Vol. 18 No.1 Gospel Tidings MARCH 2003 THE GOSPEL PREACHED Sermon preached by the late Mr. G. J. Collier at Jireh Chapel, Tenterden, on the evening of 18th May, 1983 ‘Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also …
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TRAVAILING IN BIRTH FOR SOULS by John Newton Gal. 4.19 Olney Hymns 26 What contradictions meet In the minister’s emplo It is a bitter sweet, A sorrow full of joy. No other post affords a place For equal honour or disgrace Who can describe the pain Which faithful preachers feel Constrained to speak in vain …
THE VESSELS OF WRATH FITTED TO DESTRUCTION by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843)’ ‘What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he …
PRAYING FOR RELATIONS by Joseph Hart Kind souls who for the miseries moan Of those who seldom mind their own, But treat your zeal with cold disdain, Resolved to make your labours vain; You, whose sincere affection tends To help your dear ungrateful friends, That think you foes, or mad, or fools, Because you fain …
BOBBIE AND THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM The Revd. John McNeill says: “There was a lad in our village who we called Bobbie. He was mentally handicapped, but harmless. He drifted into the day-school in a harmless way, and drifted out again; but sometimes he would do the same in the Sunday School, with his vacant smile, …
SANCTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE Of God ‘are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written. He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.’ 1 Cor. 1:30, 31. THE CAPTIVE GROANING ‘O wretched man that I am! who shall …
TWENTY-FIVE PROPHECIES FULFILLED IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS Herman Newmark Written by Jewish prophets some 1,000 to 500 years before they occurred, here are twenty-five specific prophecies concerning the sufferings of the Messiah, all of which were fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth during the twenty-four hours leading up to His crucifixion. 1. He was to be sold …
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MORE NOTES FROM J. C. RYLE Further extracts from Bishop J. C. Ryle’s commentary on the Gospel of Luke. Continued from Vol. 17 p.295 Luke 13. 22-30. Too late. There is something peculiarly striking in our Lord’s language in this prophecy. It reveals to us the awful fact, that men may see what is right …
‘WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL?’ Extracts from an address by Mr. George Miiller. Psalm 42.5, 11. ‘Why art thou cast down, O my soul?’ the Psalmist saith to himself. And so may we say to ourselves. Is there ever any ground to be cast down? There are two reasons, but only two: …