The Father loves the Son without any end, and thus does the Son love his people. Rest confident that even down to the grave Christ will go with you, and that up again from it he will be your guide to the celestial hills. Moreover, the Father loves the SonRead More …

At this hour the church expects to walk in sympathy with her Lord along a thorny road; through much tribulation she is forcing her way to the crown. To bear the cross is her office and yet the church has a deep well of joy, of which none can drinkRead More …

Wearied out with her wanderings, the dove returns at length to the ark as her only resting place. Noah has been looking out for his dove all day long, and is ready to receive her. She has just strength to reach the edge of the ark, when Noah puts forthRead More …

We have sat at the table of the Lord’s love, and said, “Nothing but the infinite can satisfy me; I am such a great sinner that I must have infinite merit to wash my sin away;” but we have had our sin removed, and found that there was merit toRead More …

The lives of some of God’s people fill us with holy astonishment. Strange and marvelous are the ways which God used in their case to find his own. Blessed be his name, he never relinquishes the search until the chosen are sought out effectually. They are not a people soughtRead More …

To whom belongest thou?” Reader, let me assist you in your response. Have you been “born again“? If you have, you belong to Christ; but without the new birth you cannot be his. In whom do you trust? For those who believe in Jesus are the sons of God. WhoseRead More …

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.—Matthew 15:27. My sins are many, but oh! it is nothing to Jesus to take them all away. “It will be but a small thing for him to give me full remission, although itRead More …

As the Father loves the Son, in the same manner Jesus loves His people. He loved Him without beginning, and thus Jesus loves us. “I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” You can trace the beginning of human affection; you can easily find the beginning of your love toRead More …

Whether we speak of the active or passive righteousness of Christ there is an equal fragrance. There was a sweet savor in His active life by which He honored the law of God, and made every precept to glitter like a precious jewel in the pure setting of His ownRead More …

Whole-heartedness shows itself in perseverance; there may be failure at first, but the earnest worker will say, “It is the Lord’s work, and it must be done; my Lord has bidden me do it, and in His strength I will accomplish it.” Christian, art thou thus “with all thine heart”Read More …