There arose a great tempest in the sea. Matt. 8:24The disciples had not put out out sea of their own suggestion. Had they done so without Christs bidding, they would not have had the same reason to expect protection and deliverance. The lesson we...

He saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. Mark 4:35Christ is continually saying the same to us, though with varying meaning in his words. He is ever calling us to pass over some line into new fields, with their new experiences, new...

The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it... becometh a tree. Mark 4:28Many great histories of blessing may be traced back to a very small seed. A woman whose name is forgotten dropped...

The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself. Mark 4:28Yet not without certain other influences upon it. If the sun does not shine upon it, and if there is no rain from heaven, the seed will never germinate, however rich the soil. The human heart is the...

First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. Mark 4:28We understand this well enough in nature; but do we in spiritual life? The beginnings of Christian life are very feeble and imperfect. We must not expect in young converts...