Chapter 22:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and a hide my commandments with thee; (a) That is, keep them in your heart. 2:2 So that thou incli...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 11. We are all cheered by tokens for good, and the psalmist felt it to be an auspicious omen, that after all his deep depression he w...
Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies This is the first request, to be preserved from sin, in general; which is a vain, lying, and deceitfu...
Chapter?33 Manasseh's and repentance. (1-20) Amon's wicked reign in Judah. (21-25) Verses 1-20 We have seen Manasseh's wickedn...
The Book of DanielChapter 3Chapter Overview: Nebuchadnezzar erects a golden image, and requires all his subjects to worship it, ver. 1 - 7. He is i...
VI. ABBA, FATHER. 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto lliee ...
Chapter?39 David meditates on man's frailty. (1-6) He applies for pardon and deliverance. (7-13) Verses 1-6 If an evil thought should arise ...
Chapter 77:1 Know 1 ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? (1) By ...
PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS PARTICULAR OCCASIONS. LAST EVENING OF THE OLD YEAR. Jay. O God, thou hast been our refuge and dwelling place in all gene...
FOURTH WEEK. SABBATH MORNING. Bickersteth. O Almighty God, Creator, Governor, and Upholder of all things, who, after making the heaven and earth,...
XI. HUMILITY AND HAPPINESS. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I ta...
?EXPOSITION Verse 95. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. They were like wild beasts crouching by the wa...
The Book of 1?CorinthiansChapter 13Chapter Overview:The necessity of love is shown, 1?Corinthians 13:1 - 3. The nature and properties, 1?Corinthians...
THIRD WEEK. SABBATH MORNING. Smith. O Thou who art the Author and Preserver of our lives, unto thee we would now lift up our voice and our hearts....
He is able to guard that which I have committed unto Him against that day. . . . That good thing which was committed unto thee, guard through the Hol...
Chapter?54The key of this psalm hangs at the door, for the title tells us upon what occasion it was penned?when the inhabitants of Ziph, men of Judah ...
FAMILY PRAYERS. FIRST WEEK SABBATH MORNING. Jay. O Thou King eternal, immortal, invisible, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, a...
Sermon XI. [LXI. Ben.]Sermon XI. [LXI. Ben.] On the words of the gospel, Matt. vii. 7, Ask, and it shall be given you; etc. An exhortation to alms-dee...
423 SERMON L. PREACHED UPON THE PENITENTIAL PSALMS. Psalm vi. 4, 5. Return, O Lord ; Deliver my soul; O Lord save me, for thy merey's sake. For in...
?EXPOSITION Verse 9-10. Before expounding these verses I cannot refrain from recording a personal incident illustrating their power to soothe the hear...