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The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2
Arthur Charles Hervey [1808-1894] · 310,527 words · 337 reading sections
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crenturee ae to reflect on our own nnture. The mind e11n ta.ke II view of whnt pnARee within itself, lte propeaeione, 11vereione, passione, affectione, se respectiaa euch objects and In such degrees, and of the several sctions consequent thereupon. fn this BUrvey it approves of one and disapproves of another, and towar…
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Vers. 24, 25.-The substance of the faith in Ohrist. From Farrar's • Life of St. Pou!,' note to p. 340, voL ii., see the relations of Felix to this Drusilla. She was a J eweee by birth, and would be interested in a man who was the object of such virulent persecution. She had, no doubt, heard of the Prophet of Nazaret…
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press that only upon the conviction of sin can the messai,e of a Saviour from sin come with power to any one of us.-R. T. Ver. 25,-l'onvenient seasons. This familiar topic needs bnt a brief outline. Pro- crastination is one of man's chief perils. It is the "thief of time," the "delusion of the evil one." No man has an…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER XXV. which the Jews knew alrea.dy, that Paul was a prisoner at Cmearea, but his determi- Ver. l.-Fmtu1 therefore ha.mng Mme for nation to keep him there till he could go now tDMfl Futiu tDa.e come, A.V.; tDent up down and try him. The A.V. gives the for he a8Ce7l.ded, A.V.; to Jermal,em from me…
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Bald In hil defenoe (a.,ro/vryovµlw,v): oh. with the ready wit which chBrocterized him, llXiv. 10, note. The Law , .. the temple, and with a knowledge of the rights whieh , . C111ear. The ncoueations againet him the Lez Julia, in addition to other lows, {ell under these three heads (eh. xxiv. 5): conferred on him os …
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The number indicated by the oomparative Bishop Wordsworth renclera -rijr /8/,u B«u1- degree, .->,.do,v, depends upon what it i1 com• oa,µov/o.s his own superstit.ion, Paul'■, whioh pared with. Here it means more days than agrees with the context. These details wes neoessary for fulfilling the purpose of must have be…
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olosoly akin to adorntlon. C111se.r, origlnnlly Jews before Festus himself (vcr. 7'), and is the name of a fnmily of tlie Julia gen•, implie,l hy I'aul'• words in ver. ll. beoomo the nome of Octnviue Ci:cBor Ver. 25.-I fou"d . . . I determi1wl for Augustus, BS tho n<lopte<l son of Julius uken I found . . . I have dete…
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HOMILETICS. VerB. ~-12.-P~tent hatred. There is a bittorness and a dogg<!d. persistcnoy in the enm1ty of an Onental, and o.n inextinguishable thirst for l'CVengc, which o.re unlike anything we l.:now of among ourselves. Some knowledge and perception of this are necessary to enable us to understand J11.A.ny things i…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1-16.-The e:nligheened, the unenlightened, an,1, the great Overrule,,. This piece of sacred history euggests- L THAT BOMETDlES THE nLACKEST DEEDS LIE AT THE DOOB OP THE ENLIGHTENED, Who more enlightened than these Jews, so far as outward privileges were coucerned? They had the fulle…
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directing the course and tracing the bound of our activities, compelling even the wrath of man to praise him, conducting all things to a rightful and blessed issuo.-O, Vel"II. 17-21.-Mismeasurefflfflt oJ the grmt and small. There is something ludi- crous ae well as instructive in the scene which Fostus hero describes …
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representecl the power of the world. He was B citizen of the kincr(!om which had "in it of the strength of iron" (Dan. ii. 41). He was B successor of an°other Roman who harl lBtely so.id, confidently enough, "Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, Bnd hove power to releo.se thee?" (John xix. 10). As a Roma…
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Vere. 13-27.-Worldly iudgm,ent on religioUll matter,, I. ITS BROl\T-BIGHTBDNEBB. It sees no further than the principles of civil right (vers. 13-18), Herod Agrippa II. hsd come to pny his greetir.g to the new procure.tor (see Josephus,• Life,'§ 11; e.nd 'Dell. Jud.,' ii. 1). It was only after Agrippa he.d arrived so…
