SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD Bishop J. C. Ryle 1816-1900 ”Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord.” 2 COR. 6.17 The text which heads this page touches a subject of vast importance in religion. That subject is the great duty of separation from the world. This is the point which St. …
Issue: Volume 17
AN ALARM TO A CARELESS WORLD A Sermon by Reverend William Romaine (1714-1795) occasioned by a series of earthquakes, preached November 30, 1755, in London. Preface* Dr. Sherlock, Bishop of London, in his letter concerning the late earthquakes, has these words:- “As to you, my brethren of the clergy, who share with me the care …
QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG MINISTERS Isaac Watts, D.D. Of faithfulness in the ministry. Do I sincerely give myself ‘ to the ministry of the word;’ Acts 6.4. and do I design to make it the chief business of my life to serve Christ in His Gospel, in order to the salvation of men? Do I resolve, …
SNARES AND DIFFICULTIES IN THE MINISTRY John Newton Dear Sir, I am glad to hear that you are ordained, and that the Lord is about to fix you in a place where there is prospect of your being greatly useful He has given you the desire of your heart; and I hope He has given …
GO AND DO THOU LIKEWISE A sermon preached on August 29th, 1999, by P. G. Watts at Rehoboth Chapel, Coventry. Luke 10.25-37 The Bible puts strong emphasis on the understanding. Paul says: ‘in understanding be men’. When it comes to unkindness or malice, he says, you can be like children, under-developed: but when it comes …
GOD CALLED ME BY HIS GRACE An account given to the church at Gower Street Memorial Chapel, London, by David G. Crowter on his appointment as their pastor. My dear friends, before I really begin I would like to mention two dangers present in this sort of meeting. First, it may be too persoNot currently …
MY SINS Thomas Halyburton I determined to humble myself distinctly for every one of them, and to make a distinct application to the throne of grace about each; but when I began to observe them, they were so many that if I had followed this course, my whole time would not have sufficed. I was …
PAUL’S VISION You have not seen what I have seen, Nor heard what I have heard; You entered not where I have been, Where strangely I was stirred. Through intervening skies I rose To the third heaven of bliss; And saw what no man sees or knows, Nor earth can show, like this. I heard, …
POSTHUMOUS USEFULNESS W. S. Plumer Reason would show that we should try so to live as to be useful after death. The Scriptures say that some men are so. ‘He being dead yet speaketh.’ This was said of a man four thousand years after his time. Surely this should encourage us to zeal in our …
SEEING JESUS A Sermon preached by John Kershaw, of Rochdale, at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London on Thursday evening, April 28, 1848. “But we see Jesus.” Heb. 2.9 I would call your attention to three things arising from these words. First, let us endeavour to describe the characters who see Jesus. Secondly, let us …