CONVICTION OF SIN
CONVICTION OF SIN – Robert Murray Mcchene “And when he [the Comforter] is come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” -John xvi. 8. WHEN friends are about to part from one another, they are far kinder than ever they have been before. It was so with Jesus. He […]
IF ANY MAN THIRST
IF ANY MAN THIRST – Robert Murray Mcchene “In the last day, that great day of the east, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.”—John vii., 37. I. Lesson. Christ’s gracious importunity: ” In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and […]
YE WILL NOT COME TO ME
YE WILL NOT COME TO ME – Robert Murray Mcchene “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.”—John v., 40. THERE is nothing more sad, and nothing more strange than that when there is a Saviour that is enough for all the world, so few should come to him to be […]
WILL YE ALSO GO AWAY?
WILL YE ALSO GO AWAY? – Robert Murray Mcchene “From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we […]
CHRIST THE ONLY REFUGE
CHRIST THE ONLY REFUGE – Robert Murray Mcchene “Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.” (Isaiah 26:20). This passage is a word in season to God’s people in every time of impending calamity. The […]
THE VISION OF DRY BONES
THE VISION OF DRY BONES – Robert Murray Mcchene The hand of the Lord was upon me,” &c.—Ezek. xxxvii., 1-14. IN early life the Prophet Ezekiel had been witness of sieges and battle-fields—he had himself experienced many of the horrors and calamities of war; and this seems to have tinged his natural character in such […]
ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE THEE
ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE THEE – Robert Murray Mcchene ” And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”—Ruth i., 16. IN […]
HAPPY ART THOU, O ISRAEL
HAPPY ART THOU, O ISRAEL – Robert Murray Mcchene ” Happy art thou, 0 Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency? and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high […]
LOT’S WIFE
LOT’S WIFE – Robert Murray Mcchene “But his wife looked back from behind him and she became a pillar of salt.”– Gen. xix. 26. There is not in the whole Bible a more instructive history than that of Lot and his family. His own history shows well how the righteous scarcely are saved. His sons-in-law […]
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST – Robert Murray Mcchene “For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of […]