DISCOURSE: 791 MAN’S ESTIMATE OF HIMSELF AND GOD’S CONTRASTED Proverbs 16:2. _All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the Lord weigheth the spirits_. AMONGST the purest joys of a Christian is “the testimony of a good conscience;” and all the labour that can possibly be bestowed on the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 792 TRUSTING IN GOD Proverbs 16:3. _Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established_. WE all believe in the existence of a Supreme Being, and in a general way acknowledge his agency in the government of the world: but his particular care of us individually we find... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 793 THE BENEFIT OF EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION Proverbs 16:23. _The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips_. THE depths of human science can be explored by few, because few have either leisure or ability for learned investigations. The same observation is true wi... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 794 ERRONEOUS VIEWS OF RELIGION REFUTED Proverbs 16:25. _There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death_. THE testimony of an inspired prophet respecting the human heart is, that it “is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” This test... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 795 GOD IS THE DISPOSER OF ALL EVENTS Proverbs 16:33. _The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord_. THOUGH we would not be unnecessarily fastidious in condemning the use of any particular term, where we knew that in its popular sense it was not very exce... [ Continue Reading ]