...faith. Again and again we have proved to our comfort, that ' Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of this life and of that which is to come.' In taking a review of the past, I can sing, ' When all thy mercies, 0 my God, My rising soul surveys,...

...having its own proper times and seasons. They know not that " godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of this life and of that which is to come." Would we discover whether we know the true Christ ? Then we must ask ourselves whether He has prevailed...

...of God's House and of Christ's Table ! May we see in them examples of that true godliness which has the promise of this life and of that which is to come ! And that it may be so, God grant to them that blessed spirit of watchfulness and holy fear, that...

...condemnation. Oh, blessed thought, in him we deserve the treatment of sons and daughters of God — the promise of this life and of that which is to come ! It seems to me almost a magnifying of God's mercy at the expense of his justice and truth, to speak...

...There is as much folly as wickedness in war ; and godliness, in this respect, as in all others, has the promise of this life and of that which is to come. If we were talking to a tribe of untaught savages in their native woods, resplendent in war paint and...

...blessings follow in the train. The indwelling spirit working within us produces that godliness which has the promise of this life and of that which is to come. January 31. " 1 am tie door : by me if any man enter in, he shall tie saved." — John z. 9. As a door...

...obedience. For this virtue of piety it 'is which, uniting all things together, is profitable to all things, having the promise of this life and of that which is to come. CHAPTER IX. • OF THE FERVOUR OF HIS CHARITY, AND OF HIS DESIRE OF MARTYRDOM. WHO can express the...

...our present purpose, and has already carried us too far. We will only add that the true Christian has the promise of this life and of that which is to come. Now, no one can estimate the advantage to men and nations that must have been derived and continue...

...education ? But the claim of the educationists, who haveBO long striven to give training such as hath " the promise of this life and of that which is to come," has strong reasons for ita beinggranted. £492.941, in addition to the performance of all the local...

...life that now is, and of that which is to come," was brought before me ; and I was led to show that the promise of this life, and of that which is to come, is to no other state or condition. That wealth cannot purchase it, but is often possessed where there...