"Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called." — 1Co 7:20 Some persons have the foolish notion that the only way in...

"Only ye shall not go very far away." — Exo 8:28 This is a crafty word from the lip of the arch-tyrant Pharaoh. If the poor bondaged...

"Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." — 2Pe 1:4 Vanish for ever all thought of indulging the flesh if you...

"Art thou become like unto us?" — Isa 14:10 What must be the apostate professor's doom when his naked soul appears before God? How will...

"The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot." — Gen 8:9 Reader, can you find rest apart from the ark, Christ Jesus? Then be assured...

"Get thee up into the high mountain." — Isa 40:9 Our knowledge of Christ is somewhat like climbing one of our Welsh mountains. When you...

"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said ... Be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods." — Dan 3:16, Dan...

"A certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast...

"Waiting for the adoption." — Rom 8:23 Even in this world saints are God's children, but men cannot discover them to be so, except by...

"Ephraim is a cake not turned." — Hos 7:8 A cake not turned is uncooked on one side; and so Ephraim was, in many respects, untouched by...

"That those things which cannot be shaken may remain." — Heb 12:27 We have many things in our possession at the present moment which can...

"He shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory." — Zec 6:13 Christ himself is the builder of his spiritual temple,...

"The foundation of God standeth sure." — 2Ti 2:19 The foundation upon which our faith rests is this, that "God was in Christ reconciling...

"Thou art fairer than the children of men." — Psa 45:2 The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem, and his life is all along but one...

"Straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him." — Mar 1:18 When they heard the call of Jesus, Simon and Andrew obeyed at once...

"For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the...

"My Beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my Beloved, and be...

"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost." — Act 2:4 Rich were the blessings of this day if all of us were filled with the Holy...

"I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse." — Son 5:1 The heart of the believer is Christ's garden. He bought it with his precious...

"Thy Redeemer." — Isa 54:5 Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours for ever. All the offices of Christ are held on our behalf....