WITNESS BEARING One of the ways in which Christians may give evidence in favour of their God is by testifying to the fact of His unmistakeable interposition in answer to believing prayer. The world ridicules the idea, imagining that Nature is wound up like a clock, which mechanically and automatically sets the machinery of the …
Author: William Romaine
AN ABUNDANT ENTRANCE (An extract from ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’) Now, upon the bank of the river, on the other side, they saw the two shining men again, who there waited for them. Wherefore being come out of the river, they saluted them, saying, “We are ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to those that shall be …
If I can find a promise suited to my case, then I have a relief; and He fulfils His promise whether I believe it or not.
CLEAVING TO THE LORD Sermon Samuel Medley Moorfields April 1st, 1787 “And exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.”—Acts xi. 23. It is needful, in order to observe the scope of our text, that we read it in its connection, from the 19th verse of the chapter, and …
A lady of wealth and piety, who had lately met with heavy afflictions, and was expecting more, related some of her sorrows to a poor but good woman, whose cottage she entered. The poor Christian, taking the lady to a room, said, “Do you see anything?” The lady replied, “No.” She took her to another …
TIMES AND SEASONS We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas; first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and secondly, because we find no …
Watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh Matthew 25.13.
AN APPEAL TO REASON AND CONSCIENCE The manner in which a just, and even a benevolent man, may be deeply stained with the crime of persecution, may be easily stated. Let it be granted that he is responsible for the religious or political opinions of his fellow-men, that is, that God will hold him guilty …