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Edward Payson

The Promised Fruit Of Christ's Sufferings

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied.—Isaiah, LIII, 11 Could any of us have seen what angels saw, when the Son of God left the bosom of his Father, and exchanged a throne in heaven for a manger on earth; could we have seen him divesting himself of his glory, laying aside t... Read More
Edward Payson

The Second Coming Of Christ

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him: even so. Amen. REVELATION I: 7. An apostle, speaking of the Lord’s supper, intimates that the church will continue to partake of it, and by partaking ... Read More
Edward Payson

The Timely Presence And Salutation of Jesus

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, peace be unto you. LUKE xxiv. 36. WHEN we are studying the character of a person of whom we know little, but whom we have particular reasons for wishing to know thoroughly, every part of his past and present condu... Read More
Edward Payson

The Universal Law of Forgiveness

If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. Luke xvii. 3, 4. ON hearing this passage read, you will probably conclude, tha... Read More
Edward Payson

The Way Which Wicked Men have Trodden

Hast thou marked the old way, which wicked men have trodden? Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overthrown with a flood: Which said unto God, depart from us; and what can the Almighty do for them ?—Job xxii. 15, 16, 17. WIDE, says our Divine Teacher, is the gate, and broad is the ... Read More
Edward Payson

A CLASS OF SINNERS EXCLUDED FROM MERCY.

"It is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor" Isaiah 27:11 My hearers, there is no error or mistake into which the wayward mind of man can fall, against which a warning or caution is not given us in the ... Read More
Edward Payson

A DISSUASIVE FROM AMBITION.

"Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey." Jeremiah 45:5. a preceding chapter, we are informed, that God directed Jeremiah to write in a book all the warnings and threatenings whi... Read More
Edward Payson

A FESTIVAL KEPT TO THE LORD.

"When ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord" Leviticus 23:39 we review attentively the religious ordinances which God has appointed, we can scarcely fail to perceive, that he has usually passed by all the inventions of men, and adopted institutions which were... Read More
Edward Payson

ALL THINGS CREATED FOR CHRIST.

By whom were all these worlds and beings made? is probably the first question, which a view of the created universe would excite in a seriously inquisitive mind. For what purpose and with what view were they created? would no less probably be the second. There are two inspired passages, one in the O... Read More
Edward Payson

AMIABLE INSTINCTS NOT HOLINESS.

"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" 1 Thessalonians 5:23 prayer of the apostle for the universal sanctification of the Thessalonian Christians, leads us to notice a distinc... Read More
Edward Payson

AN ASSEMBLY CONVOKED AGAINST SINNERS.

"And I set a great assembly against them" Nehemiah 5:7 Nehemiah came to Jerusalem, with a commission from the Persian monarch, appointing him governor of Judea, after the return of the Jews from captivity, he found that many evils and abuses had crept in among them, which it required all his wisdom ... Read More
Edward Payson

AN EARLY INTEREST IN GODS MERCY ESSENTIAL TO A HAPPY LIFE.

"O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." Psalm 90:14 hearers, should all the youth in this assembly express sincerely their secret wishes and inclinations, it can scarcely be doubted, that many of them would say something like this; I should wish to live a l... Read More
Edward Payson

AN UNJUST IMPUTATION REPELLED BY JEHOVAH.

"Have I been a wilderness to Israel? A land of darkness?" Jeremiah 2:31 an ingenuous mind God never appears so irresistible, so overpowering, as when he addresses his creatures in the language of tender expostulation. He may speak in the loftiest accents of uncontrollable authority and almighty powe... Read More
Edward Payson

ANGUISH OF PARENTS AT THE PERVERSENESS OF CHILDREN

"And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and Wept; and as lie went, thus he said, O my son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" 2 Samuel 18:33 the character of Absalom, his unnatural rebellion, and his untimely, bu... Read More
Edward Payson

CHARACTER AFFECTED BY INTERCOURSE.

"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." Proverbs 13:20 have often reminded you that the terms wisdom and folly, wise and foolish, have a very different signification in the writings of Solomon, from that which they bear in the works of uninspired m... Read More
Edward Payson

CHARACTER OF DANIEL.

"O Daniel, a man greatly beloved." (Daniel 10:11). of the great excellences of Scripture is, that it points out to us the path of duty, not only by precept, but by example. Not to mention the perfect pattern of a holy life, which it sets before us in the character and conduct of Christ, it presents ... Read More
Edward Payson

CHILDREN TO BE EDUCATED FOR GOD.

"Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages." Exodus 2:9 words were addressed by Pharaoh’s daughter to the mother of Moses. Of the circumstances which occasioned them, it can scarcely be necessary to inform you. You need not be told, that, soon after the birth of this future... Read More
Edward Payson

CHRIST A KING.

"Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power; for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet" 1 Corinthians 15: 24, 25 can more powerfully tend to give us just and exalted co... Read More
Edward Payson

CHRIST A MAN OF SORROWS.

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wo... Read More
Edward Payson

CHRIST AND HIS HARBINGER COMPARED AND DISTINGUISHED.

"I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I; whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire; whose fan is in his hand and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he... Read More

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