“Praying always.”         —Ephesians 6:18What multitudes of prayers we have put up from the first moment when we learned to pray. Our first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked that God would h...  Read More

“At that time Jesus answered.”         —Matthew 11:25This is a singular way in which to commence a verse—“At that time Jesus answered.” If you will look at the context you will not perceive that any p...  Read More

“The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”         —1 John 4:14It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth without his Father’s permission, authority, consent, and assist...  Read More

“Your refuge from the avenger of blood.”         —Joshua 20:3It is said that in the land of Canaan, cities of refuge were so arranged, that any man might reach one of them within half a day at the utm...  Read More

“The love of the Lord.”         —Hosea 3:1Believer, look back through all thine experience, and think of the way whereby the Lord thy God has led thee in the wilderness, and how he hath fed and clothe...  Read More

Tell me where thou feedest, for wherever thou standest as the Shepherd, there will I lie down as a sheep; for none but thyself can supply my need. I cannot be satisfied to be apart from thee. My soul ...  Read More

“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors.”         —Romans 8:12As God’s creatures, we are all debtors to him: to obey him with all our body, and soul, and strength. Having broken his commandments, as we a...  Read More

“And these are ancient things.”         —1 Chronicles 4:22Yet not so ancient as those precious things which are the delight of our souls. Let us for a moment recount them, telling them over as misers ...  Read More

“Without the shedding of blood is no remission.”         —Hebrews 9:22This is the voice of unalterable truth. In none of the Jewish ceremonies were sins, even typically, removed without blood-shedding...  Read More

“He was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst?”         —Judges 15:18Samson was thirsty an...  Read More

“And so all Israel shall be saved.”         —Romans 11:26Then Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel were safe. Not a drop of spray fell from that solid wall until the last ...  Read More

“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.”         —Psalm 119:37There are divers kinds of vanity. The cap and bells of the fool, the mirth of the world, the dance, th...  Read More