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SERMON • SERMON 367

The Great Supreme

Deuteronomy 32:3

… something about him by which these wondrous things are done! And if a revival takes place in any part of the vineyard, it matters not in what denomination …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 82

Psalm 82

… of the princes; " seeing that he has given a lesson every whit as awakening and as emphatic in its admonitions as could the other. Hugh B. Moffatt, 1861 …

SERMON • SERMON 1401

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… A siren song forever enchants them with delight, but also entices them to destruction! Terrible will be their awakening when they lie dying—as a dream, their false …

SERMON • SERMON 3524

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

… is too fond of lulling you into presumption to aid or abet in awakening you to make sure of your condition! There is a gross infatuation which is …

SERMON • SERMON 550

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… This is a doctrine which the revival has brought up more clearly, and which the revival keeps before the public mind; but before that great movement came, it …

SERMON • SERMON 121

The Leafless Tree

Isaiah 6:3

… leaders of a glorious revival, came out, and though ridiculed and laughed at as Methodists, they brought forth a great and glorious revival, almost equaling the commencement of …

SERMON • SERMON 3534

The Light of the World

John 8:12

… Courage, my Brothers and Sisters! There shall be revival after revival! There shall be reformation after reformation, shock of battle after shock of battle, and the dread artillery …

CHAPTER

“A New Departure”

… God grant us also a revival of  the first aims of our spiritual career!  Then, we thought nothing of pleasing men, but only aimed at pleasing God and …

SERMON • SERMON 3556

Absconding and Apostasy

John 6:67

… A flagrant delinquency would startle one as a fit does a patient, but a slow process of backsliding may steal like paralysis over a person without awakening suspicion …

SERMON • SERMON 3536

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… this point? Let it suffice if I leave it as a kind of awakening question upon the heart and conscience. There are not 20 things, but there is …

SERMON • SERMON 679

The Amen

Revelation 3:14

… However, a judicious revival of the custom would, I doubt not, be useful in the Church of God. It also signifies, "So be it, so let it be …

SERMON • SERMON 990

Self-Humbling and Self-Searching

Solomon 1:6

… the name of Jesus, and need that there should come upon them an awakening out of their sleep of presumption and hypocrisy, to make them know that though …

SERMON • SERMON 3551

The Gospel in Power

1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

… Now there are hearers to whom the Gospel comes with an awakening power. They used to be careless, but they cannot be, now! They hear the words, "Eternity …

SERMON • SERMON 1070

Wrecked, But Not reckless

Acts 27:20

… be and almost fit for Heaven, and quite sure of it." A terrible awakening it has been to some! They have been bewildered—they have almost lost their …

SERMON • SERMON 532

Thanksgiving And Prayer

Psalm 65:11

… To a great extent the revival has departed and many of our Churches are more stolid and cold than ever. And our denomination—never too zealous, seldom guilty …

SERMON • SERMON 2700

Growth in Grace

2 Peter 3:18

… I have seen a certain kind of revival in England and I can always tell where such "revivals" have been by the scarred state of the places after …

SERMON • SERMON 3350

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… excitement by delivering novel doctrine, I would abhor the thought! To raise a revival by suppressing the Truth of God is dealing deceitfully—it is a pious fraud …

SERMON • SERMON 733

Unstaggering Faith

Romans 4:19-21

… We have set our hearts upon a thorough revival of religion in our midst. Some of my Brethren associated with me in the Deaconship and Eldership have made …

SERMON • SERMON 3305

A Clear Understanding

Matthew 13:51

Revival always produce a large quantity of such people, and yet, if there is one soul truly saved, the revival is a success as far as that one …

SERMON • SERMON 3527

The Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… always took care to have a godly book under my pillow, and an awakening book, too—Doddridge's, "Rise and Progress," Alleine's, "Alarm," Bunyan's books and …

