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The Cry Of A Soul In Anguish
Never shall I forget one occasion, nearly forty years ago, when these words burst from my heart in the pulpit of the little chapel at Orpington. I had been trying all the week, amid the claims of business, to get a message from the Lord. Saturday evening came, but no word was given. The Bible yielded no light; prayer brought no relief; and on retiring to rest no rest came. In the morning I went to the chapel miserable, dark, depressed. I read, I prayed; then came the hymn before the sermon, and while the people were singing I was sighing from the depths of my soul, “O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me."
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The Final Destination Of The Blessed
We learn from God's Word that the final destiny of men will be according to what they have been in this world. The destiny will be fixed according to character; and what we have been here will be the test of where we shall be for ever and ever. At the last great day there will be a separation. We cannot be separated here on earth, for the Master said concerning the wheat and the tares, "Let both grow together until the harvest.'' If we try to separate the hypocrites from the godly we are very likely to make a mistake. We might exclude the real child of God, and take in the hypocrite. But the Master knows, and we have His words, that He…
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Comfort For The Afflicted
“Lord, behold he whom Thou lovest is sick.” This was the tender, urgent appeal of the sisters of Lazarus sent to Jesus. This is still true of many of the Lord’s people, confined to their sick-room, unable to attend the public means of grace. We who enjoy these privileges would not forget them, as there they find reading God’s precious Word and spiritual literature helpful, more so on account of their circumstances.
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A Bruised Reed And A Smoking Flax
FOR A COMPLETE ORDER OF WORSHIP, INCLUDING BIBLE READING, HYMNS AND SERMON...
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All Our Times Appointed
None of us chose the time when we were born and none of us will choose the time when we shall die. These times are divinely appointed and nothing can ever alter them. Neither did we choose the circumstances in which we were born; neither can we choose the circumstances in which we shall die. All these things are divinely appointed. The wise man says, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die.”
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The Lord’s Gracious Visits
I think this is a most beautiful chapter, the Lord’s appearance to Zacharias, to Elisabeth, to Mary, the wonderful things that were spoken. Everything seems to be a loving foreshadowing of the blessed truths of the Saviour’s birth that immediately follows in the next chapter. There are quite a few fear nots appear, and that is what the Lord’s people need: “Fear not.”
