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There's a very old cartoon by H.T. Webster entitled "Life in Harden County [Illinois] in 1809." It shows two men talking. "Any news, Ezzie?" "Squire McClendon's gone down to Washington to see Harding sworn in." "I hear Bonaparte's trying to subdue Spain." "New baby boy born down the street at the Li... Read More

But is it possible that I Should live and sin no more? Lord, if on thee I dare rely, The faith shall bring the power. On me the faith divine bestow Which doth the mountain move; And all my spotless life shall show The omnipotence of love. -- Charles Wesley. The thing my God doth hate That I no more ... Read More

It is true that it takes the power of the Holy Ghost to make men see the tremendous spiritual value in the blood of Jesus Christ. Unsaved men cannot understand it. By the word "unsaved," I not only mean men who are out in the world of open sin, but also that man who is lost in the high-ways and bywa... Read More

"For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us." Ephesians 2:14 "He is our peace." This necessarily springs from being reconciled and brought near by the blood of Christ. Sin has not only made us enemies to God; but made God an enemy to us. W... Read More

Chapter Fourteen from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer One important part of the ministration of the blessed Lord, as the great High Priest over the house of God, we have not yet touched upon. This is his blessing the people . This, we know, was committed to the ty... Read More

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on February 16, 1862, by J. C. Philpot "And you, who were once alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works; yet now has he reconciled, in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight; if y... Read More

January 1 "Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not." Psalm 17:5 Without scrupulously or superstitiously observing "days, and months, and times, and years," few of us altogether pass by so marked an epoch as the dawning of another year upon our path without some acknowledgment of ... Read More

Chapter Four from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of Our Blessed Redeemer Well might the apostle, as if in a burst of holy admiration, cry aloud, as with trumpet voice, that heaven and earth might hear, "Great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the flesh." #1Ti 3:16 A myste... Read More

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on March 17, 1861, by J. C. Philpot And he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for you– for my strength is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Cor. 12:9 The s... Read More

2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2 “For the love of Christ constaineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” That is the plan of God fo... Read More