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"Out of Darkness into Light"
Isaiah 49:9
… And, since you may die at any moment—(remember how our friend was taken away, two Sabbaths ago, just as he entered this House of Prayer)—since you …
SERMON • SERMON 2673Christ Crucified
1 Corinthians 2:2
… I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you." Our Savior, having comforted Himself thus, falls to praying again. 11, 12. Be …
SERMON • SERMON 1572Untitled Sermon
Psalm 119:144
… you may go on praying, "Give me understanding and I shall live." II. The time has come when under our second division THE PRAYER IS TO BE MORE …
SERMON • SERMON 2531A Boundless Benediction
Genesis 49:25
… And when he had done praying, he could not find the sermon! He was in a great state of anxiety about it, for he could not remember anything …
SERMON • SERMON 2138The Shank-bone Sermon—Or, True Believers and Their Helpers
Acts 18:27
… We have been praying for them and we are sure to have them, for the Lord hears prayer and blesses His own Truth. 1 want you to get …
SERMON • SERMON 1667'Love and I' A Mystery
John 17:26
… This is where the prayer of the Son of David ends, in praying ‘that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them.’ What a subject …
SERMON • SERMON 1688Stand Fast
Colossians 1:23
… man says that there is no power in prayer, he shows that he does not know anything about praying! Let him keep to what he knows and hold …
SERMON • SERMON 476Citizenship In Heaven
Philippians 3:20
… Our daily prayer is, "Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." The proclamations issued from the Throne of Glory are freely received by us …
SERMON • SERMON 1836First Healing and then Service
Matthew 8:14
… Let it be no cold prayer, but a warm, hearty, intense entreaty. Do not wrangle with sinners about religion, but wrestle with Christ about them. Beseech the sinners …
SERMON • SERMON 2819A Caution for Sin-sick Souls
Hosea 5:13
… they can make themselves better and that by degrees of reformation and daily prayer they will become superior to what they are. They have not yet learned the …
SERMON • SERMON 757In the Hay Field
Psalm 104:14
… begin to ask in prayer, "What is this which You, O God, have provided to satisfy my soul?" And while I am praying, I also meditate and think …
SERMON • SERMON 2320The Beloved Pastor's Plea for Unity
Romans 1:7
… the saints, yet desire to recognize your kinship with the rest of men, praying to God that He would enlighten them and bring them, also, within the bonds …
SERMON • SERMON 292A New Year's Benediction
1 Peter 5:10
… THE APOSTLE PETER TURNS from exhortation to prayer. He knew that if praying be the end of preaching in the hearer, preaching should always be accompanied by prayer …
SERMON • SERMON 1059To The Thoughtless
Isaiah 1:3
… When you have recollected how family prayer used to be offered in your father's house when you were a child, and how it is neglected in your …
SERMON • SERMON 811Unto You, Young Men
1 John 2:14
… In prayer we are always praying for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which is very proper—but remember, we have the Holy Spirit—the Spirit is here …
SERMON • SERMON 623Satan Considering the Saints
Job 1:8
… for he will say ‘O that they had died when they had been praying, rather than when they had been feasting and drinking wine.’ I will put down …
SERMON • SERMON 1991"Sitting By"
Luke 5:17
… Be not content to sit in any pretended House of Prayer where prayer is not heard and souls are never saved. Do not let down your bucket into …
SERMON • SERMON 1323And Why Not?
Luke 17:22
… Happy is it, also, for us when in the Church there is undivided fellowship in prayer, when everybody seems to be in a praying frame of mind—when …
SERMON • SERMON 2756Saving the Lost
Luke 19:10
… Many Christians are praying for you and I am trying to speak out the common love of Christians to you. Because you are lost, we long that you …
SERMON • SERMON 3015The Two Debtors
Luke 7:41
… They seldom come to a Prayer Meeting and only occasionally to the week-night service. They take just sufficient spiritual nourishment to keep them alive! I suppose they …
SERMON • SERMON 2267Life From the Dead
Ephesians 2:1
… You remember when you began to pray—would you like to have your first prayer printed? I believe that God liked it better than many of the collects …
SERMON • SERMON 2950True and Not True
John 9:31
… As a matter of absolute justice, irrespective of the Mediator, God could not and would not hear any prayer from any sinful being in the universe! Our text …
SERMON • SERMON 1336A Family Sermon
Genesis 7:1
… I know some of you have been thinking about your souls and praying, and reading good books, and attending meetings, and trying to get instruction. Well, so far …
SERMON • SERMON 2687Too Good to Be Saved!
