Sermons & Devotionals by James Smith
James Smith
Strength For The Day
Strength for the Day James Smith, 1859 "As your days —so shall your strength be." Deuteronomy 33:25 The future —who can tell what will be in the future? Our days are numbered —but we know not their number. Our days are appointed —but we know not their character. Nor would it be good for us to know. ... Read More
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The Prescription!
The Prescription! James Smith "This is for your health." Acts 27:34 Bodily health is a great blessing, and should not be trifled with. All means likely to preserve it, should be attended to. To this the Apostle refers, and recommends the ship's company to take some food, because it was for their hea... Read More
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The Bitter Cup
The Bitter Cup James Smith, 1860 Yesterday I received from my kind neighbor, a circular, which read as follows: "The bitter cup and goblet — a Tonic of great efficacy," etc. My neighbor perhaps did not know that I already had a "bitter cup" in my house, and had had one for years. But it is neverthel... Read More
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Sleeping In Jesus
Sleeping in Jesus James Smith, 1859 "Those who sleep in Jesus" 1 Thessalonians 4:14 There is always something solemn in death—and the circumstances connected with death, are often very painful . The sufferings of the body, the occasional loss of reason, the separation from near relatives, and dear f... Read More
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Keep Close To Christ!
Keep Close to Christ! James Smith, 1857 A minister of Christ was dying. He had a young sister whom he tenderly loved, and in whose welfare he felt the deepest interest. She came to pay the last visit, and receive from his lips the last words of advice. The words of a dying minister, realizing the va... Read More
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The Law Of God
The LAW of God James Smith, 1855 The law of God is that code of moral precepts which was given to men to be obeyed — in token of God's authority and man's subordination. It was the rule of justification to father Adam : obeying it — he was promised life; disobeying it — he was threatened with death.... Read More
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The Saint'S Portion!
The Saint's Portion! James Smith, 1842 "You are my portion , O Lord!" Psalm 119:57 This is the language of every Christian's heart and life! The generality of the Lord's family are poor in this world — they have no portion of an earthly kind. But they know the Lord — He has revealed Himself to them ... Read More
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Glorious Liberty!
Glorious Liberty! James Smith, 1842 "The glorious liberty of the children of God!" Romans 8:21 The spiritual mind is like a bird shut up in a cage--while enclosed in a diseased corruptible body; like a bird with a clog on the wing--while burdened with a body of sin and death. We cannot do the things... Read More
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Delight In The Law Of God
Delight in the Law of God James Smith, 1860 "I delight in the law of God after the inward man." Romans 7:22 No one can do this, but a true Christian. For if we could perceive the spirituality and extent of the law, its claims upon us, and the doom to which it sentences us — we must surely hate it! T... Read More
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The Aged Believer'S Three Last Wishes
The Aged Believer's Three Last Wishes James Smith, 1859 An aged Christian had worn well, passed through many trials, and was now near the end of his journey. He had found the Lord faithful, he had received grace sufficient, and had proved that as his day — so his strength had ever been. He could fin... Read More
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A Question For Professors
A Question for Professors by James Smith, 1857 "Do you have a father?" Genesis 44:19 Standing at my window one day, while the cholera was raging in London, I saw two corpses carried by, followed by one little child, walking alone next the coffins, with a few neighbors behind. That child was now an o... Read More
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On Mixtures!
On Mixtures James Smith, 1859 "Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the tares and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn!" Matthew 13:30 What strange mixtures we see in the world, and in the Church... Read More
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Christian Sympathy
Christian Sympathy James Smith "Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people!" Jeremiah 9:1 Jeremiah has been called the weeping prophet . He was unquestionably a man of deep feeling. He was a thorough Jew. He was as t... Read More
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Love To God
LOVE TO GOD by James Smith, 1858 "I love the Lord, for He heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy." Psalm 116:1 Real religion is always experimental — and experimental religion is always practical . As it is the work of God in the soul of man — it always leads back to its Author, and up to its sou... Read More
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A Desperate Case!
A Desperate Case! by James Smith "There was no remedy!" 2 Chronicles 36:16 Israel had polluted God's sanctuary, mocked His messengers, despised His word, and misused His prophets — until the wrath of the Lord arose against them, and there was no remedy! Their case became desperate, for God would tol... Read More
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The Alarming Sentence!
The Alarming Sentence! James Smith "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it — but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard: For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree — and haven't found any. Cut it d... Read More
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The Safe Side!
The Safe Side! James Smith There are usually two sides : the one dangerous —the other safe; the one is uncertain —and the other is sure. It is always the wisest —to be found on the safe side! Look at the unbeliever . He denies the Bible to be God's book. He walks by his own reason. He gratifies his ... Read More
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I Was Taken By Surprise!
I Was Taken by Surprise! James Smith, 1859 Expostulating with a friend in reference to a fault into which he had fallen, by way of excuse he said, "I was taken by surprise!" This implied that he was off his guard, that he was neglecting the loving admonition of his gracious Lord, "Watch and pray—les... Read More
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The Loved One Absent
The Loved One Absent James Smith, 1860 "Oh, that I knew where I might find Him!" Job 23:3 The believer's happiness consists very much in the presence of God, and a sense of his love. His happiness is not in place , or circumstances , or friends — but in God himself as revealed in Jesus. Anywhere, at... Read More
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What Shall We Say After This?
What Shall We Say after This? by James Smith, 1860 This was the question of Ezra , when pleading with God for Israel, and confessing their sins before him. He went briefly over their history, noticing their conduct toward God, and God's conduct toward them — and then he asks, "What shall we say afte... Read More
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James Smith and was a predecessor of Charles Spurgeon at New Park Street Chapel in London from 1841-1850. He also ministered with great blessing in Cheltenham. His devotional, The Believer's Daily Remembrancer, subtitled Pastor's Morning and Evening Visit, was very popular in its own day, and has received a new lease of life through recent republication.