“On him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.” Luke 23:26 We see in Simon’s carrying the cross a picture of the work of...

“Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord.” Isaiah 2:3 It is exceedingly beneficial to our souls to mount above this present...

“With his stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 Pilate delivered our Lord to the lictors to be scourged. The Roman scourge was a most...

“I called him, but he gave me no answer.” Song of Solomon 5:6 Prayer sometimes tarrieth, like a petitioner at the gate, until the King...

“Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.” Hebrews 5:8 We are told that the Captain of our...

“I will accept you with your sweet savour.” Ezekiel 20:41 The merits of our great Redeemer are as sweet savour to the Most High. Whether...

When he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” Mark 8:38 If we have been partakers with Jesus in his shame, we shall be...

“His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Luke 22:44 The mental pressure arising from our Lord’s...

“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.” John 17:24 O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath...

“And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed.” Matthew 26:39 There are several instructive features in our Saviour’s...

“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?” Job 38:31 If inclined to boast of our abilities, the...

“Ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone.” John 16:32 Few had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane....

“My beloved.” Song of Solomon 2:8 This was a golden name which the ancient Church in her most joyous moments was wont to give to the...

“And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.” Ruth 2:14 Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like...

“Strong in faith.” Romans 4:20 Christian, take good care of thy faith; for recollect faith is the only way whereby thou canst obtain...

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:9 This is the seventh of the beatitudes: and seven...

“Remember the poor.” Galatians 2:10 Why does God allow so many of his children to be poor? He could make them all rich if he pleased; he...

“Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.” Psalm 19:13 Such was the prayer of the “man after God’s own heart.” Did holy David...

“I am a stranger with thee.” Psalm 39:12 Yes, O Lord, with thee, but not to thee. All my natural alienation from thee, thy grace has...

“He did it with all his heart and prospered.” 2 Chronicles 31:21 This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral...