DISCOURSE: 1797 PAUL’S SERMON AT TROAS Acts 20:7. _And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight_. IF we look at Christianity as it exists at this day, it appears l... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1798 ST. PAUL’S APPEAL TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS Acts 20:17. _And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came info Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seaso... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1799 DUTY OF MINISTERS Acts 20:24. _But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God_. OF all the employments under h... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1800 MINISTERIAL FIDELITY Acts 20:26. _I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God_. NO one can be conceived more averse to egotism than was the Apostle Paul. Yet, on some occasions, he felt it... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1801 WATCHFULNESS RECOMMENDED Acts 20:31. _Therefore watch, and remember, that, by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears_. IT is, for the most part, a blessing to mankind that they cannot look into futurity: for, on the one hand, they would hav... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1802 A FAREWELL DISCOURSE Acts 20:32. _And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified_. THIS is one of the most affecting portions of Scripture that can be found in a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1803 THE BLESSEDNESS OF LIBERALITY Acts 20:35. _Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive_. SCARCELY any thing can be conceived more calculated to improve our minds, than the committing to memory such portions of Scripture as are peculi... [ Continue Reading ]