Providence

The Loaded Wagon

… But strange, most passing strange, miraculous among miracles, sin burdens God, though the world cannot; and iniquity presses the Most High, though the whole weight of providence is …

The Strait Gate

Luke 13:24

… He has given us Divine Prescriptions for the health of our souls and His Commandments, though clothed with Sovereign Authority, are spoken in such infinite kindness that we …

Psalm 43

Psalm 43

… I will go and pay my homage to him, as my Sovereign; I will go and hear what he says; I will go and receive his orders. 2 …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… They must surrender to their Sovereign, renew their loyalty and then He would drive out the foe from their land. They must confess their transgressions and renew their …

A Double Silver Wedding

… You have clapped your hands for very joy when redeeming grace and dying love have been the theme, and infinite, sovereign, changeless mercy has been the subject of …

A New School of the Prophets

… One young man, of especial promise, seemed to be thrust in my way by Providence, so that I must commence with him at once, and, not long after …

Delay Is Dangerous

Genesis 24:55

… even now, whenever a lost sheep is found or a prodigal restored by Sovereign Grace through us, we immediately receive a recompense. My dear Brothers and Sisters in …

Plenteous Redemption

Psalm 103:7

… it is more to his honour to believe, that according to his immutable, sovereign, and all-wise will, he laid the foundation as wide as he intended the …

Psalm 150

Psalm 150

… His works of creation, providence, and redemption, all call for praise; they are his acts, and his acts of might, therefore let him be praised for them. Praise …

Experiences after Conversion

… In it we see how justice and mercy may be married; here we behold inexorable law entirely satisfied, and sovereign love bearing away the sinner in triumph. Our …

“In Labours More Abundant” (Continued)

… I have had so many interpositions of Divine providence, in small matters as well as great ones, that I feel as if, whatever happens to me, I am …

The Fear of Final Falling

… Some of us are greatly indulged in the providence of God, but others have a stern fight of it. We begin our day with prayer, and we hear …

Faith.

… We are not fatalists, neither are we doubters of providence and predestination. We are believers in a God “who worketh all things after the counsel of His own …

Psalm 117

Psalm 117

… Here, and so in divers other Psalms, God's mercy and truth are joined together; to show that all passages and proceedings, both in ordinances and in providence …

A Home for the Fatherless

Never let it be forgotten that, in the mysterious arrangements of Providence, The Sword and the Trowel led to the founding of The Stockwell Orphanage. This would be …

The Memorable Hymn

… Perhaps it was that sovereign grace spared those whom justice might have doomed; and “the sons of Korah” were ever after made the sweet singers of the sanctuary …

Psalm 92

Psalm 92

… If we consider either creation or providence, we shall find overflowing reasons for joy; but when we come to review the work of redemption, gladness knows no bounds …

The Spiced Wine of My Pomegranate

… Happy is the believer who knows how to find the secret abode of his Beloved by tracking the footsteps of His loving providence: herein is wisdom which the …

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… say about its omnipotence? Is God to have no choice, no purpose, no sovereignty over His own gifts? Brethren, if we live in sympathy with God, we delight …

Psalm 110

Psalm 110

… There must be something above nature in him to make him his father's sovereign, as our Savour himself argues from these words, Mt 22:42,45. Edward …

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… A lugger puts off to her, and a steam-tug hastens to the rescue, and, thanks be unto the God of providence, all the passengers—the captain and …

The Growth of the Institutions, 1878-1892

… These enterprises have succeeded each other, by a natural rule and order of Providence, as inevitably as the links of a chain follow one another. We have heard …

Patient Job and the Baffled Enemy

Job 1:22

… God?" Woe unto him that contends with his Maker! The Lord is absolutely Sovereign and He gives no account of His matters. We are usurping fools when we …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:7

… We have no need, when we look abroad in providence, to collect a great number of incidents, and then from them infer the truth; for since God is …

Joseph Attacked by the Archers

Genesis 49:23

… It was a marvelous providence that he did not put him to death; for Potiphar, his master, was the chief of the slaughtermen; he had only to call …

Speaking on God's Behalf

Job 36:2

… How apt they are to speak unadvisedly because they think untowardly of the order of God's Providence and the manner of His love! I wish this ill …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… Although it would be a high sin, and an act of misdemeanor against the Sovereign Court of Heaven to pay the slightest adoration to the mightiest angel, yet …

The Sciences as Sources of Illustration

… illustration of the connection between little causes and great results, showing how the providence of God is continually making small things to be the means of bringing about …

Fragrant Spices From the Mountains of Myrrh

… Gill excellently expresses the same idea, when he writes, “though all sin is seen by God, in articulo providentiae, in the matter of providence, wherein nothing escapes His …

Divine Destruction and Protection

Ezekiel 17:29

… Or if, by the lifting up of the humble, he might throw scorn upon the haughty, he would thereby magnify his own absolute right to exercise sovereign control …

Forgiveness

Isaiah 43:25

… been wrought in their hearts to the hearing of this precious declaration of sovereign mercy read, and the application of it with power to their souls: “I, even …

Trust In God—True Wisdom

Proverbs 16:20

… The elder shall serve the younger." She could not wait for God's Providence to fulfill God's purpose—but thought she must deceive her blind husband! She …

Love's Commendation

Romans 5:8

… can picture him as the Maker of all worlds, as the Lord of providence, by whom all things exist and consist—if ye can conceive of him now …

The Sinner's Friend

Matthew 11:19

… A special providence brings the woman to the well. The conventionalities of society forbid him to talk with her. But he breaks through the narrow bigotry of caste …

A Mighty Saviour

Isaiah 63:1

… You believe him to be the Regent of providence, the King of death, the Conqueror of hell, the Lord of angels, the Master of storms, and the God …

The Novelties of Divine Mercy

Lamentations 3:22

… the stagnant pools, but the treasure which God gives us from Heaven, in Providence and in Grace, is the crystal Fountain which wells up from the eternal deeps …

"This Year Also"

Luke 13:6

… held captive "this year also," and we adore the forgiving mercy, the preserving Providence, the boundless liberality, the Divine love of which we hope to be partakers "this …

The Holy Spirit and the One Church

Jude 1:19

… That is worked in us by the sovereign will of God alone. “The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, Blows on the sons of flesh, Inspires us with a …

True Unity Promoted

Ephesians 4:3

… If I glance at Providence, I do not perceive that any two events happen after the same form—the page of history is varied. If, therefore, I look …

The Oil and the Vessels

2 Kings 4:6

… If the oil will but run till the last vessel is full, what more do we need? If Providence secures us food and raiment till we end this …