...indispensable that we seek to stir up each other by mutual conference and such like appliances; for, "as iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." But our main resource must ever be, to go together and beseech the Lord to stir up and sharpen us. When...

...and God's fear and for religious ends, whet one another and warm one another — Prov. \\vii : 17. As iron sharpeneth iron so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Good men's gifts and graces are sharpened and increased by conversing in holy dutys. He that walks...

...mothers, to confer on their duties and their difficulties, is to quicken the sense of their responsibility As " iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." There is something in the social principle, when consecrated to the great work of personal holiness,...

...esteemed by all that knew how to value true merit." It was the observation of the wise King of Israel, that " as iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend ;" and this proverb was singularly verified in the person of our author at this time, to whom alacrity...

...esteemed by all that knew how to value true merit." It was the observation of the wise King of Israel, that " as iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend ;" and this proverb was singularly verified in the person of our author at this time, to whom alacrity...

...spirit ; and on the following Sunday, two more teachers, Messrs. Sims and Kirk, joined the school. As " iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." This truth was never better exemplified than in the effect which this accession had upon the mind of...

...retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his risrht hand. Í7 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18 He that keepeth the fig-tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his •...

...matter. But there is no clergyman who has experienced the comfort and use of society but knows and feels that as " Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." Nor are clergymen usually satisfied with the limited sphere of private friendship. It is not to be...

...the crew, and I doubt not but they would generally be met by a response on the part of the crew. ' ' As iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.'.' "As in water face answereth to face, BO the heart of man to man." Another point worthy of serious consideration,...

...the disastrous results and none but Jesus can save from utter destruction. "Xone liveth to himself." "As iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." "Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ." Third, but perhaps the strongest cause...