“Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.”—Psal. 90:15. This “prayer of Moses the man of God,” as it is entitled, is thought

Surely it is the design of God in all his dispensations, and by all the discoveries of his word, to stain the pride of all flesh. The dust is the proper place for a creature,

The death of Christ is a subject of so much importance in Christianity as to be essential to it. Without this, the sacrifices and prophecies of the Old Testament would be nearly void of meaning,

To a young man whose mind he perceived was bewildered with fruitless speculations “The conversation we had on our way to——so far interested me in your religious feelings, that I find it impossible to satisfy

Fellowship of God’s People in Evil Times “Then they that feared the Lord spoke often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for

How cheering is the thought that the time is coming when these spots and wrinkles will be no more; but the church, and every individual member of it, shall be “holy and without blemish.” Holy

Baptism is a Divine institution, pertaining to the kingdom of the Messiah, or the gospel dispensation. John received it from heaven, and administered it to the Jews, who, on his proclaiming that the kingdom of

Judging Others, and Casting Pearls Before Swine Matt. 7:1–6 “Judge not,” &c. This prohibition, like many others in our Lord’s discourse, if interpreted in its utmost latitude, would go to censure what is elsewhere commended.

LOVE TO ENEMIES Matt. 5:43–48 It was written in the law of Moses, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” The construction which the Jews put upon this precept is easily discerned by the question

“How could Jesus grow in wisdom and knowledge, if he were the true God, and consequently infinite in both?” If there be any difficulty in reconciling these ideas, it must be on the supposition that