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Approaching Mortality! William Nicholson, 1862 "Only a few years will pass, before I go on the journey of no return." Job 16:22 The sun rises daily, and we think little of it. Just so, the frequency and commonness of death, causes it to be little thought of. Every day, men go to their long home , an... Read More

Sinners Admonished to Return to God William Nicholson, 1862 "Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them — and you shall dwell In the land which I have given to you and to your fathers." Jeremiah 35:15 God does not desire the death of a... Read More

Numbering Our Days! William Nicholson, 1862 "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom!" Psalm 90:12 What is man? A frail and dying sinner. This is solemnly taught in this Psalm. Who can read it without being deeply humbled, and affected? Who can read it aright without... Read More

Necessity of Christian Watchfulness William Nicholson, 1862 "And that knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep!" Romans 13:11 It is supposed by some that the Apostle here intended to remind Christians of the superior privileges of Christianity over the state of Heathenism fro... Read More

The Supremacy of God Arthur Pink, 1948 In one of his letters to Erasmus, Luther said, "Your thoughts of God are too human." Probably that renowned scholar resented such a rebuke, the more so since it proceeded from a miner's son; nevertheless, it was thoroughly deserved. We, too, though having no st... Read More

THOUGHTS ON IMMORTALITY by J. C. Ryle, April 19, 1883 "The things which are seen are temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal." —2 Corinthians 4:18 A subject stands out on the face of this text, which is one of the most solemn and heart-searching in the Bible. That subject is eternit... Read More

What Is Your Life? James Smith, 1865 " What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while — and then vanishes!" James 4:14 If God asks a question — we should listen to it, think of it, and prepare an answer. Here the Lord puts a question to us; it refers to the brevity of our mortal e... Read More

The Lord's Prayer By Thomas Watson CHOICE EXCERPTS A vexing vanity! "Deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 In this petition, we pray to be delivered from the evil world . "He died for our sins, just as God our Father planned—in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live." Galatians 1:4 I... Read More

Time's Shortness by Thomas Watson A sermon preached July 2, 1676, at the funeral of Pastor John Wells "But this I say, brethren, the time is short ." 1 Corinthians 7:29 The blessed Apostle in these words shows us what our station in the world is, and what all our secular enjoyments are. They are sho... 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