"Thou art my hope in the day of evil." — Jer 17:17 The path of the Christian is not always bright with sunshine; he has his seasons of...

"All the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted." — Eze 3:7 Are there no exceptions? No, not one. Even the favoured race are thus...

"Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope." — Psa 119:49 Whatever your especial need may be, you may...

"The Lord is King for ever and ever." — Psa 10:16 Jesus Christ is no despotic claimant of divine right, but he is really and truly the...

"God, even our own God." — Psa 67:6 It is strange how little use we make of the spiritual blessings which God gives us, but it is...

"Blessed is he that watcheth." — Rev 16:15 "We die daily," said the apostle. This was the life of the early Christians; they went...

"This do in remembrance of me." — 1Co 11:24 It seems then, that Christians may forget Christ! There could be no need for this loving...

"If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him." — Rev 3:20 What is your desire this evening? Is it set upon...

"Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away." — Son 2:10 Lo, I hear the voice of my Beloved! He speaks to me! Fair weather is smiling...

"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." — Son 2:12...

"And because of all this we make a sure covenant." — Neh 9:38 There are many occasions in our experience when we may very rightly, and...

"Lo, in the midst of the throne ... stood a Lamb as it had been slain." — Rev 5:6 Why should our exalted Lord appear in his wounds in...

"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." — Rom 8:37 We go to Christ for forgiveness, and then...

"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night." — Psa 91:5 What is this terror? It may be the cry of fire, or the noise of thieves,...

"Him hath God exalted." — Act 5:31 Jesus, our Lord, once crucified, dead and buried, now sits upon the throne of glory. The highest place...

"Who is even at the right hand of God." — Rom 8:34 He who was once despised and rejected of men, now occupies the honourable position of...

"I know that my Redeemer liveth." — Job 19:25 The marrow of Job's comfort lies in that little word "My"-"My Redeemer," and in the fact...

"Fight the Lord's battles." — 1Sa 18:17 The sacramental host of God's elect is warring still on earth, Jesus Christ being the Captain of...

"That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death." — Heb 2:14 O child of God, death hath lost its sting, because the...

"The Amen." — Rev 3:14 The word AMEN solemnly confirms that which went before; and Jesus is the great Confirmer; immutable, for ever is...