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SERMON • SERMON 2397

"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 2673

Christ 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 1572

Untitled 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 2531

A 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 2138

The 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 1688

Stand 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 476

Citizenship 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 1836

First 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 2819

A 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 757

In 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 2320

The 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 292

A 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 1059

To 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 811

Unto 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 623

Satan 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 1323

And 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 2756

Saving 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 3015

The 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 2267

Life 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 2950

True 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 1336

A 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 2687

Too 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 666

Holy 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 3035

Enquiring 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 2521

Deadness 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 1309

The 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 1789

Joseph 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 1366

The 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 1261

Sow 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 771

Seeing 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 2651

The 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 1189

The 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 3063

Jotham'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 1919

The 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 1058

No 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 1817

The 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 1232

Solomon'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