Peace

The Shulamite'S Choice Prayer

Solomon 8:6

… as Death." Well, Beloved, we may add to these few remarks this word. Rest assured that as Death will not give up its prey, so neither will Love …

The Preacher’s Private Prayer

… what we have uttered in so cold a manner! Where could we find rest for our spirits but in confession of sin, and passionate entreaty that our infirmity …

Comfort Proclaimed

Isaiah 40:1

… Courage then brother, because angels watch over thee!” It is a good wish of ours, when we say at eventide, “Peace be to thee beloved! good angels guard …

Psalm 150

Psalm 150

… church and all its members, when through much tribulation they shall enter into rest.— Joseph Addison Alexander. HINTS TO THE VILLAGE PREACHER Verse 1. Praise God in his …

Psalm 82

Psalm 82

… Tyrants seldom go to their graves in peace. Most of the Caesars fell by the hands of the people, q.d. If you be like tyrants in sin …

The War of Truth

Exodus 17:9

… Christian men, in this fight for right, ye are fighting for your nation, for your liberties, your happiness and your peace; for unless religion, the religion of heaven …

A Home for the Fatherless

… Muller, of Bristol, will be more constantly followed in all the Lord’s work; for, rest assured that, if we will but ‘believe to see,’ we shall see …

Divine Sovereignty

Matthew 20:15

… Mark what a difference there is in men personally (for we shall consider men chiefly); one is born like Saul, a head and shoulders taller than the rest …

Hatred Without Cause

John 15:25

… They hold our inconsistencies up to ridicule; but I do not believe our inconsistencies are what they care about; we might be as inconsistent as all the rest …

God's Gentle Power

1 Kings 19:11-13

… all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Will you not come? "Whosoever will, let him come and take the water of …

The Glorious Right Hand Of The Lord

Numbers 11:23

… She trusts in the means—she does not rest on the bare arm of God. She wants to have her arm sleeved, girded about, and robed with the …

The Saviour's Many Crowns

Revelation 19:12

… Their bodies know no rest, their souls no ease. Like chariots instinct with life, or dragged by unseen but resistless coursers, they fly from duty to duty, from …

Divine Destruction and Protection

Ezekiel 17:29

… the strong ones, pushes them on either side, and will give them no rest. Never a man yet had anything to boast of as his own, but God …

Forgiveness

Isaiah 43:25

… I think it would not be fair—though I have forgiven him—to treat him precisely as the rest;” and so the lawyer puts him down for a …

The Spiced Wine of My Pomegranate

… Rejoice in the infirmity which makes room for grace to rest upon thee, and be glad that thou hast constant needs which compel thee perpetually to hold fellowship …

The First and Great Commandment

Mark 12:30

… They rise in the morning without a prayer, they rest at night without bending the knee, they go through the week’s business and they never acknowledge a …

Angelic Studies

Ephesians 3:10

… in to swell the song, "Glory to God in the highest! On earth peace, good will toward men." The swell of that music—how grand! The cadence of …

Repentance Unto Life

Acts 11:18

… is written, “Felix trembled,” and yet procrastinating Felix is in perdition, among the rest of those who have said, “Go thy way for this time; when I have …

"Noli Me Tangere" ("Touch Me Not")

John 20:17

… mentioned by the angel who said, "Tell His disciples and Peter." All the rest forsook Him and fled yet Jesus said, "Go to My brethren. "This is a …

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… Your cries, and groans, and tears will yet bring comfort and peace from heaven through the Lamb’s redeeming blood. Rejoice, my beloved brethren, that the Lord has …

False Professors Solemnly Warned

Philippians 3:18-19

… Oh! how thrilling is that sentence, “Depart from me, I never knew you!” I think I had rather hear it said to me, “Depart, accursed, among the rest …

Joseph Attacked by the Archers

Genesis 49:23

… for many years; but when he stretched himself on his last couch of rest, he stayed himself up in his bed, turned his burning eye from one to …

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… or believe first; and after a long discussion, some one wiser than the rest suggested another question, whether in the new-born child the lungs did first heave …

A Searching Test

Titus 1:15

… total—and that conscience is a power which has fallen with all the rest, and that there does not exist in the world a pure conscience—except so …

Are You Mocked?

Psalm 14:6

… I never knew what perfect peace was until I looked to Christ upon the cross, and rested my soul on him. I have had trials, and have suffered …

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… was admonished by the angel to send for Peter, who preached to him peace by Jesus Christ to the conversion of his soul! Is there such a strange …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… I want to show the young convert a vision pleasing and profitable for all Christians, young or old, the Glory that awaits him, the rest which is secured …

The Leafless Tree

Isaiah 6:3

… we have been wont; let us pray oftener for them. “Pray for the peace old Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love her.” As truly as any great thing …

The Church of Christ

Ezekiel 34:26

… Not long shall it be ere they shall come—shall come from distant lands wher’er they rest or roam; and she who has been the offscouring of …

Struggling Against Sin

Psalm 119:145

… Great peace have they which love Your Law: and nothing shall offend them. LORD, Ihave hoped for Your salvation, and done Your commandments. Present duty, future expectation. It …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… If you do not at once find peace, seek it. And if it runs away from you, pursue it until you overtake it. Remember that it is the …

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

… We remember well the day when we first called him “the Lord our righteousness.” Oh, the peace it brought, the joy, the gladness, the transport! Since then we …

The Duty of Remembering the Poor

Galatians 2:10

… He sits upon a well from weariness, as did his Lord once; he hath nowhere to rest, nor had his Master; foxes had holes, and the birds of …

The Remembrance of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:24

… comfort such a man? What soft words will you utter to give him peace? I know! I will tell thee that there is one, who for thee hath …

The Redeemer's Prayer

John 17:24

… There are some happy moments, sweet pauses between the din of the continued battles of this wearied life there are some soft times, like couches of rest, wherein …

Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers

James 1:5

… If thou couldst be calm and quiet, we could tell you plainly the way of peace, and you might understand that there is no reason for despair, since …

Now, and Then

1 Corinthians 13:12

… and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” It must come out right in the long run; it …

Love's Commendation

Romans 5:8

… lifeless corpse, and his body was interred, even like the bodies of the rest that died. “Christ died for us.” Consider the circumstances which attended his death. It …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… Let Us read it, ' And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming …

Our Youth Renewed

Psalm 103:5

… And the Christian, though he is a man of peace, is also a man of war. From his youth up he has to contend with his corruptions and …