ON LAYING FOUNDATIONS
" And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say ? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like…
Hands full of Honey
"And Samson turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came…
THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE
"Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee."—Mark 5:19. There are a great many people longing for some grand sphere in which to serve God. They admire Luther at the Diet…
THE OLD FOLKS’ VISIT
"I will go and see him before I die."—Gen. 45:28. Jacob had long since passed the hundred year mile-stone. In those times people were distinguished for longevity. In the centuries after persons lived to great age. Galen, the most celebrated…
WOMAN ENTHRONED
"There are threescore queens."—Solomon's Song 6:8. So Solomon, by one stroke, sets forth the imperial character of a true Christian woman. She is not a slave, not a hireling, not a subordinate, but a queen; and in my text Solomon…
TRIALS OF HOUSEKEEPING
"Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me."—Luke 10:40. Yonder is a beautiful village homestead. The man of the house is dead and his widow is taking…
SISTERLY INFLUENCE
"And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him."—Exodus 2:4. Princess Thermutis, daughter of Pharaoh, looking out through the lattice of her bathing-house, on the banks of the Nile, saw a curious boat on the…
THE MOTHER OF ALL
"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,…
THE CHILDREN’S PATRIMONY
"Whose son art thou, thou young man?"—Samuel 17:58. Never was there a more unequal fight than that between David and Goliath. David five feet high; Goliath ten. David a shepherd boy, brought up amid rural scenes; Goliath a warrior by…
Maternity
"Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice."—I Samuel 2:19. The stories of Deborah and Abigail are very apt…