"A people near unto him." — Psa 148:14 The dispensation of the old covenant was that of distance. When God appeared even to his servant...

"He shall not be afraid of evil tidings." — Psa 112:7 Christian, you ought not to dread the arrival of evil tidings; because if you are...

"I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou...

"There were also with him other little ships." — Mar 4:36 Jesus was the Lord High Admiral of the sea that night, and his presence...

"This man receiveth sinners." — Luk 15:2 Observe the condescension of this fact. This Man, who towers above all other men, holy,...

"Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well, the rain also filleth the pools." — Psa 84:6 This teaches us that the comfort...

"I will sing of mercy and judgment." — Psa 101:1 Faith triumphs in trial. When reason is thrust into the inner prison, with her feet made...

"God is jealous." — Nah 1:2 Your Lord is very jealous of your love, O believer. Did he choose you? He cannot bear that you should choose...

"Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies." — Psa 5:8 Very bitter is the enmity of the world against the people of...

"Be ye separate." — 2Co 6:17 The Christian, while in the world, is not to be of the world. He should be distinguished from it in the...

"Evening wolves." — Hab 1:8 While preparing the present volume, this particular expression recurred to me so frequently, that in order to...

"And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him." — Mar 3:13 Here was sovereignty. Impatient...

"And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white...

"I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not." — Jer 33:3 There are different translations of these...

"The exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ,...

"From me is thy fruit found." — Hos 14:8 Our fruit is found from our God as to union. The fruit of the branch is directly traceable to...

"There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet." — Jer 49:23 Little know we what sorrow may be upon the sea at this moment. We are safe...

"And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let...

"If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." — Gal 5:18 We who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of...

"In the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world." — Php 2:15 We use lights to make manifest. A...