"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32 Note: Robertson delivered this sermon after World War I had ended. World War II has not yet begun. DR. VEDDER quotes Nietzsche as saying: "Christianity is the reality of all that creeps upon the ground against all that is elevated." Then
“And it came to pass, when the days were well nigh come that He should be received up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem." -Luke 9:51 Every contemplation of the last month, and weeks, and days in the life of our Lord fills the soul with a sense of solemn and almost overwhelming
"Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words" (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18). The meeting here mentioned is to be the greatest meeting the Bible tells
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen." -Hebrews 11:1 The history of the world's progress is the history of the triumphs of faith. Faith, to all human seeming, does the most unwarranted things. It sings in prison. It fights while still in chains. It works without tools. You may
"For if the blood of bulls and of goats and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh" - Paul argued in his letter to the Hebrews "how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your
"In all thy ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct thy paths." -Proverbs 3:6 This text has a peculiar place in my heart. It has been with me day by day for three-and-thirty years. It was on the morning when I was first leaving home for school that my father said to me as his last
"Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages" (Exodus 2:9) The story of Moses is one of the most beautiful and fascinating in all the world. It takes a hold on us and never for an instant does it lose its interest, for it is so graphically told
“As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions: The Lord alone did lead him." -Deut. 32:11-12 These words are taken from the swan song of Moses. In that song there is a remarkable alternation between praise and
"Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence, to yonder plain: and it shall remove: and nothing shall be impossible unto you." - Matt. 27:20 And this great and optimistic evangel was spoken, not to men who were marching with swinging
“Thou shalt call His name Jesus; for it is He that shall save His people from their sins." -Matt. 1:21 Even today the naming of a newborn child is an event full of interest. The principles of choice are varied in these complex and somewhat superficial days. Children are given names because the names have been