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II.I. Tua APPEARANCE oB'.PAUL ~ OOUB.T_won upon the ruler's mind, and helped him to hsten respectfully to his as~ert1?n of mnocence. But the critical point was the reference ~f the case to roman Justice as such. Festus was forgetUng himself; Paul brought him back to his duty, "I stand at Ca,sar's judgrnent-seat." One s…
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Ver. 19.-Spiritual tlepri,'V<l,ticn. The translation which gives us the word" super- stition " in this verse of our English Version, cannot be accepted as conveying the meaning of l<'estus. He would not have spoken of that which was, at all events nominally, the religion of Agrippa, as a "superstition." We may safel…
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bis. Yet there they were spoken by him, and here for ever they will lie. The dead and anon living One is the centre of Christian faith, hope, love. It is the description he gives of himself: "I am he that liveth, and was dead, and, behold, I am alive for evermore" (Rev. i. 18). Three perennial springs-springs of heaven…
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Ver, 8.-Prorestatiom of mnocenCII. The contrast between the two trials needs careful attention. "On the second occasion, when Paul was tried before Festus, the Jews had no ore.tor to plead for them, so the trial degenerated into a scene of passionate clamour, in which St. Paul simply met the many accusations against…
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to be tried, under the security of his protection. But the apostle knew the Jews much better than Fcstus did. Perhaps be was quite wearied out with these vain trials and this prolonged uncertainty. It seems that he suddenly made up his mind to claim his right of appeal 11s a Roman citizen, which would secure him from t…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER XXVL the phrue, njs 11111&µ.011 S11Ja"E01s, • the manner of life according to the Law," in Ver. 1.-And for then, A.V.; hu for the, the Prologue to Ecolesiaeticus and in A.V.; made his defence for a.nsu,ered for Sym.maohus (PB. :uxviii. 6), though not hi,ru;elf, A.V. Agrippa said. It was by in c…
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night and dar, for da11 ood night, A.V.; ~ovµ.lvu,v, a word rrequent in St. Lnke's attain for come, A. V. ; and concerning thi, writings, and much used in medical worka, hope I am accused by the Je,oa, 0 l(ir,g I for as well a.a &.vaf~•uir(ch. viii. I). The phro.se for wllioh hope', sal,e, Hing Agrippa, I am 1<aTa,plp<…
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J'Cce.lled here, e.s tending to confirm St. whfrh thou 1uut ,een, A.V. and T.R.: the Paul's claim to be 11, thorough Jew, a thi11g.~ wherein for tJune thing, in the tthich, Hebrew of the Hebrews, and, moreover to A.V. For to this end have I e.ppeared, eto. represent Christianity as o. thing not allen On comparing th…
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prcnchfog in Juclma. For inetnncr•, the here e.nd in prof11ne Greek writers. The langungo of eh. xi. 29 suggests tho.t eueh exact meaning of ..-a811-r&s ie "liable to o.n oppo~tunity mo.y ho.ve a.risen when Po.ul suffering," just as 8v11-r&, (from 9v{1,rnw) nnd Bo.rno.bo.e co.rriod up tho o.lrne of the means "liable to…
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crunifled Jew giving light to the great there Is some difll.oully in getting thl1 RomRn world, were " foolishnell8 unto him " meaning out of the words. The nntural way because he lacked spiritual disoemmen't. of expressing it would be ,r..p' i,11.(.,,av, or Re thought the apostle's glowing words 011.t.,,ov, or oll.l…
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beitneen Oiemeolve,, A.V, :Rad withdrawn; case of Paul (eh. :u:v. H-21). And in the viz. from the publio ha.II, the lt.Kpoa:r1,p1011 place of hearing he had publicly stated that of oh. xxv. 23, into the priva.te room," the he had bronght him before King Agrippatn \Vithdra.wing-room" adjoining it. 'fhere be examined, th…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 8.-Tlie crei.i"buity of the resurrection. If it be an incredible doctrine, it must be so because to raise men from the dead is physically impossible or morally unlikely in a very high degree. But- 1 I. IT IS NOT PHYSICALLY DlPOSSIBLE. l. The continuance of the spirit in existence …
