_Go down to the potter’s house._ THE POTTER AND THE CLAY (with Romans 9:19):--The potter and the clay! Is not that parable the germ of all that is most oppressive in the “terrible decree” of Calvinism? Does it not justify the Moslem’s acceptance of the will of Allah as a destiny which he cannot und... [ Continue Reading ]
_If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent._ FAST SERMON I. The being and condition of countries and communities, of nations and kingdoms, are under the control of the Most High. To suppose Him watchful of the operations in the universe, and yet not active... [ Continue Reading ]
_Return ye now everyone from his evil way._ “RETURN! RETURN!” My text is all about repentance; it is an exhortation from God, very brief and sententious, but very earnest and plain: “Return ye now everyone from his evil way.” I want you all to notice that this is the call of mercy. God would have... [ Continue Reading ]
_There is no hope._ HOPE, YET NO HOPE-NO HOPE, YET HOPE There are two phases in spiritual life which well illustrate the deceitfulness of the heart. The first is that described in my first text (Isaiah 57:10), in which the man, though wearied in his many attempts, is not and cannot be convinced of... [ Continue Reading ]
_Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the lock Of the field?_ MAN SEVERED FROM THE INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES The idea of the text is that a man will cut himself off from the main, will cut himself away from the eternally feeding snow of Lebanon, and will begin to make himself a litt... [ Continue Reading ]
_I win scatter them;.. . I will shew them the back._ THE SINNER’S DOOM I. The cause of the evil threatened. 1. Rejecting the Divine government. 2. Guilty of idolatry. 3. Rejecting the mercy of God. 4. Conduct characterised by the greatest folly. 5. A manifestation of basest ingratitude. II.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come, and let us smite him With the tongue._ THE REFORMERS’ TASK DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS If there were a hundred violins together, all playing below concert pitch, and I should take a real Cremona, and with the hand of a Paganini should bring it strongly up to the true key, and then should sweep... [ Continue Reading ]