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And So It Was
It may seem unusual to take just these four words on an occasion like this. Yet, within these four words is all the essence and substance of why we are gathered here this morning hour: to remember the birth of the dear Lord Jesus Christ. It is that little word ‘it’ which stands out. “And so it was.” What was?…
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The Life And Death Of Edward Samuel
Death. On December 10th, 1896, in the 85th year of his age, and (we think) the 56th year of his ministry, this servant of the Lord fell asleep, at Sleaford. Writing to a friend, Mrs. Samuel says, "My dear husband was taken away suddenly at last. A week before he died he was taken with severe pains about the region…
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Let Your Speech Be Always With Grace
‘There shall not a hoof be left behind,’ said meek Moses to the stubborn monarch. All that belonged to God’s children must go with them for his service. So the whole man, the soul with all its faculties, the body with all its members, Jesus claims for his glory and service. The tongue, though but a little member; words, though…
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I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes To The Hills
The most comforting subject to a spiritual mind, the most delightful object to a spiritual eye, is God in Christ, reconciled to us—‘not imputing our trespasses unto us.’ The hills afford us a pleasing idea of Jesus: they are elevated parts of the same earth as the lowest valley, so Jesus being found in fashion as a man, took on…
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All The Tender Lambs Of Christ’s Flock
What a rich fund of comfort is here for every believer in the Lord. His loving heart was not contracted, nor his eyes of compassion confined to the little flock now with him; but he looked forward in love, his bowels of tender mercy yearned over, and his innocent tongue pleads in behalf of all the tender lambs of his…
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David Pursues The Amalekites