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eome simple principles on which we may safely rely for our spiritual guidance. W8 judge- I. THAT DELIBERATE AND DIRECT ANTAOONIBM TO CHRIST IB THE GUILTIBBT OJ' ALL POSITIONS. •• Doing things contrary to . . . Jesus Christ," when these things are clone by an agent who knows what he does, reaches the very summit of …
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11 lar!?e following for ourselves, we fall miserably short of our true vocntion: we <1ro called to convey Christ's message to mankind. II. THE TWOFOLD SOURCE WHENCE HE wAB TO DRA w ms MEBSA<lE. He WI\S to bear wit.ness "both of these things which he h11d seen, and of those things In the which Christ would appear un…
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J. THAT TO THE YOUNG THERE COMMONLY OOCURS SOME VISION FBOH HEA VJ!N, Wed,, not 3xpoct the miraculous now. God may, and probably does, make known his will i,, ways that are outside and above the ordinary and the natural; but we have no right t,, reckon on these. He does come to us by the illuminating influences qf his …
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Vers. 24--28.-Ile Christian's desire. The point of deepest interest in this scene is Paul's reply to Agrippa. There the nobility of the apostle is conspicuously present. But it is worth while to glance, first, at- L THE BLINDNESS OF SIN. (Ver. 24.) It makes mistakes of the greatest magnitude; it looks at the wisdom…
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us: 1. That the truth of the goRpol ia that which can be indefinitely extended witho1Jt making any man the poorer. If a m&n divides his gold among the poor, he loses it himself, but he who imparts heavenly wisdom, Christian influence, gains 39 be give~. 2. That it is the tendency of Christian truth to make its possesso…
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a witness, not only of that which he had already seen, but of that which wo.s yet to be ebown to him. And so with every genuine preacher. The Lord bath yet more light and truth to break forth from the comciousness of the Christian thinker and student, from the practical experience of life as well as from his Word. A…
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Every man goes to hie own place; and & savour of life unto life or of death unto de~tb hne been tasted by many.-J. Vere. 1-32.-The apostolic defence in the presence of Festw and Agrippa. I. Tm~ DEARING OF TH& MAN. Dignity, gentleness, courtesy---a true Christian gentleman. II. THE APPEAL TO FA01·s. 'l'he incontrovert…
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Ver. 28.-Th.! great df!(;ision. "Then Agrippa said unto Paul," etc. Times when the attitude and bearing of one person wonderfully set forth the m11.jesty of truth. Jesus before Pontius Pilate. Luther at Worms. Paul at Ca!sarea. Agrippa face to face with the sincerity he despised; Festus with a religion altogether di…
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Vers. 6-8.-The hope of the promise. It is a thing of deepest interest a.nd signifi- cance that we ca.n note so clearly, so repeatedly, what it wa.s ever la.y so close to the heart that craved the better, that was not dead, that reached towards light. It was ever that one transporting hope that grows out of the death an…
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otr THE PABT. Of who.ta. fearful load will this e.t once relieve them l Ilow drea<lful the outlook still is ma.de, whatever it might be, if it is haunted by the visions of the past, nay, far more, overtaken by the dead hand of the past, and stricken down in every 11ttompt of its own hand, because of the overwhelming ar…
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the bond of faith should break, alas I all would break. Dut in that last moment, who.t reo.son we have to think that there ie One who makes its strength equal to all the 6train which by any possibility could be put upon it I ffi. THE PLACE BELONGING TO FAITH IN THE PERSONAL CHRIST A8 TIIJ!I WAY TO II THl!I IKHERITANOE…
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the appointed means of calling us to ourselves, our God, and our home. So also when these come to me, even me, me mysilf, is it not the equivalent of the name named, and sharply no.mad twice, "Saul, Saul"? We often individually doubt our mercies, and foil to give God praise for them ; seldom do we fa.ii to cry out indi…
