CCXCI. The Everlasting Gospel.
REV. xiv. 6. “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” I. THE Gospel…
CCXC. The Conqueror.
REV. vi. 2. “And I saw, and behold a white horse: and He that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto Him: and He went forth conquering, and to conquer.” BEHOLD the combat beyond all…
CCLXXXIX. True Church Life.
REV. iii. 1. “I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.” THE Church to whom this statement was made was that of Sardis, and the remarkable thing is that this strong condemnation is…
CCLXXXVIII. The Cross and the Crown.
REV. ii. 10. “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” I. THIS is the law of all true eminence, of all real attain- ment and dignity. There is no true crown which has…
CCLXXXVII. With Golden Girdle Girt.
REV. I. 13. “He was girt about the paps with a golden girdle.” I. WHAT did this golden girdle signify? 1. The Lord’s excellence in all His offices. 2. His power and authority. 3. His activity. The Hebrews wore a…
CCLXXXVI. The Seven Spirits.
REV. i. 4. “The Seven Spirits which are before His throne.” No one who has studied the mystic use of the number “seven” will wonder to find the infinitude of the power and the glories of the Holy Ghost expressed…
CCLXXXV. God’s People Preserved and Presented.
JUDE 24, 25. “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion…
CCLXXXIV. The Way of Cain.
JUDE II. “The way of Cain.” IN the first joy of her motherhood, Eve seems to have imagined that the promised deliverer had already come, and gave her son a name which expressed gratitude for his birth, and hope for…
CCLXXXIII. Love in Truth.
2 JOHN i. 1, 2. “The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth.” HOW much is implied very often by…
CCLXXXII. The Threefold Witness.
1 JOHN v. 6-8. “This is He that came by waier and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there…