_Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?_ MAN IN MANY ASPECTS I. The character of depraved men portrayed. 1. Unrighteous in judgment. 2. Wrong in heart. 3. Violent in the treatment of men. 4. Early in apostasy. 5. False in life. 6. Malignant in spirit. 7. Deceitful in heart. II.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Yea, in heart ye work wickedness._ SIN IN THE HEART There once sailed from the city of Orleans a large and noble steamer, laden with cotton, and having a great number of passengers on board. While they were taking in the cargo, a portion of it became slightly moistened by a shower of rain that was... [ Continue Reading ]
_Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear._ A GENERATION OF SERPENTS This verse spends itself on a double comparison; of persons and conditions. The persons compared are men and serpents; the conditions or qualities upon which the similitude stands ar... [ Continue Reading ]
_The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked._ SATISFACTION IN THE DESTRUCTIVE PROVIDENCES OF GOD That is a terrible picture. It expresses not only the dreadful amen, dance of blood, but also the satisfaction of the “righteous” at its b... [ Continue Reading ]