Expositions of
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共 257 题- EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
- PSALMS
- VOLUME I: PSALMS _I to XLIX_
- CONTENTS
- BLESSEDNESS AND PRAISE (Psalm i. 1, 2; cl. 6)
- A STAIRCASE OF THREE STEPS (Psalm v. 11, 12)
- ONE SAYING FROM THREE MEN (Psalm x. 6; xvi. 8; xxx. 6)
- MAN'S TRUE TREASURE IN GOD (Psalm xvi. 5, 6)
- GOD WITH US, AND WE WITH GOD (Psalm xvi. 8, 11)
- THE TWO AWAKINGS (Psalm xvii. 15; lxxiii. 20)
- SECRET FAULTS (Psalm xix. 12)
- OPEN SINS (Psalm xix. 13)
- FEASTING ON THE SACRIFICE (Psalm xxii. 26)
- THE SHEPHERD KING OF ISRAEL (Psalm xxiii. 1-6)
- A GREAT QUESTION AND ITS ANSWER (Psalm xxiv. 3)
- THE GOD WHO DWELLS WITH MEN (Psalm xxiv. 7-10)
- GUIDANCE IN JUDGMENT (Psalm xxv. 8, 9)
- A PRAYER FOR PARDON AND ITS PLEA (Psalm xxv. 11)
- GOD'S GUESTS (Psalm xxvii. 4)
- THE TWO GUESTS (Psalm xxx. 5)
- GOODNESS WROUGHT AND GOODNESS LAID UP (Psalm xxxi. 19)
- HID IN LIGHT (Psalm xxxi. 20)
- A THREEFOLD THOUGHT OF SIN AND FORGIVENESS (Psalm xxxii. 1, 2)
- THE ENCAMPING ANGEL (Psalm xxxiv. 7)
- STRUGGLING AND SEEKING (Psalm xxxiv. 10)
- NO CONDEMNATION (Psalm xxxiv. 22)
- SKY, EARTH, AND SEA: A PARABLE OF GOD (Psalm xxxvi. 5-7)
- WHAT MEN FIND BENEATH THE WINGS OF GOD (Psalm xxxvi. 8, 9)
- THE SECRET OF TRANQUILLITY (Psalm xxxvii. 4, 5, 7)
- TWO INNUMERABLE SERIES (Psalm xl. 5, 12)
- THIRSTING FOR GOD (Psalm xlii. 2)
- THE PSALMIST'S REMONSTRANCE WITH HIS SOUL (Psalm xliii. 5)
- THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY (Psalm xlv. 2-7, R.V.)
- THE PORTRAIT OF THE BRIDE (Psalm xlv. 10-15, R.V.)
- THE CITY AND RIVER OF GOD (Psalm xlvi. 4-7)
- THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF JACOB (Psalm xlvi. 11)
- A SONG OF DELIVERANCE (Psalm xlviii. 1-14)
- TWO SHEPHERDS AND TWO FLOCKS (Psalm xlix. 14; Rev. vii. 17)
- BLESSEDNESS AND PRAISE
- III. We have here also a twofold prophecy of the perfection of Heaven.
- A STAIRCASE OF THREE STEPS
- III. Lastly, righteousness follows trust and love.
- ONE SAYING FROM THREE MEN
- I. The mad arrogance of godless confidence.
- MAN'S TRUE TREASURE IN GOD
- GOD WITH US, AND WE WITH GOD
- THE TWO AWAKINGS
- I. The first of these is that to all men the end of Life is an awaking.
- III. Death is the annihilation of the vain show of worldly life.
- SECRET FAULTS
- OPEN SINS
- II. So, secondly, note the help sought.
- III. Lastly, observe the daring hope here cherished.
- FEASTING ON THE SACRIFICE
- I. We have, first, then, the world's sacrificial feast.
- III. I can say but a word as to the guests.
- THE SHEPHERD KING OF ISRAEL
- A GREAT QUESTION AND ITS ANSWER
- I. The question of questions.
- II. Note the answer to this great question.
- THE GOD WHO DWELLS WITH MEN
- GUIDANCE IN JUDGMENT
- A PRAYER FOR PARDON AND ITS PLEA
- I. Notice, first, here the cry for pardon.
- II. Note in the next place the plea for pardon.
- III. Lastly, note the reason for the earnest cry, 'For it is great.'
- GOD'S GUESTS
- III. So, lastly, note the method by which this desire is realised.
- I. We have God's merciful call to us all.
- THE TWO GUESTS
- I. Note, first, the proportion of joy and sorrow in an ordinary life.
- III. Lastly, notice the conversion of the sorrow into joy.
- I. So let us look first at what God is.
- II. Now, note our plea with God, from what He is.
- I. Now, let me say a word as to where to lodge a soul for safe keeping.
- GOODNESS WROUGHT AND GOODNESS LAID UP
- HID IN LIGHT
- I. Now, then, let us notice, first, this hiding-place.
- II. Secondly, notice God's hidden ones.
- III. Lastly, note what the hidden ones find in the light.
- A THREEFOLD THOUGHT OF SIN AND FORGIVENESS
- I. Note the solemn picture which is here drawn of various phases of sin.
- THE ENCAMPING ANGEL
- STRUGGLING AND SEEKING
- I. The struggle that always fails.
- II. The seeking which always finds.
- NO CONDEMNATION
- I. The people that are spoken of here.
- II. The blessing here promised.
- SKY, EARTH, AND SEA: A PARABLE OF GOD
- I. We have, first, God in the boundlessness of His loving nature.
- WHAT MEN FIND BENEATH THE WINGS OF GOD
- IV. Light. 'In Thy light shall we see light.'
- THE SECRET OF TRANQUILLITY
- THE BITTERNESS AND BLESSEDNESS OF THE BREVITY OF LIFE
- TWO INNUMERABLE SERIES
- THIRSTING FOR GOD
- THE PSALMIST'S REMONSTRANCE WITH HIS SOUL
- THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY
- I. The Person of the King.
- III. Lastly, we have the royalty of the King.
- THE PORTRAIT OF THE BRIDE
- THE CITY AND RIVER OF GOD
- THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF JACOB
- II. Note, secondly, the double wonder of our relation to this great God.
- A SONG OF DELIVERANCE
- I. There is the glory of Zion.
- TWO SHEPHERDS AND TWO FLOCKS
- I. The grim picture drawn by the Psalmist.
- Turn now to
- II. The sunny landscape drawn by the Seer.
- END OF VOL. I.
- VOLUME II: PSALMS _LI to CXLV_
- CONTENTS
- DAVID'S CRY FOR PARDON (Psalm li. 1, 2)
- DAVID'S CRY FOR PURITY (Psalm li. 10-12)
- FEAR AND FAITH (Psalm lvi. 3, 4)
- A SONG OF DELIVERANCE (Psalm lvi. 13, R.V.)
- THE FIXED HEART (Psalm lvii. 7)
- WAITING AND SINGING (Psalm lix. 9, 17)
- SILENCE TO GOD (Psalm lxii, 1-5)
- THIRST AND SATISFACTION (Psalm lxiii. 1, 5, 8)
- SIN OVERCOMING AND OVERCOME (Psalm lxv. 8)
- THE BURDEN-BEARING GOD (Psalm lxviii. 19, A.V. and R.V.)
- REASONABLE RAPTURE (Psalm lxxiii. 25, 26)
- NEARNESS TO GOD THE KEY TO LIFE'S PUZZLE (Psalm lxxiii. 28)
- MEMORY, HOPE, AND EFFORT (Psalm lxxviii. 7)
- SPARROWS AND ALTARS (Psalm lxxxiv. 3)
- HAPPY PILGRIMS (Psalm lxxxiv. 5-7)
- BLESSED TRUST (Psalm lxxxiv. 12)
- A SHEAF OF PRAYER ARROWS (Psalm lxxxvi. 1-5)
- CONTINUAL SUNSHINE (Psalm lxxxix. 15)
- THE CRY OF THE MORTAL TO THE UNDYING (Psalm xc. 17)
- THE SHELTERING WING (Psalm xci. 4)
- THE HABITATION OF THE SOUL (Psalm xci. 9, 10)
- THE ANSWER TO TRUST (Psalm xci. 14)
- WHAT GOD WILL DO FOR US (Psalm xci. 15, 16)
- FORGIVENESS AND RETRIBUTION (Psalm xcix. 8)
- INVIOLABLE MESSIAHS AND PROPHETS (Psalm cv. 14, 15)
- GOD'S PROMISES TESTS (Psalm cv. 19)
- SOLDIER PRIESTS (Psalm cx. 3)
- GOD AND THE GODLY (Psalms cxi. 3; cxii. 3)
- EXPERIENCE, RESOLVE, AND HOPE (Psalm cxvi. 8, 9)
- REQUITING GOD (Psalm cxvi. 12, 13)
- A CLEANSED WAY (Psalm cxix. 9)
- LIFE HID AND NOT HID (Psalm cxix. 11; xl. 10)
- A STRANGER IN THE EARTH (Psalm cxix. 19, 64)
- SUBMISSION AND PEACE (Psalm cxix. 165)
- LOOKING TO THE HILLS (Psalm cxxi. 1, 2)
- MOUNTAINS ROUND MOUNT ZION (Psalm cxxv. 1, 2)
- THE CHARGE OF THE WATCHERS IN THE TEMPLE (Psalm cxxxiv. 1-3)
- GOD'S SCRUTINY LONGED FOR (Psalm cxxxix. 23, 24)
- THE INCENSE OF PRAYER (Psalm cxli. 2)
- THE PRAYER OF PRAYERS (Psalm cxliii. 10)
- THE SATISFIER OF ALL DESIRES (Psalm cxlv. 16, 19)
- DAVID'S CRY FOR PARDON
- DAVID'S CRY FOR PURITY
- I. Observe that here is a remarkable outline of a holy character.
- II. Observe, too, that desires for holiness should become prayers.
- FEAR AND FAITH
- A SONG OF DELIVERANCE
- I. The deliverance realised by faith before it is accomplished in fact.
- II. The impulse to service which deliverance brings.
- THE FIXED HEART
- I. Note the fixed heart.
- WAITING AND SINGING
- SILENCE TO GOD
- THIRST AND SATISFACTION
- I. The soul that knows its own needs will thirst after God.
- II. The soul that thirsts after God is satisfied.
- Lastly--
- III. The soul that is satisfied with God immediately renews its quest.
- SIN OVERCOMING AND OVERCOME
- I. The cry of despair.
- THE BURDEN-BEARING GOD
- IV. Note, lastly, what we should therefore do with our burdens.
- REASONABLE RAPTURE
- NEARNESS TO GOD THE KEY TO LIFE'S PUZZLE
- II. The way to nearness to God is twofold.
- MEMORY, HOPE, AND EFFORT
- II. Again, let us live in the future by hope in Him.
- III. Lastly, let us live in the present by strenuous obedience.
- SPARROWS AND ALTARS
- I. I take it first as pointing a bitter and significant contrast.
- III. Lastly, we may take this picture of the Psalmist's as a warning.
- HAPPY PILGRIMS
- II. And now notice the blessedness of the pilgrims' experience.
- III. Notice the blessedness of the pilgrims' advance.
- IV. Lastly, note the blessedness of the pilgrims' arrival.
- Be sure that 'every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.'
- BLESSED TRUST
- A SHEAF OF PRAYER ARROWS
- I. First, the lesson as to how to lay hold upon God.
- II. Now, secondly, we have here a lesson as to what we should ask.
- CONTINUAL SUNSHINE
- I. We deal first with the meaning of this phrase.
- II. Consider the possibility of such a condition being ours.
- THE CRY OF THE MORTAL TO THE UNDYING
- THE SHELTERING WING
- I. A word then, first, about the covering wing.
- III. Now, lastly, the warrant for this flight.
- THE HABITATION OF THE SOUL
- I. We have here the cry of the devout soul.
- II. Now, note the still more abundant answer which that cry evokes.
- THE ANSWER TO TRUST
- I. Note, first, what God delights to find in man.
- WHAT GOD WILL DO FOR US
- I. The promise to the suppliant.
- II. Further, here we have a promise for suppliants.
- III. Last of all, we have the promise for mortals.
- FORGIVENESS AND RETRIBUTION
- I. The adoring contemplation of the divine forgiveness.
- But now turn, in the next place, to
- II. God's scourging of the sin which He forgives.
- Lastly, my text leads us to think of--
- III. Forgiveness and scourging as both issues of holy love.
- INVIOLABLE MESSIAHS AND PROPHETS
- I. Every Christian is a 'messiah.'
- II. Further, every Christian man is a prophet.
- GOD'S PROMISES TESTS
- SOLDIER PRIESTS
- I. The subjects of the Priest-King are willing soldiers.
- II. The soldiers are priests.
- GOD AND THE GODLY
- II. God and the godly are alike in gracious compassion.
- EXPERIENCE, RESOLVE, AND HOPE
- I. A sure anticipation.
- II. A firm resolve.
- III. There is lastly here, a far-reaching hope.
- REQUITING GOD
- A CLEANSED WAY
- LIFE HID AND NOT HID
- II. The word not hidden, or the religion of the outward life.
- A STRANGER IN THE EARTH
- SUBMISSION AND PEACE
- The marginal note says 'they shall have no stumbling block.'
- II. Then again, such love brings the calm of a submitted will.
- IV. Lastly, such a love gives the peace of freedom from temptations.
- LOOKING TO THE HILLS
- I. The look of longing.
- II Further, notice the question of weakness.
- III. Finally, notice the assurance of faith.
- MOUNTAINS ROUND MOUNT ZION
- I. The simple act of trust in God brings inward stability.
- THE CHARGE OF THE WATCHERS IN THE TEMPLE
- GOD'S SCRUTINY LONGED FOR
- I. Note then, first, the longing for the searching of God's eye.
- THE INCENSE OF PRAYER
- I. The Incense of Prayer. 'Let my prayer come before Thee as incense.'
- THE PRAYER OF PRAYERS
- I. Notice, then, first, the supreme desire of the devout soul.
- THE SATISFIER OF ALL DESIRES
- I. Two kinds of pensioners.
- II. Again, there are two sets of needs.
- III. Further, there are here two forms of appeal.
- IV. And now one last word. Note the two processes of satisfying.
- END OF VOL. II.