...time to wrestle with Ilia Father in secret. So Luke vi. 12. " And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a- mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God." 0 sirs, did Christ spend whole nights in private prayer; for the salvation of your souls ; and you...

...before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed." Upon another occasion, "He went out into a mountain to pray, "and continued all night in piaytr to God." On the mount, where he was transfigured, he was praying when that extraordinary manifestation...

...dedication of the Temple, instituted by the Maccabees. His conduct in private agreed with this.—When " he went out into a mountain to pray, and " continued all night," Luke vi. 12, it is probable this was in one of the Jewish Proseuchas, or oratories, which were common...

...preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-bloch, and unto the G reeks foolishness. Luke vi. 13. And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples...them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Acts ii. 7. And they were all amazed, and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these...

...communion with his Father, and in the exercises of devotion? " And when it was day," continues St. Luke, " he called unto him his disciples ; and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles.'* " He chose them," says St. Mark, " to be always with him.'" He did not yet give them the power of working...

...wisdom of God. Remember the example which our Lord has left us. Before he chose his twelve Apostles, " he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God." Luke vi, 12. Should you be in great distress, either of body or mind, imitate also his example, retire...

...and when the evening was come he was there alone. Luke vi. 12. And it came to pass in those days that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. Psal. v. 3. My voice shall thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer...

...five following, are chiefly directed to the Clergy. LXL And he called unto him his disciples ; and out of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. — Luke, vi. 13. FROM these words I shall Jirst consider the excellence of the apostolical character — and, secondly,...

...manuer, in which St. Luke states tins instance, is thus : — " And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued...them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles." From this statement I infer, that the night passed by our Lord in prayer, was preparatory to the office...

...he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee." Luke, ch. vi. ver. 12 :" He went out unto a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God" Luke, ch. x. ver. 21 : "In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord...