“I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”         —Luke 19:40But could the stones cry out? Assuredly they could if he who opens the mouth of the dumb s...  Read More

“His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”         —Luke 22:44The mental pressure arising from our Lord’s struggle with temptation, so forced his frame to an unnatural...  Read More

“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.”         —John 17:24O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness hath rest? Why dost...  Read More

“And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed.”         —Matthew 26:39There are several instructive features in our Saviour’s prayer in his hour of trial. It was lonely prayer. He wi...  Read More

“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?”         —Job 38:31If inclined to boast of our abilities, the grandeur of nature may soon show us how puny we are. We ca...  Read More

“Ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone.”         —John 16:32Few had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not sufficiently advan...  Read More

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.”         —Ephesians 5:25What a golden example Christ gives to his disciples! Few masters could venture to say, “If you would practise ...  Read More

“My beloved.”         —Song of Solomon 2:8This was a golden name which the ancient Church in her most joyous moments was wont to give to the Anointed of the Lord. When the time of the singing of birds...  Read More

“And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.”         —Ruth 2:14Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full and sweet repast. When Jes...  Read More

“Strong in faith.”         —Romans 4:20Christian, take good care of thy faith; for recollect faith is the only way whereby thou canst obtain blessings. If we want blessings from God, nothing can fetch...  Read More

“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you.”         —John 15:9As the Father loves the Son, in the same manner Jesus loves his people. What is that divine method? He loved him without beginning...  Read More

“Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”         —Galatians 3:26The fatherhood of God is common to all his children. Ah! Little-faith, you have often said, “Oh that I had the courage...  Read More