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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

A New Year's Gift! by Samuel Davies, January 1, 1760 "Knowing the time —that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed." Romans 13:11 TIME, like an ever-running stream, is perpetually gliding on, and hurrying each of us into the boundless ocean ... Read More

Procrastination, or The Sin and Folly of Depending on Future Time Jonathan Edwards , 1703-1758 "Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth." Proverbs 27:1 Subject: We ought to behave ourselves every day as though we had not dependence on any other day. The design of ... Read More

Pressing into the Kingdom of God Jonathan Edwards , 1703-1758 "The law and the prophets were until John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it." Luke 16:16 In these words two things may be observed: First, Wherein the work and office of John the Baptist consis... Read More

A Home Mission Sermon Charles Spurgeon Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens 6/26/1859 "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go."—Ecclesiastes 9:10. IF GOD had willed it we might each one of us have ent... Read More

A Christian on the Mount A Treatise Concerning Meditation By Thomas Watson "His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night." Psalm 1:2 Having led you through the Chamber of Delight in my previous discourse, I will now bring you into the Withdrawing Room of Meditatio... Read More

The Soul's Malady and Cure by Thomas Watson "It is not the healthy who need a doctor — but the sick ." Luke 5:31 The occasion of the words is set down in the context. Levi was called from the receipt of taxes (he was a tax collector); but Christ called him, and there went out power with the Word, su... Read More

True Religion—our Business By Thomas Watson "Don't you know that I must be about My Father's business?" Luke 2:49 These are the words of our Lord Jesus, whose lips dropped as a honeycomb. The occasion was this, Christ, having the Spirit of wisdom and sanctity poured out upon Him without measure, bei... Read More

Death and Judgment! George Burder, (1752–1832) "It is appointed unto men once to die — and after this the judgment! " Hebrews 9:27 It is recorded of Philip, King of Macedon, that he ordered one of his pages to come every morning to his chamber door, and cry aloud, "Philip, remember you are mortal!" ... Read More