Song of Songs: The Greatest Love Story in the World

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 30        The Prodigal Son               And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him--Luk 15:20               The Tenderness of Jesus' Words              A friend of mine was on one occasion visiting one of our seaport hospitals. It chanced that at the time of her visit two Russian sailors were lying ill there; both of them rough, wild men who had led a wandering and riotous life. With a silent prayer to God that He would guide her to some suitable passage of Scripture, she read to them the parable of the prodigal son. And great was her wonder when she looked up from her book, and saw tears s...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 29        Homesickness of the Soul               And when he came to himself, he said, "How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!'--Luk 15:17               A Little Light on a Dark Subject              A very fresh and delightful American writer, John Burroughs--a man who often reminds us of our own Richard Jefferies--has given us in one of his books a most illuminative and suggestive paper on Carlyle. Mr. Burroughs visited Carlyle in London--his essay is called "A Sunday in Cheyne Row"--and with great tenderness, and wisdom, and literary skill he has recorded his impressions of the visit. Now I am not going to speak of Mr. Burroughs, nor am I going to...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 28        Coming to Oneself               When he came to himself--Luk 15:17               You Are Not Yourself While Unrepentant              In a few graphic touches Jesus delineates the kind of life the prodigal had been leading. With characteristic delicacy He does not give details. He leaves it for the elder brother to do that. We have the picture of a young man wasting his time and money--and what is worse than that, wasting his life--and like most young men who think to live that way, finding plenty of both sexes to join him. He is self-willed, self-indulgent, riotous--and we are just on the point of calling him contemptible. We are just on the point of thinking how to one like Jesus the prodigal mu...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 27        The Two Petitions of the Prodigal               A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that calleth to me. And he divided unto them his living--Luk 15:11-12               Father, Give Me              I wonder if my readers ever noticed that the prodigal made two petitions to his father. The first was: "Father, give me." "Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me." The son was growing weary of the home. He felt acutely that he was missing things. The world was big, and the days were going by, and he was young, and he was missing things. It is always bitter, when the heart is young, and the world is rich in visions and in v...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 26        The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin               What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?... Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?--Luk 15:4-8               "There Is Something Astonishing in the Christian Religion"              In the Catacombs at Rome there is no more familiar painting than that of the Good Shepherd with the straying sheep. Sometimes the other sheep are at His feet, gazing up at Him and at His burden; sometimes He is portrayed as sitting ...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 25        Counting the Cost               For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish--Luk 14:28-30               Life Is a Building              It is notable that in this little parable, and in the one which directly follows it (Luk 14:31), which deal with the great endeavors of the human soul, our Lord brings in the figure of the builder, and of a king making war upon another king. Christ always took human life at its best and kingliest, and ev...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 24        The Great Supper -- Part II               And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; For all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind--Luk 14:17, Luk 14:18, Luk 14:21               Don't Let Pride, Anxiety or Family Keep You Away              Next note the excuses of the invited guests, and see first the points in which they differ. The first had bought a piece of ground--it was pride in what he possessed that kept him back. The second wanted to prove his yoke of oxen--it was the cares and the worries of...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 23        The Great Supper -- Part I               And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; For all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind--Luk 14:17, Luk 14:18, Luk 14:21               The Peril of the Neglected Invitation              At the table of the chief Pharisee, where Jesus was reclining when He spoke this parable, the guests were almost without exception His enemies in disguise. But there was one man among them who was favorably inclined to Jesus. He had been impressed, in spite of his prejudices, b...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 22        The Rich Fool               And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me .... And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth--(Luk 12:13-15)               What Jesus Did When He Was Interrupted              Jesus was often interrupted in His teaching, and some of the choicest sayings in the Gospel spring from these interruptions of the Lord. When we are interrupted at our work or play, you know how cross we generally are. But Jesus, in His perfect trust and wisdom, turned even His interruptions to account. He had to stop preaching at Capern...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For June 21        Interior Alms               Give for alms that which is within--Luk 11:41 (R.V.)               The importance of the Within              That the rendering of the Revised Version is the right one is suggested by a study of the context. The whole passage is intended to reveal to us the value which Christ attached to the within. A Pharisee had invited Christ to sup with him, and then had marveled that He had omitted washing. This led Jesus to speak His sharp, stern words on the cleansing of the inside of the cup or platter. And then, recalling Pharisaic ostentation not only in washings but in almsgiving's, He added, "Give for alms that which is within." It is the same thought as is expressed by Pau...