Category: Sermons

And he said unto them, how is it that ye sought me ? Knew ye not that I must be about the business of my Father? —Jesus. The story from which these words are taken is one of the most beautiful in the New Testament. It has been celebrated in poetry and has furnished a […]

He that believeth on me, t he works that I do shall he do also; and greater works shall he do, because I go unto my Father. Jesus. Nothing seems to be complete in itself, but points to something else for its fulfillment. Our language has its different degrees running from positive to superlative. These […]

A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you. —Hebrew Scriptures. All things are conditioned in time. This is true of a world that endures for a hundred ages or a flower that only blooms for a few summer days. The words old and young are relative and vary in their meaning with the nature […]

The flesh lusteth against the spirit.—Paul. Alas! while the body stands so broad and brawny, must the soul lie blinded and dwarfed ? —Carlyle. Each reader of ancient and middle-age and modern literature is impressed by the continuity and similarity of human thought and expression. Given the same kind of facts and the same kind […]

But we all with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord are transformed into the same image.— Paul. The doctrine of Evolution makes much of the fact that all forms of life are powerfully affected by their surroundings. Some have thought that the influence thus exerted, if not able to […]

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth endureth forever.—Ecclesiastes. After two more sunsets we shall enjoy a unique experience. We shall witness the departure of an old and the arrival of a new century. Emerson once wished for a condition in which no experience would be repeated. Having suffered or enjoyed […]

Ye shall know the truth and the truth will make you free. —Jesus. The words truth and free occuring in this famous sentence possess an importance that is almost impossible to overstate. They have been one of the most powerful motives of human progress. To the desire of the mind for truth nearly all the […]

” I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. “—PAUL. The men of science tell us that every form of force comes from some force preceding it. It is the same energy under a new name and with a new application. The power in an engine was in steam before it was in the engine, […]

The letter killeth ; but the Spirit giveth life.—Paul. Last Sunday the attempt was made to point out some of the results that have come to society from the long and powerful administration of the letter of the Bible. History was asked to come forward with the facts bearing upon the case. A somewhat hasty […]

Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service.—PAUL. When one contemplates some great object in nature it is difficult to analyze and describe his emotions, but he realizes that he is brought into relation with something greater than himself and by this conta& he is drawn into a […]