"Bring him unto me." — Mar 9:19 Despairingly the poor disappointed father turned away from the disciples to their Master. His son was in...

"Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?" — Job 7:12 This was a strange question for Job to ask of the Lord. He felt...

"Partakers of the divine nature." — 2Pe 1:4 To be a partaker of the divine nature is not, of course, to become God. That cannot be. The...

"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...