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The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Timothy
Arthur Charles Hervey [1808-1894] · 145,748 words · 149 reading sections
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Vera. 8-15.-The sexes in the Christian assembly. I. THB PART OF THE MEN--'l'O LEAD IN PBA YER. " I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath a.nd disputing." The mind of the apostle, a.s here expressed, is that in every place where men and women assemble for Divine worshi…
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'fhere le not to be dressing as though this world were a paradise, and not, lU! it really ie, full of human want. With outward deportment as to dress, are connected the inwardfeelinga. There is shamejastness, as the word originally was in the Authorized Version. This feeling given to the woman should make her shrink fr…
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CHAPTER Ill. porary only, as those of Visitors. For 1uch occasional visitation is implied in the verb Ver. 1.-Faithful is the saying for tl,is iB l..-.u«,....,.,u6a., (Matt. xxv. 36, 43; Luke i. a tro.e aaying, A. V. ; seeketh for desire, !',-- V. 68, 78; Acts vii. 23; xv. 36; Jas. i. 27). Faithful is the saying (see…
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the highest degrett improbable th0.t St. P0.0l ( ip,:>..d!•vo"; a.e Titus i. 8 e.nd I Pet. iv. 9). should have 10.id down such a condition The subste.ntive ct,1;1.o(,vla. is found in Rom. for the prieethood. There is nothing in his xii. 13 ; Heh. xiii. 2. Apt to teaoh (8,- writings when tre0.ting exprossly of second 8a…
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xi. 11). So in Justin Martyr the bishop la aeived of aa 111)88]dng by the mouth of c-.oJ.led d ..-po,a-..-iiiniiiv d6,~<1>o'w ('Apology,' 11) traducers and villil8l'II of the Ohurob, 111 in 11,nd simply d ..-po,a-..-ii,s, and similarly in Heh. nr.7. :xiii. 7 the clergy are o1 -lryooµ.vo, v,.,.,., "they Ver. 7.-Good tEs…
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or indeed anywhere. The verb 11,Ao-y,iv and out personal holiness is little worth. Holdin~ lhe noun 11,M-yla are found in Xenophon e.nd "the truth in unrighteousness" ;• severe!}' Diodorus Sioulus, but in a differr,nl sense condemned by St. Pan! (Rom. i. 18). Hf -" to repee.t," "repetition." Here 6/Ao-yor is says of…
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~o that there is nothing strange in th11,t of in an efficient ancl exemplary mnnner raiee<I the deaooness being coupled with it. The a m1m to high e•timation in the Church, and return in ver. 12 to the male deacon is in so gave him confidence in confessing tho favour of understanding" the women" of the faith of Jeeu…
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Ill. 12, where it is ea.id of him thl!.t over- objective sense of 11 1rltrTlf 11 either neoeeeary oometh, "I will me.lie him I!. pillar (<1T6>..011) or by far the most natural: Acts iii. 7: xiii. in the houee cl' my God." And so, in !I ; xiv. 22; xvi. !'i; Gl!.I. i. 23; Eph. iv. 5; Venantiue Fortunntus, St. Paul is cl!…
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dllng clothes" (Luke ii. 12-14). Angele creation under hesven" (oomp. Rom. l. 8), ministered unto him after the temptation The statement in Mark xvi. 15-20 migb& (Mark i. 13), Rnd in the Garden of Geth- almost have been in St. Paul's mind. Note semane (Matt. xxii. 43, where the word the u~e the~ of th~ words ,nrptl(…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 1.-77ie Ohriseian pastO'l'ate a good WO'l'k. The apostle, having in the previous chapter regulated the worship of the congregation and placed it in the hands of men, not women, now proceeds to describe the qualifications of the pastors of congregations, as if to imply that the pastora…
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VerL 4, 5.-The (Jhristi.an pastor in his 1uYme life. The apostle here turns to the family life of the pastor as an important element affecting the public examination ot his character. I. THE IllPORTANCE OF A WELL-ORDERED HOUSEHOLD. "One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity…
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'..!. Th'M sphere of duty. It is expressly distinguished from "the ministry of the Word" Rn.d "prayer" (ver. 4), e.nd we.s therefore, as th~ "serving of tables" signifies, an nffice for the ce.re of the poor e.nd strangers who might be connected with the Ohurch. The deaconship we.s, therefore, e. purely secular offi…
