Evening “The only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 Believer, you can bear your testimony that Christ is the only begotten of the Father, as well as the first begotten from the dead. You can say, “He is divine to me, if he be humanRead More …

Morning “But now is Christ risen from the dead.” 1 Corinthians 15:20 The whole system of Christianity rests upon the fact that “Christ is risen from the dead;” for, “If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain: ye are yet in yourRead More …

Evening “Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field … let us see if the vine flourish.” Song of Solomon 7:11-12 The church was about to engage in earnest labour, and desired her Lord’s company in it. She does not say, “I will go,” but “let us go.”Read More …

Morning “Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings.” Ephesians 1:3 All the goodness of the past, the present, and the future, Christ bestows upon his people. In the mysterious ages of the past the Lord Jesus was his Father’s first elect, and in his election he gave us anRead More …

Evening “Acquaint now thyself with him.” Job 22:21 If we would rightly “acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace,” we must know him as he has revealed himself, not only in the unity of his essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of his persons. God said, “LetRead More …

Morning “He that was healed wist not who it was.” John 5:13 Years are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged a very weary length along the life of the poor impotent man. When Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word, while heRead More …

Evening “Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.” John 5:8 Like many others, the impotent man had been waiting for a wonder to be wrought, and a sign to be given. Wearily did he watch the pool, but no angel came, or came not for him;Read More …

Morning “Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.” Matthew 12:15 What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye of Jesus! Yet we read not that he was disgusted, but patiently waited on every case. What a singular variety of evils must have metRead More …

Evening “All the days of my appointed time will I wait.” Job 14:14 A little stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil; nothing renders security so pleasant as exposure to alarms. The bitter quassia cups of earth will give a relish toRead More …

Morning “We dwell in him.” 1 John 4:13 Do you want a house for your soul? Do you ask, “What is the purchase?” It is something less than proud human nature will like to give. It is without money and without price. Ah! you would like to pay a respectableRead More …