with him in vain, for he …

The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit

… He would have been a husband without his spouse; but he loves his bride so well that for this purpose did he leave his Father and become one …

Repentance Unto Life

Acts 11:18

… He consulted with his wife Jezebel, who contrived to put Naboth to death, and thus secure the vineyard to the king. After Naboth was put to death, and …

Prospect—"He Will Keep"

John 17:11

… take care of these whom You have given Me." It is like a husband who has obtained his bride, but now finds that he must go away from …

What Self Deserves

Ezekiel 36:31

… That woman, once a church member, married an ungodly husband, and many a bitter day she has had since then, and to-night she has strayed in here …

Psalm 66

Psalm 66

… the best music in the world would be honoured by marriage with such expressions. A Song or Psalm , or a Song and Psalm. It may be either said …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… Once when I was unduly depressed, my good wife said to me, "I have a book here which I should like to read to you." It did me …

Profit and Loss

Mark 8:36

… His wife asked him what was the matter; he could hardly tell her for some time; and last he confessed he had taken half-a-crown never to …

Safe Shelter

Psalm 91:4

… I do not think the dearest wife and the most beloved children can really fully fill the heart. I know you need something more sometimes. I know you …

Their Desired Haven

Psalm 107:30

… There shall be no panics there, no losses of money there, no sickening wife, no dying child, no tortured brain, no anguish in the heart—there we shall …

The Voice of the Blood of Christ

Hebrews 12:24

… It was but his wife that slept by his side; but he thought he felt some one’s hands gripping his throat, and about to take away his …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… Their afflictions made them weary of their idols and caused them to say, "We will return unto our first husband, for it was better with us, then, than …

Messengers Wanted

Isaiah 6:8

… Who among you will try and teach the Truth of God to a drunken husband? Who among you will carry the Gospel to despisers and profligates and into …

Christ's Plea for Ignorant Sinners

Luke 23:34

… A man will consider about taking a wife. He will consider about making a business. He will consider about buying a horse or a cow, but he will …

Opening Services

… He read additional lists of contributions received from various sources, and gave the following abstract of the whole—he had brought in over £1,500; his wife and …

Frost And Thaw

Psalm 147:16-18

… Persecuting Saul became loving Paul, and why should not that person be saved of whose case you almost despair? Your husband may have many points which make his …

Frost and Thaw

… Persecuting Saul became loving Paul, and why should not that person be saved of whose case you almost despair? Your husband may have many points which make his …

God's King Magnified

Psalm 132:18

… We do not tell our wife, our children, our neighbors—and if we can, we go and hide our shame and put it away! Now God seems to …

Foretastes of the Heavenly Life

Deuteronomy 1:25

… There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebecca, his wife; and there I buried Leah. The purchase of the field and of …

The Carpenter's Son and His Relations

Matthew 13:55

… The Church of Christ often appears to be merely a company of obscure and insignificant folk, yet that Church is "the bride, the Lamb's wife," and that …

A Visit to Bethlehem

Luke 2:15

… Once more the father seeks a fresh text and, looking at his wife, he says, "My Dear, you have taken a quiet interest in our conversations this evening …

Real Contact With Jesus

Luke 8:46

… If you dare not tell your wife, or your child, or your father, that you are trusting in Jesus, it need not be told as yet. You may …

Plenary Absolution

Psalm 103:12

… Indeed he gave us an instance of a farmer, who, in recounting the property he left to his wife, intending her to have had all, actually omitted to …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… find comfort in your seasons of sorrow and trial? You who have lost wife and children—you who are pinched with poverty—you who are racked with sickness …

Martha and Mary

Luke 10:41-42

… No mean prize is it, especially for the working man, to have a Martha for his wife—one who orders her household well. Indeed, so commendable is this …

Why the Gospel Is Hidden

2 Corinthians 4:3

… wife met you with the sad news that your little Mary was lost, how you hurried from one police station to another? And your poor distracted wife went …