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Ven. 12, 13.-77ie domutic duty of deawnt1. The apostle here retUl'llll to add aome further injunctions about deacons, as well as to suggest a reason for exacting the qualifi- cations already described. I. THE DEACONS' DOMESTIO RELATIONS. 1. "Let the deacons be the huabanda of one wife." The same qualification is neede…
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Ver. 16.-The treasure of truth committed to tM (Jhurch's gu,a,rdianship. L IT 18 CHRIST IN ALL HIS RELATIONS AS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. This implies that he is the Revelation of God to man; for God "has made known what is the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the Hope of…
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or frivolous ; gentle or hard; forgiving or unforgiving; selfish or generous; pitiful or censorious; appreciative or unthankfol. Behaviour is an every-hour sermon. It corrects the notion that a man's religion is mainly in his doctrine or opinions, hie ritual or ceremonial. Manners are not to be pt1t on like a garment, …
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polygamy, or improper 11econd marriages." • Temperate, aober-mlnded, orderly." One who is to be chosen &e a minister must be temperate, i.e. must have command of hie desires and hie temper. He must also be sober-minded, i.e. must bring sound sense to the consideration of all matters. He must also be orderly, i.e. mu…
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g_rcedy of filthy !?ere." Of.the three ~isqualifications, the first hllB respect to a tempta- tion connected with the desire for public favour, the second bas respect to e. temptation connected with the enjoyment of hospitality, the third bas respect to e. temptation connected with the use of office. Those who serve Go…
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~way from the strength of the structure, tb11t we preserve the continuity of the OhUJ'Ch's life, that we witness faithfully to what God is and to what he haN done. II. GRANDEUR OF THE TRUTH UPHELD BY THE CHURCH. "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness." The truth is here called "the mystery of godl…
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t~e truth of hie claims. And not !eRs <li<l his opening of the mind of God, and applic"- tion of the tru~h to human need, witness to the singleness and loftiness of his spirit. There was a reiterated attestation from heaven to bis Divine nature and mission at bi~ transHguration. But especially was he justified in the…
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who loved me, and gave himself up for me." He did not spare himself all the humilia- 1ion of the death of the cross. That is a. fact which rcquirns to be contemplated; but, as it is contemplated, it asserts its power over hearts, so as to make the insensate feel, the unbelieving believe. Now, the apostle regards it …
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lltul'ar,[...,. But then the ole.nee, "havin!i Col. II. 16, 21, 28. (For a fall list of their ooneoienoe eeared with a hot iron,• e.uthorities on the asceticism of the Jewish doee not suit "devila." It is therefore, sects, see Bishop Lightfoot, • Introduction perhaps, best to tre.nsle.te the clause as the to the Epi…
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Good (1<CL\dv~ with reference to Gen. i. 10, Acts of the .A.postlea and the Epistlea. 12, eto. To be ref1ll!ed (u,rdj'l>.71.-ov); only The whole body is called.;, cr.3,>..tf)&.- 71 ,, "the bere in the New Testament, but found in brotherhood " (1 Pet. ii. 17; v. 9). A good cl1LBeical Greek, and not uncommon in the mi…
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"fftbles" (ob. i. 4; 2 Tim. Iv. 4; Titns i. H; ing is donhtfol. The sense of the T.R., 2 Pet. i. 16), childish legends anil doctrines "suffer reproach," sr·ems preferable, e.n<I some of them directed eHpecially to enforcind the expression more forcible, as conveyin~ certain rules about eating and drinking, and eo11,elh…
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!11,a thP .am<' epPciel ~cnse (compAr,, cl.,,,,d,. 2 and smouldering, but must be stirred up Into ( '.nr, xi. 2; eh, v, 22; TituB ii, /i; I Pet. iii, 2). a flame. The lesson here and in 2 Tim. i. 6 Ver. 13,-Rred fnr atumda11ce, A.V,; teach- seems to be that we must look hMk to our •'ng for dnclrii,e, A,V. Till I oome …
