Marriage

An Exciting Enquiry

Matthew 21:10

… On a sudden, he sees him a changed character, steady in all his conduct, affectionate, thoughtful of his wife and children, industrious and, lo and behold, he is …

A Call to the Unconverted

Galatians 3:10

… is hushed except the ticking of the clock, and the weeping of our wife and children; and we must die. O! how solemn will it be that hour …

Manasseh

… and the poor man goes home light as air, and says to his wife and children, ” Come rejoice with me.” “Why ?” say they. “Because,” says he, “my sins …

Suffering Outside the Camp

Hebrews 13:12

… If the wife of his bosom saw him, she must shun his presence, for a loathsome disease is in his skin and in his garments—and in the …

God's Care of Elijah

1 Kings 17:4

… off your table if He pleases." It so happened that the judge's wife, melted to compassion by the boldness of one of her own sex, daily abstracted …

Chastisement

Hebrews 12:5

… But what does the worldling do when he loses his wife, when his children are taken away, when his health departs and he himself is nigh unto death …

Free Grace

Ezekiel 36:32

… Abraham believed it, but at last, weary with waiting, he adopted the carnal expedient of taking to himself Hagar, to wife, and he fancied that Ishmael would most …

The Mediator’The Interpreter

Exodus 20:18-20

… loving-kindnesses they record! It is true that your Lord has taken your wife or your child away, or has made you sick, or has tried your soul …

Marvellous Increase of the Church

Isaiah 60:8

… More are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” saith the Lord. I tell thee, the Lord will show thee greater things than …

The End of the Righteous Desired

Numbers 23:10

… the righteous man, in the most calm and business-like manner, leaves his wife and his children in the hands of God and quotes the promise, "Leave your …

Cumbered With Much Serving

Luke 10:40

… It is no spouse of mine—it is Your wife and I am but as one that unties the laces of her shoes. I am but as one …

Communion With Christ and His People

1 Corinthians 10:16

… Some of us speak more often with Christ than we do with wife or child—and our communion with Jesus is deeper and more thorough than our fellowship …

Stephen and Saul

Acts 7:58

… Did you ever sit down and think, "What will my wife do when I am gone?" You do not like to think of it? Then do not think …

A View of God's Glory

Exodus 33:18

… Why, Manoah, even when he saw an angel, thought he should die! He said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God." If you …

Praise Your God, O Zion!

Luke 19:37-40

… There might have been a sick wife at home, or a child withering with disease. They were doubtless poor—we know they were—and poverty is never without …

The Danger of Carnal Security

Judges 18:7

… We are all impatient of control, but nothing can be worse for some men than to have no voice to check, no language to upbraid, no tender wife …

Preach the Gospel

1 Corinthians 9:16

… Speak to edification.’ I am sure you would not edify yourself and your wife, you had better go and try that first, and if you cannot succeed, don …

The Soul's Awakening

John 5:25

… Many mercies have come to his store—there are happy children climbing his knee, his wife is in strong health and full of happiness—they have no need …

Judgments and No Repentance— Repetance and No Salvation

Revelation 16:9

… He has not cut you down—He has not taken away your wife—is this a reason for being hard-hearted? It ought to be the other way …

Delivered On Sunday Morning, December 4, 1864,

2 Corinthians 6:2

… Your wife is there now. Your little infant children are there. Your brother is there, your grandsire is there and we, if we should now die, blessed be …

Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 1:10

… the news? Are you quite sure that it would please you? Remember the wife and family and the business and all that! Can you bear the snapping of …

The Necessity of Regeneration

John 3:7

… my new yoke of oxen" or, "I must go to my newly-wedded wife, so I pray you have me excused." He will do anything rather than come …

Daniel's Band

Daniel 10:11

… Admire the Grace of God which has called you, and your father, and your grandfather, and your brother and sister, and your wife, and maybe children, too! Oh …

The Fainting Hero

Judges 15:18

… have no charms for you then! The love of a tender and gentle wife can yield you but sorry comfort then! You may lay your moneybags at your …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… Potiphar’s wife followed the dictates of her own abandoned lust in tempting him. And yet, notwithstanding all the freedom of their will, it was ordained of God …

Forgiveness

Psalm 130:4

… I might meet another who would say, "But I used to persecute my wife. I have ill-treated my children because they would serve God. Can I, a …

What Had Become of Peter?

Acts 12:18

… When the jailer's wife came in the morning to call him, he was so sweetly asleep that she had to shake him to awaken him. It was …

Attention!

… it easy to escape from anxieties? Are you able to forget the sick wife and the ailing children at home? There is no doubt whatever that many come …

The Principal Wheat

Isaiah 28:25

… I find that the Hebrew is rendered by some eminent scholars, "He puts the wheat into the principal place." That little handful of cummin, for the wife to …

The Man Whose Hand Stuck to His Sword

2 Samuel 23:9

… When a certain good man lay dying, he had forgotten his wife and his children. But, yes, when the name of Jesus was whispered in his ear, he …

Boldness at the Throne

Hebrews 4:16

… He had a wife who tormented him dreadfully, yet, when someone jestingly said to him that he would not drink to her health, he replied, "I hope she …

Death—a Sleep

1 Thessalonians 4:13

… It may be natural to the unbridled passions of an ungodly man, who has lost his wife, to tear his hair, to throw himself upon the bed, to …

The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… The Lord would have us "Remember Lot's wife," so He turned her into a pillar of salt. But that memorial is only to be seen by those …

God'S First Words To The First Sinner

Genesis 3:9

… Then you will hear it, when the room is silent, and voices of wife and children are hushed; when only the clock is ticking, you shall hear the …

Joy in Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… I always looked upon her with interest, though only a poor laborer's wife, till she was taken away to Heaven, after having lived a holy life. Many …

Life and Pardon

Colossians 2:13

… out of my sight," is the cry of the most affectionate mother or wife. And so it is with many ungodly men. Some of them are restrained from …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod …

A Vile Weed and a Fair Flower

Hebrews 13:5

… to an end? It is not for myself, alone—it is for my wife and numerous family that I am chiefly concerned—how would they be provided for …

Landlord and Tenant

Isaiah 38:1

… You see that spot?" "Yes." "Well, that is the place where my dear wife used to kneel to pray and that is where, one morning, when I came …

Love's Crowning Deed

John 15:13

… His brother interposed and said, "You have a wife and children at home. I am single and therefore can be better spared. I will die instead of you …