_Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?_ AN APPOINTED TIME I. The nature of the fact which is here affirmed. 1. That the existence of man will be terminated by death. When sin was committed, the order and harmony of the universe was disturbed, and then the solemn and awful sentence was... [ Continue Reading ]
_As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow._ LONGING FOR SUNSET The title of this sermon is the subject of a picture. The artist shows an overworked and weary slave, earnestly looking to the western sky, and longing for the evening shadow which will say his work is done. I. The different forms o... [ Continue Reading ]
_I am made to possess months of vanity._ THE WASTED WEEKS OF SICKNESS “Months of vanity” indicate a protracted time of uselessness, when no good cause is furthered by us, and we ourselves seem rather to be failing in piety than growing in grace; a time of suffering without Divine consolation; mont... [ Continue Reading ]
_My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle._ THE WEB OF LIFE These words fitly describe the quickness with which the days of our life glide away. The weaver at his frame swiftly throws the shuttle from side to side, backwards and forwards, and every throw leaves a thread behind it, which is wove... [ Continue Reading ]
_Am I a sea, or a whale, that Thou settest a watch over me?_ WATCH AND WARD These words are part of that first great cry to heaven that broke from the stricken soul of Job. He seems to expostulate with the Almighty for treating him so harshly. He, a poor, weak, frail mortal, was being handled as fi... [ Continue Reading ]
_I would not live alway._ LIVING ALWAY We are led to say with Job, “I would not live alway.” I. From the state of things around us. They are subject to dissolution, and are actually dissolving. Every year we behold proofs and symptoms of this. Years as they pass speak to us of the consummation of... [ Continue Reading ]
_What is man, that Thou shouldst magnify him?_ DIVINE CONDESCENSION Here is a question that is both answered and unanswerable. I. A scriptural solution of the question. 1. What is man as a creature? A piece of modified dust, enlivened by the breath of God (Genesis 2:7). An earthen vessel (2 Corin... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have sinned; what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou Preserver of men! _ THE SINNER’S SURRENDER TO HIS PRESERVER I. A confession. “I have sinned.” In words this is no more than a hypocrite, nay, a Judas, might say. Do not many call themselves “miserable sinners” who are indeed despicable mockers? Yet... [ Continue Reading ]
_And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity?_ WHY SOME SINNERS ARE NOT PARDONED No man should rest until he is sure that his sin is forgiven. I. I shall first take our text as a question that may be asked, as in job’s case, by a true child of God. “Why dost Thou no... [ Continue Reading ]