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equally of progress in good or evil. ll'nto all. question-What does ab-ro,srefer to? It seems 'l'he H.T. re1Lcls ,raow for Iv ""'"" in the to me neceesBrily to refer to what immediatel11 '1'.R., which mBy be rendered either" to for, precedes, viz. 11<au.-tj Kai Tfi B,80.tT1CaA!11, and 'umo11g '] nil persons" or "in Bll…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1, 2.-A predicted apostasy in IM Ohristian Ohurck. In opposition to thie exhibition of the mystery of godline~s, the apostle places the prediction of a serious apostasy from the faith. I. THE APOSTASY IS A SUBJECT OF EXPRESS PREDICTION. "But the Spirit speaketh expressly, tbat in af…
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of givi~g better currency to their lies. Their assumed sanctity would throw the unwary off their guard, and lead to the confounding of truth with error. The lies they taught were that holiness was to be attained through abstinence from marriage and particular kinds of food. 2. They were essentially corrupt, for their c…
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Vere. 8, 9.-The advantage of true goaliness. The apostle gives a reason for his exhortation to godliness. II. THE SUPERIORITY OF GODLINESS TO ANY MERE DODILY EXERCISE. "For bodily exercise profi.teth to a email extent." 1. The allusion here is not to the ascetic discipline already noticed, because: (1) Though it might…
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realization of this promise, the apostle reminds Timothy how he wae borne up by it in all his labour and suffering. I. ITS SUSTAINING EFFICACY. "For to this end do we labour and suffer reproach." 1. The apostle did not regard the life promised to godliness as one of mere ccrporeal enjoyment. 2. His life was uctuully O…
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Ver. 14.-The duty of improving tl,e Divine gifts of ea;hortation and teachi11g. "Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the presbytery." L THE SPIRITUAL GIFT CONFERRED ON TrnoTHY. 1. It is not mere intellect'Ual equipment, nor the mere possession of …
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the go,pel. "Fe.ith cometh by bee.ring." 3. le is the duty of the mmiBttlr to p1'11'~vere wieh a pious insistency on all the objects of his ministry. "Continue in them." 4. Nothing is BO well adapted for the salvation of ministers as their pious labours in behalf of the salvation of others. 5. There is to be a double s…
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Ver. 4.-.A graufu/, heart. "If it be recei.Ted with thanksgiving." We a.re always t{l be conscious of dependence, or else our very blessings turn to curses. We become full, and we deny God. Ther~ is a prosperity wi~ho~t God which ma.kes men proud and hard. Men lose the consciousness of the trans1tonness of earthly go…
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Ver. 6.-.A wise ruminder. "If thou put the brethren in remembrance." We cannot create truth, any more than the artist can create nature. Revelation is not imagination. A teacher can combine, harmonize, reproduce, and call to remembrance. Timothy cannot add to the gospel. In the eleventh verse of the first chapter it is…
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Ver. 8.-Religious recompense. "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life thnt now is." It is a fair charge against medimvalism that it left n11t of sight the Christianization of this present life, and became only another-worldisw. The host carrieJ t-0 the dying wits everything; the elevatio…
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ell its picture-teachings; the consolation of apostles, confessors, and martyrs. But Paul links it with the life that now is, because he would not let the doctrine of immortality become basely used, as it was in Persia. There slavery and wrong were unredressed. Persia. said to the oppressed, the poor, the serf, the …
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Ver. 10.-Apostolic endumnce. "We suffer reproach." Thie is hard to bear, even • when it is not deserved. All who have broken old ties of Church or home know its power. Men ever brand with heresy that which conflicts with their own opinions. Against St. Paul men brought false charges. We must not surround the gospel …
