_This poor Widow hath cast in more than they all_ THE WIDOW’S MITES Our Lord wished to see “how the multitude cast money into the collection-chest”--not only _how much_--anybody could have discovered that--but in what manner and spirit it was being done: reverently or irreverently--as unto God or... [ Continue Reading ]
_Adorned with goodly stones and gifts_ ON THE OBJECT AND USE OF THE SANCTUARY I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH CHRIST UTTERED THESE WORDS. Every attentive reader of Holy Scripture must have remarked this fact, in the history of the Bible, viz., that whenever and wheresoever God revealed His choice... [ Continue Reading ]
_Master, but when shall these things be?_ JUDAISM OVERTHROWN I. THE MASTER’S WARNING CONCERNING FALSE CHRISTS. 1. Many will assume the daring _role. _ (1) Some saying, “I am Christ.” (2) Others saying, “The time draweth near.” 2. There is danger of being deceived. “Take heed,” etc. II. THE MA... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold the fig-tree and all the trees_ THE PARABLE OF THE FIG-TREE I. TEACHING OF THE PARABLE. 1. Shows course and sequence of events as certain and necessary as the processes of nature. All is in progress. Be sure of the issue. Be alive to the tokens of its approach. 2. The incongruity of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Surfeiting and drunkenness_ GLUTTONY AND DRUNKENNESS TO BE AVOIDED I. I will attempt to show you THE EVILS AND MISCHIEF OF THESE SINS WHICH OUR SAVIOUR HERE CAUTIONS US AGAINST. Be it known to you, then, that miserable are the effects and fruits of these vices. Gluttony and greediness drove our f... [ Continue Reading ]
_Watch ye, therefore, and pray always_ CHRISTIAN PREPARATION FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD The subject of our inquiry to-day will be--“What practical effect ought the doctrine of the Lord’s second coming to have on you and me, living when and where and as we do? ” On the certainty of that coming, I n... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Mount of Olives_ CONTEMPLATIONS ON OLIVET It will not be difficult to conceive how our Lord passed this sleepless night on the Mount of Olives. I. NIGHT FOREBODINGS OVER THE DOOM OF THE CITY WHICH HAD REJECTED HIM. Can we wonder that His thoughts that night were sad? Meet the facts fully and... [ Continue Reading ]