_Jehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria._ JEHU Jehu. He did not rest until he had destroyed the house of Ahab and the worship of Baal. There are many Jehus to-day and there is much Jehuism: religion that goes a long way, and is very earnest and zealous--only there is a fatal but in it. I. Jehu spe... [ Continue Reading ]
_Who slew all these?_ THE WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER I see a long row of baskets coming up towards the palace of king Jehu. I am somewhat inquisitive to find out what is in the baskets. I look in and I find the gory heads of seventy slain princes. As the baskets arrive at the gate of the palace, the heads... [ Continue Reading ]
_Is thine heart right._ THE RIGHT STATE OF THE HEART For the sake of order I bring the subject before you under four general heads of discourse. If our hearts be right, they will be right. I. If the state of our hearts be right, then will they be right with God. A heart truly right with God impli... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord._ THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN ZEAL Truly it is delightful and instructive to see any creature exhibiting the proofs of an ardent zeal for the glory, of the great Creator, and directing the energies of his nature to this one object as the chief end of existenc... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jehu took no heed to walk in law of the Lord._ RUIN WROUGHT BY NEGLECT I remember once seeing a bit of an old Roman road; the lava blocks were there, but for want of care, here a young sapling had grown up between two of them and had driven them apart; there they were split by the frost; here was... [ Continue Reading ]