SERMON • SERMON 1243

Rivers Of Water In A Dry Place

Isaiah 32:2

… And so may you be carried along and excited by a revival, but unless you receive the Lord Jesus into your soul by faith, you will perish after …

SERMON • SERMON 895

A Summons To Battle

2 Samuel 11:1

… I cannot believe that any company of persons could bear the full force of a revival year after year, for surely the body would slow down, however willing …

SERMON • SERMON 1459A

Satan's Punctuality, Power and Purpose

Luke 8:12

… If he never visits a place of worship at any other time, he will be sure to be there when a revival has begun—"then comes the devil …

SERMON • SERMON 2917

The Doors of the Shadow of Death

Job 38:17

… Oh, what an awakening for him when in Hell he shall lift up his eyes, far from every hope of mercy! Pray God you may not die so …

SERMON • SERMON 114

Preaching for the Poor

… this man started up, like the herdsman Amos, and brought about a great awakening. He began to preach in some cottage; people thronged around him, then a house …

SERMON • SERMON 436

A Sermon For Spring

Solomon 2:10-13

… Rise up, people of God, in this season of revival and come away! Why do you sleep? Arise and pray, lest you enter into temptation. II. Methinks the …

SERMON • SERMON 2136

Possessing Possessions

… We hear men talk of "getting up a revival." What idle talk is this! If the Church of God becomes spiritually quickened, the revival will come—but no …

SERMON • SERMON 1132

The Seed Upon Stony Ground

Mark 4:5

… We need not be much afraid of the revival of such tests, but there are other forms of persecution which mere professors are equally unable to bear. A …

SERMON • SERMON 3051

Lessons From a Dovecot

Isaiah 60:8

… It has been one of the greatest joys of every revival season which we have ever had, that among the converts there has always been a considerable proportion …

SERMON • SERMON 884

Help for Seekers of the Light

Isaiah 59:9

… If God shall bless a few words of awakening and encouraging to such prisoners, so that some shall see the heavenly light today, thrice happy shall our heart …

SERMON • SERMON 148

Five Fears

Ecclesiastes 8:12

… There is, first, THE FEAR CAUSED BY AN AWAKENING CONSCIENCE. This is the lowest grade of godly fear; here all true piety takes its rise. By nature, the …

SERMON • SERMON 49

The God of Peace

Romans 15:33

… love? God has happily commenced a blessed revival amongst us, and under our means, by the help of God, that revival will spread through the entire kingdom. We …

SERMON • SERMON 840

Do Not Sin Against the Child

Genesis 42:22

… And so, not condemning you who fear God—for who shall condemn whom Christ has justified?—yet let me, for the awakening of your consciences and to drive …

SERMON • SERMON 626

The Waterer Watered

Proverbs 11:25

… While other churches have had the hectic flush of a spurious revival, we have had one perpetual revival lasting for nearly twelve years. I do not know that …

SERMON • SERMON 1016

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… May times of revival be also seasons of refreshing. In times of great toil and eminent service much extra refreshment may with wisdom be dealt out. Harvest men …

SERMON • SERMON 3096

The Second Time

Acts 7:13

… eternal interests, yet they remain in that state of semi-concern and semi-awakening not merely for an hour, or for a day or two, but from month …

SERMON • SERMON 657

Satanic Hindrances

1 Thessalonians 2:18

… There was never a revival of religion without a revival of the old enmity. If ever the Church of God is to be built, it will be in …

SERMON • SERMON 3397

A Timely Expostulation

Luke 24:5

… sweet to his taste—is an appalling spectacle! And this is merely the awakening of a man's conscience to his folly. The punishment of avenging Justice is …

SERMON • SERMON 1924

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… If they heard of an evangelist holding revival services and learned that two or three hundred were added to the Church, they said, "Ah, h'm! These excitements …

SERMON • SERMON 2846

'No Root in Themselves'

Mark 4:17

… So, suppose that we do lose some of the converts of a revival, suppose that we even lose two out of twenty, a very large percentage, yet, still …