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Reuben Archer Torrey

How to Work for Christ: Book 3: Preaching and Teaching the Word of God, Chapter 7

Reuben Archer TorreyEXPOSITORY SERMONS AND BIBLE READINGS IN OUTLINE # GOD'S PICTURE OF A HAPPY MAN (Psalm 1:1-3.) INTRODUCTION. -- God is a great artist. There is no one that draws such perfect pictures as He. Some of God's pictures He Himself labels, others He leaves us to put the titles to. In the first Psalm, the f... Read More
Richard Baxter

Directions For The Holy Spending Of Every Day

Richard BaxterDirections for the holy spending of every day Richard Baxter (1615-1691) It somewhat tends to make a holy life more easy to us, when we know the ordinary course and method of our duties, and everything falls into its proper place; as it helps the farmer or tradesman to know the ordinary course of hi... Read More
John Angell James

Different Degrees Of Glory

John Angell JamesDIFFERENT DEGREES OF GLORY by John Angell James My dear friends, I now propose to discuss the question of different degrees of glory. The FELICITY OF HEAVEN, set forth in general terms, will consist of the absence of all evil , both natural and moral, such as sin, and all its bitter fruits—death, di... Read More
Matthew Mead

The Power Of Grace In Weaning The Heart From The World

Matthew MeadThe Power of Grace in Weaning the Heart from the World by Matthew Mead "Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother. My soul is even as... Read More
J.R. Miller

At The Proper Time We Will Reap

J.R. MillerAt the Proper Time We Will Reap J. R. Miller "Let us not become weary in well doing --for at the proper time we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9 Sometimes we are inclined to be discouraged in our Christian life and work . We ask, "Is it worthwhile to be holy, to keep God's c... Read More
George Mylne

Man Is Born To Trouble!

Man Is Born to Trouble! George Mylne, 1871 Yes, "man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward" — the one is as inevitable as the other (Job 5:7), and why? The saying is correct, we may be sure, seeing whose Word it is that says it. "Affliction," it tells us, "comes not forth of the dust, neither... Read More
William Nicholson

Preparation For Death

Preparation for Death! William Nicholson, 1862 "Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect!" Matthew 24:44 In this chapter Christ foretells the destruction of Jerusalem. Though that event would certainly transpire — yet the exact time was hidden from man, ... Read More
J.C. Philpot

A Longing Soul In A Thirsty Land

J.C. PhilpotA Longing Soul in a Thirsty Land Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on November 15, 1857, by J. C. Philpot "O God, you are my God; early will I seek you– my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water; to see your power and your glory, so a... Read More
Arthur Pink

Enjoying Gods Best

Arthur PinkEnjoying God's Best by Arthur Pink, January, 1948 In the January and February 1946 issues of 'Studies in the Scriptures', we wrote two short articles entitled, "Enjoying God's Best" and "Missing God's Best" ; and it must be confessed that we were rather surprised at receiving no criticisms , or at l... Read More
Arthur Pink

The Doctrine Of Mortification

Arthur PinkThe Doctrine of Mortification (Arthur Pink, 1952) "For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the body, you will live." Romans 8:13 1. Introduction It is the studied judgment of this writer, and he is by no means alone therein, that doctrinal p... Read More

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