"I have chosen you out of the world." — Joh 15:19 Here is distinguishing grace and discriminating regard; for some are made the special...

"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again." — Ecc...

"Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because...

"She gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred...

"For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever." — 2Jn 1:2 Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into...

"He began to wash the disciples' feet." — Joh 13:5 The Lord Jesus loves his people so much, that every day he is still doing for them...

"The trees of the Lord are full of sap." — Psa 104:16 Without sap the tree cannot flourish or even exist. Vitality is essential to a...

"Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation." — Luk 22:46 When is the Christian most liable to sleep? Is it not when his...

"Will ye also go away?" — Joh 6:67 Many have forsaken Christ, and have walked no more with him; but what reason have YOU to make a...

"He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you." — Joh 16:15 There are times when all the promises and doctrines of the Bible are of...

"I will love them freely." — Hos 14:4 This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian,...

"Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?" — Luk 24:38 "Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, my way is...

"The love of Christ constraineth us." — 2Co 5:14 How much owest thou unto my Lord? Has he ever done anything for thee? Has he forgiven...

"Keep not back." — Isa 43:6 Although this message was sent to the south, and referred to the seed of Israel, it may profitably be a...

"Grow up into him in all things." — Eph 4:15 Many Christians remain stunted and dwarfed in spiritual things, so as to present the same...

"God, my maker, who giveth songs in the night." — Job 35:10 Any man can sing in the day. When the cup is full, man draws inspiration from...

"Babes in Christ." — 1Co 3:1 Are you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little,...

"Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." — 1Sa 15:22 Paul had been commanded to slay utterly all the Amalekites and their cattle....

"Thy paths drop fatness." — Psa 65:11 Many are "the paths of the Lord" which "drop fatness," but an especial one is the path of prayer....

"He shall gather the lambs with his arm." — Isa 40:11 Our good Shepherd has in his flock a variety of experiences, some are strong in the...