Category Archives: Bible

December 26 “Sit ye here while I go and pray yonder.” (Matt. 26:36.) IT is a hard thing to be kept in the background at a time of crisis. In the Garden of Gethsemane eight of the eleven disciples were left to do nothing. Jesus went to the front to pray; Peter, James and JohnContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

26 DECEMBER (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S EVENING 1774) An appeal from the heart ‘They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.’ Jeremiah 50:5SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 Thessalonians 2:1–16 If ever a sense of theContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

December 25th His birth and our new birth Behold, a virgin shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Isaiah 7:14 (R.V.). His Birth in History. “Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God”Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

December 25 “His name shall be called Emmanuel. …God with us.” (Matt. 1:23.) “The Prince of Peace.” (Isa. 9:6.) For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King.” A FEW years ago a striking Christmas card was published, with the title, “If Christ had not come.” It was founded upon our Saviour’s words, “If I hadContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

25 DECEMBER (PREACHED CHRISTMAS DAY 1777) Born King ‘Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.’ Matthew 2:2SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 2 Peter 1:16–21 The Lord knows his people and will find means that they, however circumstanced, shall comeContinue reading “365 days with Newton”