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Ver, 10.-The wniversal R e ~ . "Who is the Saviour of aJ1 men, i!pecially of those tha.t believe." Pa.ul had no limited a.tonemen t to prea.ch, but that Christ died for all, and wa.s the propitiation for the sins of the whole world. There was no court of the Gentiles; for all a.like-Jew a.nd Greek-wer.e included under …
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Ver. 15.-Mental absorption. "Meditate upon these things." They need and will bear meditation. Divine truths a.re too awful and august in their deep significance to be exhausted by superficial notice. They need to be focused to the eye, and studied in s.11 their central depth e.nd beauty. L FoB MEDITATION 18 THE VERY…
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done by the Saviour, the second by the Holy Spirit ; but in working out the BRlvation -in mitking use of all Divine means and instrumentalities. I. PERSONAL SALVATION. "Save thyself;" for in the heaven-voyage the captain !B not to ~ lost while th_e company and the. crew are saved. _1';1 this war the enemy 1s not to p…
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mystery of godliness was operating, there was alRO, as announced in 2 Thesealoniana, already operating the mystery of iniquity. II. How THE APOSTASY WAS TO BE BROUGHT ABOUT. 1. Bour~. "Giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils." The apostle points to the apostasy as having its origin from beneath. There …
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more blessed to reme.in in virginity or celibacy th1m to be joined in me.rrie.ge, let him be e.ccursed." In the se.me line superior se.nctity, or specie.I merit, is connected with e.bstinence from meats. Thus the prophecy received striking fulfilment. TV. REFUTATION OF THE SECOND POINT IN THE HERETICAL TEACHING. 1, …
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whioh he is woll instructed, Paul had been the in8tructor of Timothy, and he testifies that hie instructions had hitherto been followed by him. 2. Negative];y. "But refuse profane and old wives' fables," The apostle, we may understand, refers to such doctrines of the current philosophy (mystic in its character) as, min…
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1.. work for others. It debare him from seeking gain by unworthy means. It may eall upon him to make liberal contributions from his income for benevolent objects. It 111&y brin<:! him into a position in which his health is injured. It may call upon him to give up all his goods, and even life itself. Yet it is true t…
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11. DIRECTION WITH REFERENCJE TO BIB YOUTH. "Let no man despise thy youth ; but be thou e.n ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity." Timothy we.s e. youth, still living with his parents, when Paul first took him as hie companion. After the lapse of perhaps fifteen years,…
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then, in all its authoritativeness, and in the fulness of the qualifioatlon in a special influence of the Spirit, the gift wl\S imparted to him. There were two coexistent cir- cumstances which entered into the ornination. The first was ea:traordinary in its nature, viz. prophecy, or any inspired utterance. Apparentl…
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EXPOSITION. of" price" (M"tt. xxvii. 6, 9; Acts Iv. ~+: OHAPTRR V. vii. IC; xix. W; I Cor. vi. 20, etc.). Th~ Ver. 1.-Ezlwrt for inlreat, A.V.; anrl p,issage migli t, thercf,,re, be pe.raphraae<l, omitted. Rebuke not v,.11 brnr/l.f,( 11 •); only " Pay due regard to the wants of those here in the New 'festawent for t…
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1111 • widow hR8 memben of her own hou@e night" (Rev. iv. 8; vii, 15; xii. 10: xiv. who a.re oble to support her, the Church 11; xx. 10). ought not to be burdened (see ver. 16) To Ver. 6.-Gi'lleth herself to for liueUa ,11, requite (uµo,{3;., a.,ro6l6ov111); litere.lly, to A.V. Giveth herself to pleasure (,) 11,..,.…
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(hr7r1to>..0"6.,rr,; comp. l Pet. ii. 21). The for ~n.ckri~, A. V. AI ■o aeema unneoea■ar,-, idea ie eomewhat similar to the.t or "press- e.s withal . seems to mpresent 11.µ.a 1e11I. ing on t.oward the goal," in Phil. iii. 14 ~earn to be l~e (&.p')'a,I µ.av8dvovuw). Thia (8E'8 also ver. 12, where 6,d,,c., is rendere…
