The general charge which Christianity gives to its adherents: “These things write I unto you, that ye sin not.” This is to repress presumption. This is the bearing not only of the writings of John,

It has been very common, among a certain class of writers, to exclaim against creeds and systems in religion as inconsistent with Christian liberty and the rights of conscience; but surely they must be understood

But there is another duty which we owe to our country; which is, That we pray to the Lord for it. It is supposed that religious people are a praying people. The godly Israelites, when

“All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him.”—Psa. 22:27. It is worthy of notice, that the Spirit of inspiration

“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.”—Prov. 26:4. “Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”—Prov. 26:5. A “fool,” in

But while yours is unquestionably a great work, it is also a work in which there are great encouragements.—Under this head we may remark,— 1. It is a work the foundation of which has been

The greater part of the writings of the prophets contain little history; but this book is an exception. It is a history of a prophecy against a city which at that time was the metropolis

Expository Preaching—The New Golden Calf "But looking back, something vital was consistently underemphasized, if not entirely absent: unction, pleading, and prayer. It’s not that these themes were completely missing—they were mentioned here and there. But