_Now it came to pass, when the wall was built._
THE GUARDIAN OF THE HOLY CITY
I. His care for Jerusalem’s protection. It is a beneficent law of
our nature that the more true affection is exercised it increases in
strength, and knits the heart to its object in firmer bonds. This
beautiful law, of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_For he was a faithful man, and feared God above many._
FAITHFULNESS
I. Consider the meaning of faithfulness. It is the reverent and
constant acceptance of those duties springing out of the relations in
which I inevitably stand. Man is a being set in relations. When the
ivy climbs up ruins and bin... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing
women._
CHURCH MUSIC
The captives in the text had music left in them, and if they could
find, amid all their trials, two hundred and forty and five singing
men and singing women, then in this day of gospel sunlight and freedom
from al... [ Continue Reading ]
_And that which the rest of the people gave._
THE REST OF THE PEOPLE GAVE
It is a great misfortune when any Christian effort is supported by the
contributions of the few and not of the many. All should be encouraged
to contribute so far as they are able. Workers, too, should, as their
means admit... [ Continue Reading ]