THE disciples had been with Christ, and seen Him pray. They had learnt to understand something of the connection between His wondrous life in public, and His secret life of prayer.

Of all laborers, he who labors in the spiritual field stands in the greatest need of joy in his work, because of all labor it is that which brings the greatest amount of care, disappointment, trial and suffering.

The hatred of the ungodly when poured upon Christians in the form of persecution, is seldom harmful to their spiritual nature,...

A dying man is needed to raise dying men.

It is clear that the term “revival” can only be applied to a living soul, or to that which once lived.

“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.” (Luke 9:51 ESV) (Emphasis mine)

Self control means just what it says, having control over one’s self. Someone has said, “A man’s conquest of himself dwarfs the ascent of...

When we try to describe this movement of practical reason between its two poles, a misleading analogy suggests itself.

We, too, are hurled headlong into a sea of sorrows, and find it hard to keep our head above water.

Is not timidity a common vice among Christian workers?

Christ, our sacrifice, was made sin and a curse for us and the sacrifice was consumed by the fire of God’s wrath against sin...

In the context of his teaching, this refers fundamentally to the “Sabbath rest” which is found in Christ...

Most modern Christians live sub-Christian lives!

Your whole usefulness depends on this.

I find to this day seven abominations in my heart:

Do we sufficiently cultivate this unselfish desire to be all for Jesus, and to do all for His pleasure? Or are we conscious that we...

We live in a time in which conflict is rapidly superseding charity; nay, in which men are ever readier to fight even than to work.

keener than the lightning, the words in that book of remembrance which the angel shall hold open when all mankind shall meet before God.

Christ means it: you must obey, or you cannot abide in His love.

If we pour a glass of wine into a glass of water, and mix them, the water will be in the wine, and the wine in the water.