What our Lord says of swearing may have respect to the third commandment, in which we are forbidden to “take the name of the Lord our God in vain.” It had also been said, “Thou

The subject to which we this year invite your attention, is the situation is the widows and orphans of Christian ministers, and of ministers themselves who by age, or permanent affliction, are laid aside from

Let me exhort you to endeavour, by all means, to preserve peace among one another. 1. Be careful to cultivate a spirit of love.—There is nothing more conducive to peace than this. Provoke not one

No sober Trinitarian would take upon him to say precisely to what degree the distinctions in the Godhead extend. It is generally supposed, however, that the term person approaches the nearest to the Scriptural idea

In the first place, Let it be considered whether it does not arise from the want of a greater degree of religion in general.—Joy is a grace which cannot thrive by itself; it is a

Such is the magnitude of the glory to be revealed in us, that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with it. In speaking of these opposites, the apostle, as

Such is the magnitude of the glory to be revealed in us at the resurrection, that its influence extends to the whole creation. This I take to be generally expressed in the 19th verse: “For

“Let no man despise thee.”—Titus 2:15. My brother, I feel a pleasure in the work of this day, partly from the love I bear to you, and partly from the love I feel towards the

“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence