...heaven, we can understand their answer but very imperfectly. They tell us that, when he was rich, he for our sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich. They tell us that, when he was in the form of God, he humbled and emptied himself, and took upon him...

...therefore be merciful, ready to communicate, feeling the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who when rich for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich. Let those who are advanced in years be anxious to bring forth fruit in old a^e. Let those who are in...

...well as of the present. You will be found poor for eternity, as well as for time. We set before you " the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich" — rich in the present...

...xvi. 24 ; Mark viii. 34), is denying self, the clean contrary of loving it. Oh, what a pattern in Him who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich ! Fully do I admit that such love as we are called to is not the original unfallen...

...do.' " And, indeed, which of us is able to repay the debt that we owe our Master, for that he, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might become rich, and, being without suffering, yet suffered, that we might be delivered from suffering?...

...of Him who was the first and greatest missionary, the example for all missionaries of all times; who for our sakes became poor that we through His poverty might be rich. It was the prediction, in the very words of the herald angels, of what should come to pass through...

...pipe, or reading your paper, and care nothing for the poor who have got no home. Don't, for you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor that you through His poverty might be made rich ; and may the sweet Gospel...

...ambitions, from contempt of the poor and the unprivileged. Bestow upon them the grace of the Lord Jesus who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor that we through His poverty might become rich; and may they be willing to follow in His footsteps and to spend and be spent in...

...suggest that He to Whom we all owe such infinite reverence, the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, Who, though He was rich yet for our sakes became poor that we through His poverty might become rich, must not be put — I am sure the Canon would not put His unique and glorious work...

...Love, be glory and praise forever. Amen. — Henry Alford, 1810-1871. HEAVENLY FATHER, make me like Him who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that many, through His poverty, might be made rich. Help me to deny myself, so as to give joy and comfort...