Self-Denying Lives
How grand it is, amid the selfishness of the world, to find such generous deeds! The Moravian missionaries were told that they could not enter the lazarettos where the lepers were dying unless they stayed
Thoghts
Deep thoughts and reflections on life, hope, love, forgiveness, God’s grace, charity, courage, conversion, etc. by prominent preachers.
Our Example of Self-Denial
Alexander, when his army grew sluggish because laden with the spoils of their enemies, to free them from this incumbrance, commanded all his own baggage to be set on fire, that when they saw the
Religion Requires Self-denial
Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense is a life of death. You go and bury a seed and that is husbandry; but you bury one, that
Sabbath Views of Heaven
When a gentleman was inspecting a house in Newcastle, with a view to buying it as a residence, the landlord took him to the upper window, expatiated on the extensive prospect, and added, “You can
Addressed to The Church at a Wednesday Night Lecture
Let us interrupt the flow of the week, and rear up another Sabbath in the middle of it. And, as those who swim mighty streams do stop, panting, to rest upon some midway rock ere
The Meanness of The Sabbath Breakers
How unutterly mean is the behavior of the Sabbath breaker. It is as though a man had a large estate, and he said to his employees: “Now, I will give you to-day for yourselves—you need
The Lord’s Day in Paris
Let my readers fancy that as they pass on their way to the house of God, they see almost all the shops in their native town or village standing open, with men and women buying
Avoid Anxiety For Riches
Do not be over-anxious about riches. Get as much of true wisdom and goodness as you can; but be satisfied with a very moderate portion of this world’s good. Riches may prove a curse as
Sham Generosity
Oftentimes you will find men who have been penurious all their lives, and who have amassed a fortune, attempting to buy respect in their old age. Sometimes they do it by making their will, and
“A Poor Rich Man.”
A man may have every comfort and luxury here, and yet come to a wretched future. It is no sin to be rich. It is a sin not to be rich, if we can be