Our Father refuses to answer such questions! (James Smith, “PERPLEXITY” 1865)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “For My thoughts are not your thoughts; neither are your ways, My ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts!” Isaiah 55:8-9 God’s dealings are […]

The eye of God! (James Smith, “God’s Knowledge of Us” 1865)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account!” Hebrews 4:13 “The Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought!”

Would such an inscription look well on some of our costly furniture? (James Smith, “Holiness Unto the Lord” 1865)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: ‘Holy unto the Lord.’ And the cooking pots in the Temple of the Lord will be

This is the worst part of the picture! (James Smith, “A Serious Inquiry” 1865)   Play Audio!  Download Audio “Lord, what is man, that You should notice us–mere mortals that You should care for us?” Psalm 144:3 1. What is man MORALLY? This is the worst part of the picture! It is bad enough to

More dreadful than Hell! (James Smith, “He Gives Grace to the Humble” 1859)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?” Romans 7:24 The godly man has a deep sense of the evil of sin. He looks upon

The Sure Resource! (James Smith, 1858)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “God is our refuge and strength–an ever-present help in times of trouble!” Psalm 46:1 God intended Himself to be the great fountain of supply to His creatures. All are to be dependent on Him, and to look for their supplies from Him. Just so, the

The vilest and the foulest thing in all creation! (James Smith, “Sunny Subjects for All Seasons” 1858)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.” Genesis 6:5 “The human heart is

I am somewhat like that bird! (James Smith, “Sighing for Jesus” 1858) Play Audio!  Download Audio“As the deer pants for streams of water–so my soul pants for you, O God! My soul thirsts for God, for the living God! When can I go and meet with God?” Psalm 42:1-2 I have just been reading of the

Twenty-four hours in Hell! (James Smith, “ANTIDOTES!” 1858)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “Why should any living man complain?” Lamentations 3:39 Occasionally I am tempted to complain of my hard lot, and think myself harshly dealt with. Ingratitude rises and works in my heart. This always makes me wretched. I then find it profitable to look

He smote her with a disease which deprived her of strength, destroyed her beauty, and left her deformed! (James Smith, “Loving Rebukes” 1858)  Play Audio!  Download Audio “I know, O Lord, that in faithfulness You have afflicted me!” Psalm 119:75 “God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness!” Hebrews 12:10