_The sons of Judah._ SURVEY OF THE GENEALOGY I. How great the obscurity of most men! II. What folly to seek place and power only here! III. How needful to secure renown hereafter! “Rejoice that your names are written in heaven,” said the dying Haller, when friends congratulated him on the honour... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren._ JABEZ We know nothing whatsoever of the Jabez here commemorated beyond what we find in these two verses. But this is enough to mark him out as worthy, in no ordinary degree, of being admired and imitated. There is a depth and a comprehensiveness in... [ Continue Reading ]
_And these are ancient things._ ANCIENT THINGS The ancient is no use except it be also modern. This is the true test of antiquity. Things are not valuable simply because they are ancient; they may be ancient and dead. We have nothing to do with that kind of antiquity--it is the antiquity of mythol... [ Continue Reading ]
_There they dwelt with the king for his work._ WITH THE KING FOR HIS WORK (A motto for Sunday school teachers.) Work done well, however common, is accounted worthy of its wage, but work done for royalty generally has some special attraction to commend it. Such a man is privileged by appointment to... [ Continue Reading ]