Receiving SinnersThe ironical taunt of proud and censorious Pharisees formed the glory of Him who came, “not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance”...
Not RetaliatingWhat a common dictate of the fallen and regenerate heart to resent and recriminate! How alien to natural feeling ...
HumilityLet the image of the lowly Redeemer be ever in our mind’s eye. His example may well speak in silent impressiveness, bringing us down from our pedestal of pride...
The Balances of GodWe are apt to measure things by their size and not by their weight. We too often prefer the things which make the most show....
SympathyIt is an affecting thing to see a great man in tears! "Jesus wept!" It was ever His delight to tread in the footsteps of sorrow...
The Contagion of Faint-HeartednessOur moods are contagious, and they are swiftly contagious. Our words can act upon others like a bugle or they can act like a chilling, drizzling rain; so it is with our moods...
Love to the brethren"Jesus", says a writer, "came from heaven on the wings of love." Love was the element in which He moved and walked. He sought to baptize the world afresh with it...
The Divine Side of ThingsIsaiah had never had that kind of vision before. Most certainly he had had spiritual experiences, but never one in which the Lord was so exalted in overwhelming glory ...
UnselfishnessJesus stands out for our imitation, as a grand solitary exception in the midst of a world of selfishness. His entire life was one abnegation of self...
Following the example of ChristThe example of Jesus was HOLY and SANCTIFYING. All who came into His presence could feel how dreadful, yet how attractive, HOLINESS was...