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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
XL. The Pattern of Service.
MARK vii. 33, 34. "He touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened." I. WE have here set before us the…
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…