_Blessed shalt thou be in the city._ BLESSED IN THE CITY The city is full of care, and he who has to go there from day to day finds it to be a place of great wear and tear. It is full of noise, and stir, and bustle, and sore travail: many are its temptations, losses, and worries. But to go there wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store._ A BLESSING ON BASKET AND STORE Obedience brings a blessing on all the provisions which our industry earns for us. That which comes in and goes out at once, like fruit in the basket which is for immediate use, shall be blessed; and that which is laid by w... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure._ THE LORD’S TREASURE This refers first to the rain. The Lord will give this in its season. Rain is the emblem of all those celestial refreshings which the Lord is ready to bestow upon His people. Oh, for a copious shower to refresh the Lord’s herita... [ Continue Reading ]
_The head, and not the tail._ THE SAINTS LEADING THE WAY If we obey the Lord He will compel our adversaries to see that His blessing rests upon us. Though this be a promise of the law, yet it stands good to the people of God; for Jesus has removed the curse, but He has established the blessing. It... [ Continue Reading ]
_If thou wilt not hearken._ BLESSING AND CURSING-AN ASH WEDNESDAY SERMON Does the Commination Service curse men? Are these good people (who are certainly right in their horror of cursing) right in the accusations which they bring against it? I cannot but think that they mistake when they say that... [ Continue Reading ]
_Because thou servedst not the lord._ RIGHT SERVICE The text brings before us a subject essentially important--that as the service of the Lord Jesus Christ must be such as answered the great end that was to be brought about, and did answer it, so the object of the service of the people of God is t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Would God it were even! _ SUFFERINGS OF THE ISRAELITES This chapter is an awful communication: it threatens the Israelites with every conceivable evil if they departed from serving the Lord their God; it leaves them absolutely without hope unless they turned with all their hearts, and repented th... [ Continue Reading ]