john-16:24

God's Ambassadors. If I had an ambition to be the ambassador of this country to our mother-country, there would be two essential things involved. The first and great essential would be to receive the appointment. I would need to come into certain relation with our president, to possess certain quali... Read More

Reading: John 16:1-17:26 I want you just to pass your eye over that prayer again - "He said, Father... O Father... I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them... As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee... Father, that which thou hast given me... O righteous Father." "I manifested thy name... I made kno... Read More

The Gospel There is a connection between the Gospel, and the Epistles, and the Apocalypse -- books which God has given to us by means of His servant John -- which is of no little interest in these latter days. It is one and the same truth which is ever prominent in each of these three books; and the... Read More

Leviticus 1. There are three different kinds of offerings: -- 1st, that of the Great Day of Atonement (Lev. 16), which was God's provision for making worshippers; 2nd, Sin and Trespass Offerings -- God's provision for the worshipper when he failed; 3rd, Burnt, Meat, and Peace Offerings -- God's prov... Read More

"Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:24). During the Civil War, a man had an only son who enlisted in the armies of the Union. The father was a banker and, although he consented to his son's going, it seemed as if it would break hi... Read More

When the Lord of glory left his Father's bosom, and came into this world, we are sure it was for a purpose suited to his divine nature. Christ came to make men glad. It was said of him, 'The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD hath appointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek' (... Read More

Having already presented to your view the dark side of the text, I shall now show you the light side, They shall be comforted'. Where observe: 1. Mourning goes before comfort as the lancing of a wound precedes the cure. The Antinomian talks of comfort, but cries down mourning for sin. He is like a f... Read More

COUNSELS OF THE AGED TO THE YOUNG Archibald Alexander, 1844 It is a matter of serious regret that young people are commonly so little disposed to listen to the advice of the aged. This prejudice seems to have its origin in an apprehension that austerity and rigor naturally belong to advanced years; ... Read More

Will He Come to the Feast? Archibald G. Brown, June 6th, 1869, Stepney Green Tabernacle "Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple: What do you think — that He will not come to the feast?" John 11:56 Our Lord had just performed the wondrous miracle of raising his... Read More

Christ's Own Joy, is Our Joy! Archibald G. Brown, June 9th, 1872, East London Tabernacle "I am coming to You now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of My joy within them!" John 17:13 The precious words of this prayer, and of the three previo... Read More