isaiah-11:9

JUST as we find that in certain circles people who are reputed pious are apt to be regarded with suspicion, so it would seem that any writings which claim Divine authority or sanction inevitably awaken distrust. But if the evangelists could gain the same fair hearing which profane historians command... Read More

BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH! By Stan Thomson For centuries, the Church slept unawares of the coming of Christ for His bride. 150 years ago, the Spirit of God raised up men to recover this precious truth. The midnight cry went forth: "Behold the Bridegroom cometh!" (Matt. 25:1 - 7). What was the eff... Read More

Blessed are the peacemakers. Matthew 5:9 This is the seventh step of the golden ladder which leads to blessedness. The name of peace is sweet, and the work of peace is a blessed work. Blessed are the peacemakers'. Observe the connection. The Scripture links these two together, pureness of heart and ... Read More

LETTERS TO THE AGED by Archibald Alexander LETTER FOUR There is one remaining subject, my dear friends, to which I wish to call your attention. I refer to the solemn event of our departure out of life. Whatever may be uncertain in the future, concerning this there cannot exist the shadow of a doubt.... Read More

True Saints, When Absent from the Body, Are Present with the Lord (Preached on the day of the funeral of David Brainerd, missionary to the Indians) Jonathan Edwards , 1747 "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2 Corinthians 5:8 The... Read More

Man's Natural Blindness in Things of Religion Jonathan Edwards 1739/1740 Three sermons "Understand, you brutish among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise? He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? he who formed the eye, shall he not see? He who chastises the heathen, shall not he corre... Read More

NEW THINGS! Arthur Pink, 1952 In view of the popular delusion of this generation, with its craze for what is novel and modern , and its contempt of that which is stable and ancient — it is perhaps necessary to point out that all new things are not good and desirable — nor are all old things to be de... Read More

The Character of Christ's Church James Smith, 1860 There is a good — a glorious time coming. The Lord shall be King over all the earth. Jesus will be personally present with his people. The curse will be completely rolled away from the world, and the effects of that curse will cease. Creation will b... Read More

Life at Three-score and Ten Albert Barnes, 1868 [The substance of the following discourse was delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, December 6th, 1868, just two years before the time of the author's lamented decease, December 24th, 1870.] "The days of our years are threescore yea... Read More