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V ers. 24-32.-.A. thretifold illustration of the irrepressible energy of the truth. This paragraph has its value, and that a great value, in the grouping of its contents. And the three members that make the group are worthy each of individual consideration as well But here we notice only certain great though general…
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IV. FESTUB HUBT l'IND BOMETBING TO BAY A.ND FIT TO D SAID FROM THE BEAT 01' AUTHORITY, V, IN HIB DIFFICULTY FESTUS 18 BETRAYED !NT(> THE HUGEST ERROR. VJ. THI!I "LOUD VOIOE" OF FESTUS DIES OUT, AND GIVES PLACE TO FIRM THOUGH RESPECTFUL OONTRADIOTION OF THE PRISONER. The theory of the" madness" of Paul- not a whisper …
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awaits eaob. and every man in hie turn, on the threshold of the hereafter, The prits&nt passage, however, will oonfine attention to one cl&BB of acquittals rather than Invite thought to range at large. .And we may think- I. OF THE BE0RET ACQUITTAL OF 711.AN BY MEN, 1. The man la innocent : his judges know it-; their i…
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were looking for the preservation of their natural life, and extension of their natural creed." Compare St, Paul's account of himself as given in Gal. i. 14; Phil. iii. 5, 6. We dwell on the foot of St, Paul's Pharisaio birth, education, and sympathies, in order toshow- I. How THESE AFFECTED ma BBLATI0NS WITH THE JEWS…
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conquering King. Dealing with the scriptural promise of Messiah, the Prin01 and Saviour, we note-- I. THAT IT WAS EARLY GIVEN. In the world's very morning. In the first hours of the world's sin and woe. Almost before the shadow of man's sin could fall upon his life, God sent forth this great ray of hope . . II. THAT …
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voice of their God to them. It WBB the ground of their hope that Messiah the Deliverer and Prince, would come. It may also be noticed that they much more' readily found Messianio references in prophecy and promise than we can do; and we find it difficult to see the points which even the New Testament writers make, prob…
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many oome up, 1111 it were, to the door, but do not enter in. There a.re Rmonget us many-very many-who a.re only almost Christians. I. Wao AMONG us MAY WE THINK OF AS ONLY ALMOST CHRISTIANS? 1. The ohild of pious parents, surrounded by gracious influences, led to the house of God, the child of many prayers, growing up…
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whole of these two eventful yenre, and Christ ,Jesus"), and does not give it to thnt it ls to this presence that we owe the Arietarchue, who is named ir, the same data.lied oircumetantial nnrro.tive of oh. sentence as hie uuven&r (see Bishop Light- xxi.-xxviii., ne well ne, perhaps, the com- foot, on Col. iv. 10, nnd …
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Yer. 5.-..4ero1111 for - • A.V.; tahich u near to an obscure and othorwiae unknown oJr for of, A.V. (.-h lta'l"it 'l"~V K1ll.11tla.v, l<,'1".;\,,). town called Laeoa, possibly the same u Across the HL Wben they got under the WOii, mentioned by Pliny &a one of the in- <'ne.st of Cilicia and Pamphylia, they found lan…
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Pnul's opinion and reasons are evidently variously written Phcenicus, Phamice, anrl not fully given; only tho result, that he Phceniz; and probably derived its nl\me from strongly ndvised against the course to which the palm tree, (,po'iviO, which is irnligenons they were inclined, and foretold disaster in Crete. It …
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1oosing I.J11'11Cll. tl,cy, A.V.; along Crete, dose the eubetl\ntive rv,prI,s, Tvlf>owos, is common in ~l,ore for do8e by Orete, A.V. Blew for a "furious etonn" or "whirlwind." 11oftly; ~~,,., •• {,,,.a,,.,.os, only here in the New Euraquilo. Oompounded-fter the analogy Testament, end not found elsewhere. Sup- of .E…
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Running under the lee of j ~1ro6paµ6v-re,, only (HowAon, p. 33) the A[bio,r,, was fmpped here in the Now Testnment, but common in with iron cha.ins after the battle of Nava- clll.l!sice.l Greek for "running under" or rino. Cast upon the Syrtis. The wind wa1 " between." (For the uso of ~1r& in com- driving them straight…
