A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK

Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI

Alexander Maclaren, 1826-1910 · 128,057 words · 183 reading sections

SECTION 181

'They Also Serve Who Only Stand And Wait'

Further, there is here a lesson of tolerance for us all. Practical men are always disposed, as I said, to force everybody else into their groove. Martha is always disposed to think that Mary is idle when she is 'sitting at Christ's feet,' and wants to have her come into the kitchen and help her there. The eye which see…

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SECTION 182

'They Also Serve Who Only Stand And Wait'

Therefore, to the soul thus abiding in Christ that alternative of life or death which looms so large to us when we have not Christ with us, will dwindle down into very small dimensions. If I live there will be work for me to do here, and His love to possess; if I die there will be work for me to do there too, and His l…

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