XXXIX. Christ’s Wonder at Unbelief.
MARK vi. 6. "He marvelled because of their unbelief." NO expression in the Gospels shows more strikingly that Jesus Christ was man. I. What is the nature of unbelief? The…
XXXVIII. Christianity and the Survival of the Fittest.
MARK v. 25-27. "And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had,…
XXXVII. The Trials of Prosperity.
MARK iv. 18. "The deceitfulness of riches." WE all know the trials of adversity. Let us endeavour to point out some of the dangers which are peculiarly in- cident to…
XXXVI. The Sabbath.
MARK ii. 27. "And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." THE Sabbath was instituted to be man's delight, not his…
XXXV. Pilate.
MATT, xxvii. 24. "When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult mas made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude." PILATE from…
XXXIV. Are we not all implicated?
MATT, xxvii. 21. "Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let Him be crucified." I. HERE we…
XXXIII. Gethsemane.
MATT. xxvi. 42. "O My Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, Thy will be done." THE Passion of the garden is the deepest…
XXXII. Our Lord’s Farewell to the World.
MATT. xxvi. 29. "I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom." I. OUR…
XXXI. True Fame.
MATT. xxvi. 13. "Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for…
XXX. The Head Stone of the Corner.
MATT. Xxi. 42. "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is be- come the head of the corner : this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in…