Song of Songs: The Greatest Love Story in the World

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 7        The Message of the Colt               A colt the foal of an ass--Mat 21:5               Join the Procession              Palm Sunday is the Sunday preceding Easter Day, which commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Churches are decorated with palms in remembrance of the waving of the palm branches. There are processions in Roman Catholic countries. And all this in memorial of that hour when our Saviour took to Himself His royal state, and rode amid acclamations to His capital. Now we lay little stress upon these feasts and festivals. Even Christmas, the kindliest of them all, has only a partial and tardy recognition. Yet is there such a thing as common thought, and the heightening o...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 6        The Errand for the Ass               And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me--Mat 21:1-2               Bethphage Became Famous in Providing an Ass              The village of Bethphage, which is here mentioned, lay in the immediate neighbourhood of Bethany. It was situated somewhere on the Mount of Olives, amid the gardens and vineyards of its slopes. It is singular that nowhere else do we light on any mention of this village. This is the one and only reference...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 5        The Ambitious Disciples               And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom--Mat 20:21               A Promise Misunderstood              The disciples had been pondering deeply, we may be sure, on the great promise Jesus had lately made to them--"When the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel" (Mat 19:28). So strongly had these words impressed James and John, that from the hour they heard them they could think of little else. And gradually, as they dwelt upon that future, new ambitions ...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 4        The Eleventh-Hour Man               And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle--Mat 20:6               Staying outside the Kingdom to the Last              By the eleventh-hour man I mean the man who at five o'clock is still outside the Kingdom, and one would notice first that in the parable there is no hint of this man being bad. There was another eleventh-hour man, who had taken to evil courses on the highway. He had left home, and broken his mother's heart, and we see him at last hanging on a cross. But this first man was a much more usual type, haunting the marketplace in search of work, not forgetful of his wife and children. If you want the prodigal, go to the f...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 3        The Labourers in the Vineyard               The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard--Mat 20:1               The Divine Plan in the Ordering of Scripture Chapters              As we move through chapter nineteen of Matthew's Gospel, we seem to breathe a different atmosphere than that of the twentieth. Yet the two chapters, though seemingly separated, stand in the closest connection with each other. In the former we meet with the rich young ruler and witness his sorrowful departure from the face of Christ; we hear, too, the question of Peter, "we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have ...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 2        When the Child-Spirit Dies               Of such is the kingdom of heaven--Mat 19:14               Christlikeness Is Childlikeness              It is a beautiful thought, of such are the kingdom of heaven. It is a beautiful conception, daring and fresh as it is beautiful, that the one attribute of all citizens of God must be the possession of the childlike heart. We need not be learned, though it is sweet to be learned; we need not be gifted, though God be thanked for gifts. But we must be childlike; that is the one necessity. Christ takes an unalterable stand on that.               Childlikeness Is Not Childishness    ...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 1        How to Be Rid of Contempt               Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones--Mat 18:10               The Savage Are Characterized by Contempt of Others              The spirit of contempt is very strongly developed among savage races. A savage is nurtured to hate or to despise. Between his own tribe and every other tribe there is a deep and quite impassable gulf, and it has never entered into the savage heart that love or kindness should seek to bridge that chasm. If other tribes are powerful they must be hated. If they are weak they must be treated with contempt. There is the belief, then, in the sad creed of many a savage, that there is virtue in despising others.  ...