Ministerial Conflicts
What you say is perfectly correct. “Is not my word a hammer, saith the Lord, to break the rock in pieces?” “But, adds an old divine, “it will never break the stony heart, if lightly laid on. What is preached…
Hints to Ministers
A call to preach is frequently just what Jeremiah describes it to be. Although he was tempted to say, “I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name,” yet when he held his peace, he…
The Believer in Affliction
The reader probably has often said, “It is to me a great mystery, why the Lord suffers his children to be afflicted, while the wicked are in prosperity, and have what they like.” The reasons are unquestionably wise, though we…
Of Prayer
Concerning prayer the Scripture phraseology is, pray always, pray continually, pray without ceasing, pray with perseverance. Mr. Wesley describes it as “a spiritual respiration, by which the life of God is kept alive in the soul.” The soldier may have…
The Backslider Restored
You may, indeed, well call upon heaven and earth to assist you in celebrating the high praises of your pardoning God. How clearly do you now see that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, were united in the great work…
The Backslider Encouraged
I am not at all surprised that your feelings are so much changed for the better. The cause is plain; your views of your Heavenly Father are materially improved. Had you continued to entertain those wrong thoughts of God, your…
Backsliders Must Take Right Views of God
Your state of soul surprises me. I feel persuaded the hindrance must be in yourself. I verily believe God has no exceptions against you. He is as willing to bless you as the scores of immortal souls who are now…
Past Sins of Backsliders
Dryden’s sentiment, in the following lines, if applied to unpardoned sin, or when seized upon by a mind that is flying from the Saviour, as it is endeavoring to escape from remorse is not only bad theology, but highly dangerous…
Christ a Backslider’s Saviour
Unbelief is ever ingenious in the invention of instruments wherewith to torture the soul. You say, “It was suggested to me the other day, and it stung my soul to desperation, We find in Scripture many who were desperately sick,…
Misery of Backsliders
I cannot think or your sad case, dear backslider, without recurring to the following mournful lines; cadences, which, if I am not mistaken, will find an echoing response in the wild workings of your own sorrow-stricken heart: “When will pass…