Sermons & Devotionals by Octavius Winslow

Octavius Winslow

Octavius Winslow (1 August 1808 – 5 March 1878), also known as "The Pilgrim's Companion", was a prominent 19th-century evangelical preacher in England and America. A Baptist minister for most of his life and contemporary of Charles Spurgeon and J. C. Ryle, he seceded to the Anglican church in his last decade.

Octavius Winslow

God's Unchanging Love

"The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, says the Lord who has mercy on you."--Isaiah 54:10 There is nothing true but heaven--none unchangeable but God. "The mountains shall depart, and the hi... Read More

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God's Wounding and Healing

"I wound and I heal."--Deut. 32:39 It is no little comfort to the afflicted child of God to be thus divinely assured that both the wounding and the healing flow from one Hand--that Hand a Father's. The sword that wounds--"bathed in heaven"--bears upon its point the balm that heals. Meditate awhile, ... Read More

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He that has the Son has life

He that has the Son has life. 1 John 5:12. A living Christ dwelling in a living soul. This implies permanency. The religion of some is a religion of the moment. Like the gourd of the prophet, it appears in a night, and it withers in a night. It is the religion of impulse and of feeling. It comes by ... Read More

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Honoring the Lord

"The Lord says, Those who honor Me I will honor."--1 Sam. 2:30 How necessary for our instruction and God's glory that we should accept His Word just as we find it, and not as interpreted by a fallible church, or as reflected from a human standard. It is perilous to study the Bible in any other light... Read More

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I am the resurrection, and the life

I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. John 11:25 EVERY truly gracious man is a living soul. He is in the possession of an inner, spiritual life. The first important characteristic of this spiritual life is its engrafting upon a state of ... Read More

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I call to remembrance my song in the night

I call to remembrance my song in the night. Psalm 77:6 IT is no small wisdom, tried Christian, to recall to memory the music of the past. Do not think that, like sounds of earth-born melody, that music has died away never to awake again. Ah, no! those strains which once floated from your spirit-touc... Read More

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I give myself unto prayer

I give myself unto prayer. Psalm 119:4 OH, give yourself to prayer! Say not that your censer has nothing to offer; that it contains no sweet spices, no fire, no incense. Repair with it, all empty and cold as it is, to the great High Priest, and as you gaze in faith upon Him who is the Altar, the sla... Read More

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I in them

I in them. John 17:23 OBSERVE, these are not the words of the apostle, whose ardent mind and glowing imagination might be supposed to exaggerate a truth beyond its proper limits; but they are the words of Jesus himself— of Him who is the Truth, and who therefore cannot lie. "I in them." Christ, dwel... Read More

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It Is the Blood That Saves

"And He said unto them, This is My blood of the new testament, shed for many."--Mark 14:24 Never did those lips, upon which grace shed its divinest, sweetest fragrance, utter words so precious as these. The language is figurative, but the truth is literal. "This is My blood," or, this cup is the 'em... Read More

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Jehovah's Jewels

"They shall be Mine, says the Lord, in that day when I make up my jewels."--Mal. 3:17 That which the merchant regards as most costly, and the bride as most ornamental, Jehovah condescends to employ to illustrate the character and relation of His saints--"My Jewels." My soul, if, through sovereign gr... Read More

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Jesus Christ, and him crucified

Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 1 Co2. 2:2. FAITH, picturing to its view the cross, the Holy Spirit engraving it on the heart in spiritual regeneration, the whole soul receiving Him whom it lifts up, as its "wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption," gently and effectually tran... Read More

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Jesus in the Chamber of Sickness

"Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby."--John 11:4 Sickness stands high up in the catalogue of the believer's covenant blessings. When it is recognized as coming immediately from the hand of God, and when it lays us low... Read More

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Jesus in the House of Mourning

Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." John 11:23 We have lately been with Jesus in the chamber of sickness and of death; let us now accompany Him to the house of mourning. He was equally Himself in both. His loving, sympathizing heart was at home in every place where suffering and woe f... Read More

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Jesus only

Jesus only. Matthew 17:8 Is not this the motto of every true believer? Whom does his heart in its best moments, and holiest affections, and intentest yearnings, supremely desire? The answer is, "Jesus only." Having by His Spirit enthroned Himself there, having won the affections by the power of His ... Read More

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Jesus the Sinner's Guest

When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. "Zacchaeus!" he said. "Quick, come down! For I must be a guest in your home today." But the crowds were displeased. "He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner," they grumbled. Luke 19:5,7 The social element of our Lord's n... Read More

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Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense

Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2 THIS passage presents the Christian to our view in his holiest and most solemn posture—drawing near to God, and presenting before the altar of His grace the incense of prayer. The t... Read More

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Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. Hebrews 10:22. THE principle of faith is altogether divine—created by no human power, commanded by no human authority, and sustained by no human resources. "Faith is the gift of God." Jesus is its author and its finisher. It is a free, u... Read More

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Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not

Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not. Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you? Job 9:11-12 AND is this the way of the Lord with you, my beloved? Are you bewildered at the mazes through which you are threading your steps... Read More

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MORNING THOUGHTS - April

MORNING THOUGHTS, or DAILY WALKING WITH GOD By Octavius Winslow APRIL 1. "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged." 1 Cor. 11:31 Self-condemnation averts God's condemnation. When a penitent sinner truly, humbly, graciously sits in judgment upon himself, the Lord will never sit in ju... Read More

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MORNING THOUGHTS - August

MORNING THOUGHTS, or DAILY WALKING WITH GOD AUGUST 1. "Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me." Romans 15:30 There are many weighty and solemn considerations which powerfully plead ... Read More

Sermons & Devotionals by Octavius Winslow

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