L. Our Just Obligation.
LUKE ix. 59, 60. “And He said unto another, Follow Me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead; but go thou and preach the…
XLIX. The Result of Christ’s Coming.
LUKE ii. 34. “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel.” THIS was a saying of the aged Simeon, when our Lord Jesus was presented in the temple. His burst of inspired song…
XLVIII. Simeon.
LUKE ii. 26. “And it was revealed to him, by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.” WHEN the eyes of this saint once looked on Jesus, he never wished them…
XLVII. The Hungry and the Rich.
LUKE i. 53. “He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich He hath sent empty away.” WE are familiar with these words, occurring in the great hymn of the incarnation, but familiar words are apt to pass…
XLVI. The Judgment on Zacharias.
LUKE i. 20. “Thou shall be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.” ZACHARIAS is a striking example of…
XLV. The Stone Rolled Away.
MARK xvi. 3, 4. “And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.” THE…
XLIV. The Sleeping Apostle.
MARK xiv. 37. “Simon, sleepest thou?” I. A STUDY of the usage of the Gospel in reference to the Apostle’s name shows that on the whole the name Simon brings into prominence the natural unrenewed humanity, and the name Peter…
XLIII. The Saviour and the Publicans.
MARK ii. 16. “And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto His disciples, How is it that He eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? ” THE occasion of this question was…
XLII. A Gracious Question.
MARK x. 51. “Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?” I. CONSIDER the disposition this question shows on our Saviour’s part. I. It shows the delicacy of the Saviour. There is as…
XLI. Christ’s Compassion on the Multitude.
MATT. ix. 36. “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.” IN the course of our Lord’s wandering life, teaching and healing, there…