_Come shortly unto me._ COMPANIONSHIP I. Human companionships are very necessary. The ear thirsts for a friend’s voice; the heart hungers for a friend’s love. II. Human companionships are very changing. Changes are caused by distance, death, depravity. III. Human companionships are often great b... [ Continue Reading ]
_The cloke … the books … the parchments._ PAUL--HIS CLOAK AND HIS BOOKS I. Let us look at this memorable cloak which Paul left with Carpus at Troas. Troas was a principal seaport-town of Asia Minor. Very likely the apostle Paul was seized at Troas on the second occasion of his being taken before th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil._ INDIGNATION AN IMPORTANT QUALITY IN A TRUE MAN At a party at Dalkeith Palace, where Mr. in his mawkish way was finding palliations for some villainous transaction, Adam Smith waited in patient silence until he was gone, then exclaimed, “Now I can breat... [ Continue Reading ]
_All men forsook me._ PAUL, A CHRISTIAN’S EXAMPLE I. Paul forsaken, and yet forgiving those who had withdrawn from him. 1. The apostle was forsaken by his friends when most he needed them. 2. Paul’s friends leaving him, made him the more helpless. 3. Paul’s friends leaving him, discovered their... [ Continue Reading ]
_The household of Onesipherus._ AN EXTENSIVE BLESSING As the dew that falleth on the mountains runs down to the valleys, and the precious ointment that was poured upon the head of Aaron ran down to the skirts of his clothing (Psalms 133:1.), so the blessing which God pours on governors extendeth i... [ Continue Reading ]
_Trophimus sick._ UNACCOMPLISHED AIMS How many broken-down servants of God are there to-day, Christian men and women, who have proved their sincerity, who do prove their sincerity, but whose thin hand can do little or nothing in raising the stones of the shrine they so passionately desire to build... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come before winter._ WINTER VOYAGES I. The voyage to the eternal city. 1. The departure. 2. The voyage. 3. The guidance of the helmsman. 4. The propulsion of all progress must come from the winds of heaven. 5. Industry on board the ship. 6. The shipping of the anchor. 7. The end of the jou... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit._ THE HIGHEST WISH OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP I. Man has a spiritual nature. Spirit is something that is unlike matter--indivisible, self-active, self-conscious, religious. That man has a spirit is-- 1. A fact most demonstrable. 2. A fact most practically ignore... [ Continue Reading ]