_Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee._ A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE The psalm should probably be regarded as antiphonal; it is composed of several stanzas which were sung responsively by different voices. 1. In the first stanza (verses 1, 2) the speaker is a devout Israelite, who is feeling keenl... [ Continue Reading ]
_If Thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?_ A PSALMIST’S QUESTION AND ANSWER I want to cheer some of you who at present hardly dare to pray. Yet you are the very people who may pray; you who think that the Lord will never hear you are the people whom lie is certain to hear... [ Continue Reading ]
_But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared._ DIVINE FORGIVENESS I. We are indebted to Revelation alone for the knowledge of this fact, that there is forgiveness with God. 1. The heathen, who have no revelation, and deists, who have rejected revelation, could not form any prop... [ Continue Reading ]
_I wait for the Lord._ WAITING, HOPING, WATCHING I. Waiting. 1. This is the constant posture of all the saints of God. Fancy not that in heaven they have no emotion but that of joy; we know that all their emotions are joyous, but among them is this one,--that they, too, are waiting until the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
_More than they that watch for the morning._ THE CHRISTIAN WATCHMAN I. This world is a night, The morning presupposes the night, and this world most properly is compared to a long winter’s night which is very uncomfortable. The night also is cold, wanting the sun which warmeth the earth; so is the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let Israel hope in the Lord._ ISRAEL’S HOPE; OR, THE CENTRE OF THE TARGET When we meet with a man who has been in special trouble, and he has escaped from it, we are anxious to know how it came to pass, in order that, if we are east into similar trial, we also may resort to the same door of hope.... [ Continue Reading ]
_He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities._ SIN SHALL BE OVERTHROWN Once_, _in the theological seminary, Dr. Robinson burst out before the class and said, “Gentlemen, drive these four stakes down--sin is a tremendous evil; God is not the author of sin; God is not impotent before sin, but will... [ Continue Reading ]