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"'"owhere). Ol1to3,t11r&.,.,,s frequent in the npo,) ; hr-re in its technical 10n111t or ~cw 'feet1tmont, and kindred worrls Bre "presbyters," which in the first age were uoed in cla.asical Greek. For reviling ( ,\0160- the ruling body in every Church (see Act, pla, xd.piv). The a,lversary (6 l,.,,.,.,,,,tµ,.o,), xiv.…
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written by St. Paul Rft~r his first imprison, bc~n well r_em~rke<l that the solemnity of ment Rt Rome, we may feel tolernbly cer- tl11s clrn_rge rnd1catcs.. the temptation which tain that he W&B acquainted with the \here might be to 'I 1mothy to shrink from Gospel of St. Luke, •o that there ia no reproving men of we…
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so accurately u "preference." We com- the LXX. in Dan. l 12, and also in cle.1Bical monly mean by "prejurlioe" a jurlument Gr~ek. We leRm from hence the interesting- formed prior to examination, which pr;vents fact that Timothy wu, in morlem parlance, our judging rightly or fairly when we come a total 1tbstai ner; and …
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HOMILETICS. Vera. l, !.-Propriety. Propriety of conduct in the different relations of lire ls the application of true charity to the particular circumstances of the case. Charity, while in all cases it has the same essence, seeking the real good of the person with whom it is dealing, varies its mode of application acc…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1, 2.-Direction8 how to treat members of the Church according to the distin~ tionB of age and ,ea;, I. THE CONDUCT OF TIMOTHY TOW AB.D ELDERLY MEN. "Reprimand not an elderly person, but exhort him as a brother." The allusion is not to an official elder of the Church, but to any el,le…
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serious dishonour to Christ and the gospel to neglect duties held in highest honour hy the heathen. The light of the gospel greatly aggravates the sin of such persons.-T. C. Vere. 9, 10.-Particular direction, a, to tM class of widows commendul, to tM Ohurch's sympathy and support. These persons are variously regarded …
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"" t-0 srea~,, ta~·en (!hri.~t .for their Brirlegroom, an~ tli;en proved shamelessly unfaitlif,d lo_ lhe11· ~01ns. ~his tho11gh1 belongs to the ascetic ideas of a later period, as ii' the widows m question had taken the irrevocable engagement of nuna or of other ecclesi- astical persons. They mid1t, indred, have rem…
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Ver. 16.-Further directions a, to the support of widows. There is here 11, return to ~he eu bject of priV11,te beneficence. I. 'l'HE DUTY 011' CHRISTIAN WOMEN TO SUPPORT THEm WIDOWED REl,ATIVl!:8, "If 11ny woman that believes hath widows, let support be given to them." The allusion is probably to the younger widows, w…
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Ve~. 21.-.A trolemn charge to '.Jli,mothy to be conscientiously impartial in the,e otnea., L THE SOLEMNITY OF THE CHARGE. "I solemnly charge thee before God, and Jesus Christ, and the elect angels." 1. Timothy,wlw is e:r;horted tofaithfulness injudgment, is himself brought face to face with his Lord and Judge, who will…
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Ver. 1.-Reverence for age. "Rebuke not an elder." Comprehensive indeed la Scripture. Its virtue is no vague generality, but is definite and distinct. It is this which makes the Bible a daily portion. 'l'here is ever in it some special counsel and comfort. With the cross for a centre, all the precious jewels of truth ar…
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for the difficult problem of thought has none to aid in its solution now-sbe is alone. Bo desolate; for other fellowships are not for life; they only help to vary her life. Desolate; for none can quite understand her care and grief, and think that she will soon put them ofl' with the weeds and crape.-W. M. S. Ver. 6.-…
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Ver. 6.-DeatA ,,. life. "But she that liveth In pleasure 11 dead while she liveth." Christianity purifies and harmonizes the whole nature of man, and assimi- lates whatever is pure in humanity to the kingdom of God, It does not destroy pure earthly joys; nay, rather it plants m:rny flowers by the wayside of life. Bu…
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