_The rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded._ SIN IN BLOSSOM I. Beauty may be associated with evil. Well would it be for men to remember they may be thus connected in fact as well as figure. For there may be beauty of countenance and form that covers and quickens the corrupt, for “in all Israel the... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return._ JEWISH NATIONALITY DISSOLVED FOREVER Now the Jews recovered from all their former captivities; but from this one they never can recover. Where is their tribal register now? My object, therefore, will be to set before... [ Continue Reading ]
_Make a chain._ THE CHAIN OF INFLUENCES At school and in college, in announcing the mechanical powers, we glorified the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane, the screw, the axle and the wheel, but my text calls us to study the philosophy of the chain. These links of metal, one with another, attrac... [ Continue Reading ]
_Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none._ DESTRUCTION INSTEAD OF PEACE I remember hearing Dr. James Spurgeon, in the course of a sermon preached at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, say that on one occasion when he was returning from New York, and the vessel had not been... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mischief shall come upon mischief._ A SUCCESSION OF EVILS 1. When a people is under Divine displeasure there is a succession of evils for them, mischief after mischief; they may not expect a few, but many. 2. God proceeds by degrees and steps to severity of judgments. God pours not out all His w... [ Continue Reading ]