Work & Service

Household Sin and Sorrow

… the election of Grace, but he cannot sit down and let the Lord work His own purposes! "Be still and see the salvation of God" is a text …

Loving the Law of the Lord

Psalm 119:97-100

… Perhaps you think that would be very dull work, but I am sure it was not, nor will you think it so if I tell you what it …

The Double Drawing Near

James 4:8

… When you know that the great Judge of all, Himself, is near, you will not be so quick as you sometimes are to take His work out of …

God, the Children's Teacher

Psalm 71:17

… INTENDED FOR READING ON LORD'S-DAY, OCTOBER 15, 1911— THE DAY OF SPECIAL PRAYER FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND OTHER WORK AMONG CHILDREN. [SPECIAL NOTE TO SUNDAY SCHOOL …

A Page From a Royal Diary

Psalm 119:132

… We are delighted to engage in all acts of holy service, but, in addition to all that, we must pray. Prayer is a sine qua non with us …

The Last Words of Christ on the Cross

Luke 23:46

… And every branch that bears fruit, He purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit There is some work, then, for the knife upon all the branches …

A Program Never Carried Out

Luke 15:20

… Christ! And if souls are won, we shall care little how the great work was done instrumentally, for God will have the whole of the glory of it …

Mediation of Moses

Exodus 32:14

… And the tablets were the Work of God, and the writing was the Writing of God, engraved upon the tablets. And when Joshua heard the noise of the …

The True Tabernacle, and Its Glory of Grace and Peace

John 1:14

… You cannot desire, certainly you cannot require, anything that should exceed what is found of grace in the person, offices, work, and death of the only begotten. Come …

Degrees Of Power Attending The Gospel

1 Thessalonians 1:5

… The work of the Spirit is figured forth by some such mysterious timing as a birth, or as the blowing of the wind. It is a great secret …

A Private Enquiry

1 Samuel 3:17

… Oh, for more meditation! Samuel, "lay till morning." Wise child that! With such work before him for his head and his heart, he did well to lie quiet …

The Believer's Heritage of Joy

Psalm 119:111

… He saw his brother after the service and he asked him, "What must I do to be saved?" "Believe," he said. "Well, Brother," he said, "I always did …

Little Faith and Great Faith

Matthew 14:31

… O my Hearer, "If you believe that Jesus is the Christ, you are born of God." If you do feebly cast yourself on Christ's finished work, your …

The Holy Child, Jesus

Acts 4:30

… See the fitness of Christ for His work! He is perfect Man—He could not be a Priest if He were not. But now, "He can be touched …

Faith Victorious

Matthew 15:21-28

… Those who work for Christ know how much they sometimes need to be left alone, yet it was very discouraging to the woman to find that the door …

The One and the Many

Romans 5:16

… He pronounces you just and if God says you are just, let not the devil be listened to when he declares that you are unjust! The great work …

Scarlet Sinners Pardoned and Purified

Isaiah 1:18

… The salvation which we continually preach, as the work of the Free Grace of God, is salvation from the reigning power, the raging lust of sin. Free pardon …

"Speak, Lord!"

1 Samuel 3:10

… There was the beginning of the work of Grace in his heart. He was well-intentioned, but, as yet, God had not revealed Himself to him. "Samuel did …

Praying And Waiting

1 John 5:13-15

… And let us, on our knees, go to the sacred engagement as to a work of real efficacy. Again, prayer must be answered because of the Character of …

The Secret Spot

Deuteronomy 32:5

… No form of doctrine, however Scriptural, can ever save the soul if it is only received by the head and does not work in its mighty energy upon …

The Power of a Sigh

Psalm 12:5

… on the part of the oppressor—yet God overruled it and made it work for good! He often takes His Joseph, who is hated of his brethren, and …

Am I Clear Of His Blood?

Genesis 4:10

… But I do fear they are rather the exception than the rule, and that there are many who think no more of the men that work for them …

A Feast for the Upright

Psalm 84:11

… Yes, thus He does with all things, so that they work together for our good. Dwell on my text and especially on this noteworthy point in it—blessings …

The Minister'S Stock-Taking

Acts 28:24

… When the preacher can make these natural emotions a platform upon which to stand and work upon the conscience, then it is well and good. But if he …

The Love Of Jonathan and the Love Of Jesus

2 Samuel 1:26

… therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you." Christ's love, then, is wonderful in its beginning and when it began to work on me, it was still …

Forgiveness Made Easy

Ephesians 4:82

… Keep out of hearing, lie will be sorry to-morrow, and if he thinks you did not hear him he will continue in your service and be faithful …

God's People—or Not God's People

Hosea 2:23

… Again, when these people were called by God, "not My people," and, "not beloved," there had been no saving work of the Spirit of God upon them. I …

No Room for Christ in the Inn

Luke 2:7

… frightened by silly fears into a dangerous interference with a great and good work which hitherto has been successfully carried on. It is a fact that under the …

Mysterious Visits

… when this world’s is shut.” The night is still; everybody is away; work is done; care is forgotten, and then the Lord Himself draws near. Possibly there …

His Name—The Everlasting Father

Isaiah 9:6

… It is Christ that reveals regeneration by the work of the Spirit, saying plainly, "You must be born-again." It is Christ that reveals the perseverance of the …

Incidents of Home and School Life

… snapping and snarling, rending and devouring; great men at hewing down the carved work of the sanctuary with their axes, or at filling up wells, and marring good …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… Hear me, then, if your convictions are the work of God’s Spirit, you are the person intended in the text, when it says, “He hath made him …

First Sermons at New Park Street Chapel

… envy,” and “where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.” We have met with people among whom it would be misery to place ourselves …

Over The Mountains

… Ah, it is sad work this! The presence of the Lord makes this life the preface to the life celestial; but His absence leaves us pining and fainting …

Grace for the Guilty

Isaiah 44:22

… to love God— "Law and terrors do but harden, All the while they work alone. But a sense of blood-bought pardon, Soon dissolves a heart of stone …

Our Place—at Jesus' Feet

Luke 7:38

… And we have come into the sweet service of Christ and now it is our great joy to call Him Master and Lord. When we are right-minded …

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… Neither wiil we say anymore to the work ofour hands, You are our gods. Happy is that man who turns aside from every idol and trusts in God …

An Inscription for the Mausoleum of the Saints

Hebrews 11:13

… They were sometimes troubled with suspicions of themselves and doubts as to whether the Lord had really worked a work in their souls, but they never quite gave …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… Presence, it will not matter how feebly I speak, or how poor the service may be in itself. You will say, "It was good to be there, for …

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… Why do you stagger at it through unbelief?— "His every work of Grace is strong As that which built the skies! The Voice that rolls the stars along …