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'frritel'I!. It is the pMsive voice, and this or by which they could know the dlreotlon i• best exproesed by the A.V. " tossed." in which they were drifting. Shone upon They bogan to throw, eto. The phrase us (l.-111>0.av&v.,.•w); showed themaelvee; i.e. "ap- jKfJoll.iJI' bro1ovvro is one of the technical peared," as …
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of good oheer. Mr. Hobart remarks that Ver. 27.-To and fro for vp and doum this "!ms all the look of a dootor's expres- A.V. ; thB ,ea of Adria for Adria, A.V. ; sion, 1rapaw•iv being the term for a physician sailor, for shipmen, A. V.; 1urmi1ed for tkemed, giving his advice," o.nd ",~Ouµ.os, •b6uµ.iiv, A.V.; were d…
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o.nehoris de,tinnb~t ne fh1t1tib11s moverctur" o 1iair for an hair, A.V.: rerish for fall, (Cllll!&r, • De Bell. Civ.,' i. 25). From the A. V. and T.R. Te.ke ; here m the R. T. µ<• 11tem. Anohoni are n1m&lly dropped from the -m;,.a,B,w instood of 1rpo,r>,..a.fJiw of the T.R. bow, but under certtl.in ciroumstanoes sh…
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picturo of tho oye-witnoss of what he rolntcs. v. 33; xv. 37, noto; 2 Cor. i. 17; nnrl l,i,lr],.11 Dean Plumptre well suggests that St. Luke and 8cott's 'Lexicon'); and the order or the very likely oounted the orew on this occa- words here suits the rendering· nf the A.V. sion or their being all assembled together much…
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But artimon wits till rooently used in Venice By the violenoe. The R.T. omits the worde and Genoa 11B the ne.me of the le.rge Be.ii -rcil11 1<vµd.-r"'"• e.nd so he.a /3(11, alone, some• of e vessel. In the Middle Ages a,rt;,. what like fl/3p,r in ver. 21. .,,onium we.e the "foreme.st," mdt de prove • Ver. 42.-The eo…
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HOMILETICS. Vere. 1-17.-The voyage. "The voyage of life" is an expression drawn from the common feeling of men that there is a close analo:zy between the course of a man's life through the world, from his birth to his grave, and the progress of a ship from port to port. The Christian metaphor of the ark of Christ's…
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precious is at etAke-the ship itself, and the lives of those on board; and so the sacrifice must be made. They throw the freight oYerboard in order to lighten the ship, that it Rnd all that are in it may not go down to the bottom of the deep. Some relief from the pressing danger seems to have followed this step. For…
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I. THE VARIETY IN OUR COMPANIONSHIPS. As ea.eh passenger on board found himself inseparably associated with a. strange admixture of fellow-travellers, so we find our- selves compelled to mingle, more or less closely, with various companions a.s we and they journey together over the waters of life. There a.re (1) those …
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I THE NEED OF BPIRITUAL REFRESHMENT. Our minds me.y be compare.tively strong; our health may be sound ; our spiritual faculties may he capable of very vigorous activity; but the time comes before me.ny months, or perhe.ps weeks, or even days, when we need recreation and refreshment. The Father" worketh hitherto "-th…
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II. PATIENT LAnoun. From point to point they made their way; with the wind~ against thorn, they o.t length made Myra (ver. 5). "'fhey so.iled slowly many dr1ys," but they wont on towards Cnidus (ver. 7). 'fhey had much work to pass Salmone (ver. 8); but by dint of persevering lo.hour they reached the port. Whether we s…
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'between us and the fruition of our hope ! From childhood to old age, disappointment embitten the cup of life, Mddens the spirit of m!\n. It is the little child thRt foils to receive it.s covet.ed toy; it is the boy thllt does not quite win the prize ; it is tho young man who nearly secures the post, but is overmatohe…
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we have nlrefldy done in the days of our childhood, on a smaller and earthly plane. 2. Service. "Whom I serve." This service (1) begins with the grateful and cordifll acceptance of Jesus Christ as the Lord and Saviour of the soul: "This is [to do] tho work of God, that ye believe on him whom he bath sent" (John vi. 29;…
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