_Keep the feast of weeks._ THE FEAST OF PENTECOST (a Harvest Thanksgiving sermon):-- I. The sacred character of the harvest. Indicated by time appointed for it--fiftieth day after Passover. As God hallowed the seventh day, so He hallowed the harvest fields of the world. II. The great trouble God... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine._ HARVEST HOME The Feast of Tabernacles was the harvest home of Israel. Where is the antitype of the festival of Tabernacles? The vision of the “great multitude which no man could number... [ Continue Reading ]
_Set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose._ CHRIST OUR BROTHER AND OUR KING What I desire now to lay before you is the counsel of God in Christ, which is set forth to us in these words. What is contained in them is that we are to have a king over us, and that this king is to be ou... [ Continue Reading ]
_Three times in a year._ THE COMMAND RESPECTING FESTIVALS We are informed by ancient writers that the Egyptians kept many stated festivals and religious assemblies in honour to the gods, and that they held no less than six every year at different places. It is probable that this custom was of grea... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift._ EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW I. Some facts and tendencies in legal administration. 1. The sentence pronounced against a poor man is often very heavy, and that against a rich man very light. In New Jersey a poor man was sentenced to five years of h... [ Continue Reading ]
_That which is altogether Just shalt thou follow._ JUSTICE THE DECORUM OF THE CHARACTER OF JUDGES (preached at the Assizes):--The duties which are incumbent upon us may be very properly divided into two classes--such as are incumbent upon all men, and such as are incumbent upon particular ranks of... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt not plant thee a grove._ IDOLATRY FORBIDDEN I. Idolatry is enticing. This on many accounts. 1. By its prevalence. In some form or other it is the most popular religion in the world. Men bow down to the idols of luxury, ambition, pleasure, and avarice. “For all people will walk everyon... [ Continue Reading ]