Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3 Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells His Church His love thoughts. He does not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very

And there was no more sea. Revelation 21:1 Scarcely could we rejoice at the thought of losing the glorious old ocean: the new heavens and the new earth are none the fairer to our imagination, if,

The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:33 If the disposal of the lot is the Lords whose is the arrangement of our whole life? If the a simple ca

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Proverbs 27:23 Every wise merchant will occasionally hold a stock-taking, when he will cast up his accounts, examine w

Rend your heart, and not your garments. Joel 2:13 Garment-rendering and other outward signs of religious emotion, are easily manifested and are frequently hypocritical; but to feel true repentance

I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John 10:9 Jesus, the great I AM, is the entrance into the true church, and the way of access

I remember thee. Jeremiah 2:2 Let us note that Christ delights to think upon His Church, and to look upon her beauty. As the bird returneth often to its nest, and as the wayfarer hastens to his ho

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened. Isaiah 48:8 It is painful to remember that, in a certain degree, this accusation may be laid at th

Come unto me. Matthew 11:28 The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, Come. The Jewish law harshly said, Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which thou shalt walk. Break

And lay thy foundations with sapphires. Isaiah 54:11 Not only that which is seen of the church of God, but that which is unseen, is fair and precious. Foundations are out of sight, and so long as