The Master of The Grave
Christ is the Master of the grave. Just outside of the gate of the city of Nain, Death and Christ measured lances; and when the young man rose, Death dropped. Now we are sure of
Thoghts
Death a Sleep, Resurrection a Waking
On a summer’s day, the gentle western wind brings in all the sweets of the field and garden; and the child, overtasked by joy, comes back weary, and climbs for sport into the mother’s lap;
Good Advice
In order to hold yourselves masters of your appetites, begin early. It is no use for a man forty-five years of age beginning to say he is going to turn over a new leaf; the
“Like The Chaff”
The ungodly “are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.” Where—where—where? Where are they driven? The man is in health, the sun shines, the sky is calm, the world is still about him. Suddenly
“Sowing The Tares”
I was at the Paris exhibition in 1867, and I noticed there a little oil painting, only about a foot square, and the face was the most hideous I have ever seen. On the paper
A Warning
Some years ago, on a grand jubilee occasion, a distinguished statesman rose up in the presence of assembled thousands, and, in reply to certain calumnious and dishonorable charges raised his hands in the vast assembly,
The Wages of Sin
Did not one who was as near to me almost, as flesh and blood, and who stood high both in church and in business circles, in an evil hour fall into forgeries? When he awoke
Punishment Proportioned to Sin
We sometimes say that punishment should be proportioned to sin. There is a sense in which that is most true and just. It is most true and just with regard to all punishment that comes
Losing The Throne
My brother, I am afraid you may lose heaven the way Louis Phillipe lost his empire. The Parisian mob came around the Tuilleries. The national guard stood in defense of the palace, and the commander
Preparation For a Long Journey
What if a man going to San Francisco should make preparations for his journey from Brooklyn to Hoboken, and no further. Would you not call him a fool? But here is a man about starting