This tyrant wields a universal sway! (Henry Law, “Numbers” 1858) “For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 DEATH! The very sound falls heavily. What mind can lightly think of it? What eye unmoved can see it? The limbs, once full of vigour, […]
That hideous idol SELF in his little shrine (J. C. Philpot, “Israel’s Departure and Return” 1849) Never again will we say any more to the workof our hands—”You are our gods!” Hosea 14:3 The besetting sin of Israel was the worship of idols. Perhaps, if you have walked into the British Museum,and seen the idols that […]
God’s Law and The Gospel of His Dear Son are both perfect. One perfectly condemns and the other perfectly saves! – Copied “The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else. […]
Were it no bigger than a child’s doll “From all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.” Ezekiel 36:25 Idolatry takes a wide range. There are ‘respectable’ idols and ‘vulgar’ idols—just as there are marble statues, and other objects of worship made up of shells and feathers. And yet each will still be an […]
February 23, 1849My dear friend, Thomas Godwin—It is a mercy amid all one’s coldness, deadness, and hardness sometimes to feel a little revival, and to be blessed in speaking of the Lord’s people. It encourages us to go on in spite of all opposition within and without. I think more of the value and blessedness of […]
The more grace a man has,the more he feels his deficiency of grace. The best of men are but men at the best, and the brightest saints are still sinners, for whom there is still a fountain open, that even they may still continue, with all their lofty attainments, to wash therein, and to be clean. […]
“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:14. There is no victory, over the indwelling power of sin, and there is no pardon for the guilt of sin, but as the soul deals with the blood of […]
Wash me, gracious Lord! (John MacDuff 1856) O my God, I desire to approach the footstool of Your throne of grace. Glory be to Your holy name that I can enjoy freedom of access into Your presence, and with the confidence of Your child, unburden and unbosom to You . . . all my needs and sins, all […]
Weak and helpless and burdened (John MacDuff, “Family Prayers” 1885) We come, weak and helpless and burdened, to that cross where alone there is shelter and peace for the guilty. We take refuge anew at the foot ofYour cross, bringing our infinite unworthiness to Your infinite merit and all-sufficiency. Wash us, blessed Saviour, in the fountain […]
This tyrant wields a universal sway! (Henry Law, “Numbers” 1858) “For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 DEATH! The very sound falls heavily. What mind can lightly think of it? What eye unmoved can see it? The limbs, once full of vigour, […]