THE SIN-OFFERING. “Let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock, without blemish. unto the Lord, for a sin-offering.” Lev 4, 3. SIN! The sound is brief. But it presents a dark abyss of thought. No mind can trace its birth. No eye can see its death. Before the worlds it …
Issue: Issue 6
He never was so good as he should be, that doth not strive to be better than he is. Ralph Venning 1620-73
THE CHRISTIAN’S ECHO Written by Cornelius Cayley, a courtier, living in the reign of George II. True faith, producing love to God and man- Say, echo, is not this the Gospel plan?- “The Gospel plan”. Must I my faith and love to Jesus show, By doing good to all, both friend and foe?- ” Both …
DOCTRINE* Moses evidently had a most gracious conception of the vital necessity and refreshing power of true doctrine when he declared “My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name …
THE FORCE OF TRUTH Thomas Scott (First published in 1779) •Continued from Vol. 9, p.278. Leaving therefore all difficulties of a metaphysical nature to be cleared up in that world of light and knowledge, I began to consider the abuses of this doctrine, (election) which I had always looked upon as a very formidable objection …
“THE MAN OF SORROWS” Sermon by Mr. G. J. Collier (Pastor), (Bethel Chapel, Linslade, Bucks., 1966). Lamentations 1,12. Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of …
As the act of healing through the eyes of the Israelites and the brazen serpent went together, so, in the act of justifying, these two, faith and Christ, have a mutual relation, and must always concur—faith as the action which apprehendeth, Christ as the object which is apprehended; so that neither the passion of Christ …
Many who are eagle-eyed in the trifles of time, are like owls and cats in the light of life. Thomas Boston
THE ROCK OF AGES We do not stand on shifting sand And fear the storm that rages, But calm and sure we stand secure Upon the ROCK OF AGES. That ROCK unmoved has ever proved The stronghold of salvation; Nor all the fell designs of hell Can shake its true foundation. Water and blood, a …