Victorian children’s writer Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer (born Favell Lee Bevan) was a woman of deep piety--and of even more profound prejudices. Born a Quaker in London in 1802, she converted to Evangelicalism at age 25 and devoted her life to the proper religious development of children, a task that involved extolling the virtues of Protestantism and denouncing as corrupt or evil every other form of faith and practice.
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Sermons & Devotionals by Favell Lee Mortimer
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 6:14, 15. Christ declares whom God will forgive.
Jesus here gives some instructions concerning the frame of mind in which prayer must be made. In the Lord's prayer we are directed to say, "Forgive us our debts, or trespasses, as we forgive our debtors, or those who have sinned against us." This petition seems like asking God not to forgive us if w... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 6:19-23. Christ forbids covetousness and double-mindedness.
Our Savior had exposed the apparently good actions of the Pharisees, as their prayers, fastings, almsgivings. He now reproves their wicked practices. The first thing he attacks is their covetousness,—their delight in laying up earthly treasures. In those days riches consisted partly in valuable clot... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 6:24 to end. Christ forbids worldly anxiety.
Our Savior had charged his disciples not to lay up treasures upon earth. In this passage He gives them another command that appears much more difficult to obey, that is, He forbids them to be anxious about needful food and clothing. We are naturally inclined to think it impossible not to be anxious ... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 6:5-8. Christ forbids ostentation in PRAYER.
Our Savior continued to expose the emptiness of the works in which the Pharisees prided themselves. One of these was giving. This has been already considered. Another was prayer. Let us now direct our attention to this subject. The customs of Judea were very different from ours. The synagogues were ... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 6:9-13. The Lord's Prayer.
This prayer is so familiar to us, that we are in great danger of not considering its weighty meaning. A prayer taught by our blessed Savior himself ought to engage our deepest attention. Had we been told that such a prayer had been given, and had never heard the words, how we would have desired to h... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 7:1-6. Christ forbids hypocritical judgment.
The Lord Jesus had been warning his disciples against many of the evil practices of the Pharisees. There was no sin to which they were more addicted than to "judging." They did not judge righteous judgment, according to the word of God; but they judged according to their own wicked passions. Because... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 7:12-14. Christ describes the wrong and the right way.
Who can hear our Savior's golden rule without approving it! And who can hear it without condemning himself! "Do for others what you would like them to do for you." He who has kept the same is a perfect man, and has done all the law and prophets taught. We must confess with sorrow that we have broken... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 7:15-20. Christ warns against false prophets.
Our Savior had been showing his disciples the necessity of walking in the narrow way to heaven. He knew that many false teachers would arise, who would point out an easier way; and the Pharisees at that very time encouraged people, by their instructions and example, to walk in the broad road which l... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 7:21-23. He predicts the rejection of the false professor.
In this passage, Jesus gave a solemn warning to his own disciples, to those who professed to believe in him, and to those who called him "Lord, Lord." At the beginning of this sermon, he had declared, that except their righteousness should exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, they ... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 7:24 to end. The parable of the house on the rock and the house on the sand.
Christ ended his sermon on the mount by warnings against the danger of an empty profession of religion. He first gave the warning in plain language, saying, "Not everyone who says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven." Then he related a parable on the subject. It is the first ... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 7:7-11. Christ promises that prayer shall be answered.
This is one of the most encouraging passages in the whole Scriptures. How many have been led by this invitation to approach the throne of grace! Here is not only an invitation which assures you of a welcome, but also a promise of success—your petition shall be granted, "for everyone who asks receive... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 9:27-34. Christ gives sight to two blind men, and speech to a mute man.
It appears that the Lord Jesus put the faith of the two blind men to a short trial; for he did not cure them as soon as they asked him; he waited until he was come into the house before he granted their petition. But how well they were rewarded for waiting, by their conversation with their Lord in t... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 9:35 to end. His compassion for the multitude.
The Lord Jesus was permitted to teach in the synagogues, but he did not confine himself to them; nor did He preach only on the Sabbath. He taught in all places and at all times. There have been faithful men, who have closely copied his example, and have proclaimed their Master's name with an untirin... Read More
Favell Lee Mortimer
Matthew 9:9-13. The calling of Matthew and the tax-collector's feast.
We have great reason to be interested in the calling of Matthew, for it was he who wrote the history of our Lord which we are now reading. It is supposed that his calling took place some time before the events we have lately considered; but we have deferred noticing it, because the feast to publican... Read More
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