NO SORROW LIKE MESSIAH’S SORROW A sermon by John Newton 1725-1807 “Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow!” Lamentations 1.12. Although the Scriptures of the Old Testament, the law of Moses, the Psalms, and the prophecies, bear an harmonious testimony …
Issue: Issue 8
BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS, AND SWEAT It was on May 13, 1940, in his first speech to the House of commons, that the newly elected Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said; ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.’ And so it was to be for four more harrowing and weary years until the …
A HISTORY OF THE CHANGE WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE AUTHORS SENTIMENTS: WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH AND THE MEANS BY WHICH IT WAS AT LENGTH EFFECTED.
To the Believeâ² concerning legal and filial reconciliation to God;and concerning the forgiveness of sins.
And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you. They have their reward.
A man’s free-will cannot cure him even of the tooth ache, or of a sore finger; and yet he madly thinks it is in its power to cure his soul.
A MORE EXCELLENT WAY* Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove …
A NEW CREATURE “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Ps 51.10). How is it that David does not say, Reform my heart, heal it, correct it, but create it new? This teaches us a great truth, that the regeneration of a sinner is an actual creation, so admirable that the creation of the …
THE PRAYER OF MOSES “O satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad, according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.” Psalm 90; 14, 16. This psalm is entitled, “A prayer of Moses the man …