Luke 18:14
… There was not a word of prayer in all that he said. And you, my Friend, may have knelt down every morning and every evening since you were …
SERMON • SERMON 666Holy Work For Christmas
Luke 2:17-20
… George Herbert says, "Praying is the end of preaching." So it is, but praising is its end, too. Praise God that you hear there is a Savior! Praise …
SERMON • SERMON 3035Enquiring the Way to Zion
Jeremiah 50:5
… There the multitude bowed in solemn prayer and there they heard the Word of the Lord. In a somewhat different form from that which we now observe, yet …
SERMON • SERMON 2521Deadness and Quickning
Psalm 119:37
… Hoping and believing that I am addressing many such earnest active Christians, I suggest that we, dear Brothers and Sisters, consider this double prayer. First, it seems to …
SERMON • SERMON 1309The Little Dogs
Matthew 15:26
… And though as yet it enjoys no peace and has seen no gracious answer to prayer, I trust that its struggling faith may be strengthened, this morning, by …
SERMON • SERMON 1789Joseph of Arimathaea
Mark 15:43-46
… Concerning this Joseph of Arimathaea, the honorable counselor, I want to speak this morning, praying that I may speak to your souls all along. As I have already …
SERMON • SERMON 1366The Danger of Unconfessed Sin
Psalm 32:3
… inarticulate, indistinct prayer and there was so much of his soul in it that he calls it the roaring of a beast instead of the praying of a …
SERMON • SERMON 1261Sow To Yourselves
Hosea 10:12
… You can, also, thus, "sow to yourselves in righteousness" by much prayer, much praise, and much of every form of communion with Jesus Christ. O Brothers and Sisters …
SERMON • SERMON 771Seeing Jesus
Hebrews 2:9
… Nor heard Your prayer for those who slew, Nor felt that earthquake rock the ground. We saw no spear pierce Your side— Yet we can feel that You …
SERMON • SERMON 2651The Christian's Service and Honor
John 12:26
… send? Shall it be John, the swearer?" "Oh, no, send for John, the praying man. I should like him to pray over me. Or send for the minister …
SERMON • SERMON 1528"They Were Tempted"
Hebrews 11:37
… Or else the martyr, on his way to die, has been confronted by his wife and children, kneeling down and praying their father to have pity upon them …
SERMON • SERMON 1189The Turning Point
Luke 15:20
… it matters not though the prayer you come with may be a very broken prayer, or even if it has mistakes in it, as the prodigal’s prayer …
SERMON • SERMON 3063Jotham's Peculiar Honor
2 Chronicles 27:6
… your prayer rather be, "Lead me not into temptation." An eminent position always has a measure of temptation connected with it, so you are justified in praying to …
SERMON • SERMON 1919The Very Bold Prophecy
Isaiah 65:1
… quickening Word of God and at once they embrace it and live! My prayer has been that this morning our text may be again fulfilled! May the Lord …
SERMON • SERMON 1058No Quarter
1 Kings 18:40
… At this time, Beloved, the case is altered, the Lord Jehovah is our God and King—we delight in His reign—and our prayer is, "Let the whole …
SERMON • SERMON 1817The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered
Acts 1:10
… They held fellowship of the most delightful kind with one another, and anon entered into the upper room, where in protracted prayer and communion they waited for the …
SERMON • SERMON 1232Solomon's Plea
1 Kings 8:53
… We shall not err, then, in applying this prayer of Solomon to the people of God at the present time. It is worthy of remark concerning this prayer …