... number of professors, scholars, and eminent men, among whom was Professor Mommsen, also called to congratulate Dr. Ranke. Speaking of the history on which he is engaged he said: If God wills that I shall finish it, so it shall be ; if He wills other ...

... a swift messenger is despatched, and soon the elders of the Ephesiad Church are gathered around the apostle. The words ho speaks to them, as outlined by Luke's graphic pen, are tender and earnest, and they open to us the heart of the apostle as no other ...

... spirit that Methodism desires to cherish towards the sister churches of these lands; it does not manifest even a desire to speak the truth in love ; nor is it by any means the genius of the religion taught from our pulpits, or in our class-meetings on ...

... share in the feeling of hesitation in speaking well of a man that some have. The Bible forbids evil speaking and flattery, or insincere commendation, but neither by precept nor example does it forbid us to speak well of good man. Indeed doing so may serve ...

... which some call the voice of nature, and others the voice of the ideal self, but which to us, is simply the voice of God speaking in the universal dialect of reason and conscience to His rational and redeemed creature. The voice awakens, agitates, chides ...

... bless. our spirits must go out to Him ; but under hook prayer or preaching, we hardly think the man in earnest; heart does not speak to heart, and we get into a state of formality, and after a time the book minister will be as dry as a chip. I could produce ...

... hand led them into the kingdom, and was laid upon their heads in their consecration to office in the Church. He has been speaking of the past, and now, with prophetic eye, he looks toward the future, where he beholds dark clouds gathering over the Church ...

... when with the revival of learning the Reformation began anew few could realise that so much had been done before. Yet when we speak of the sun in the fulness of its heat, bringing light and warmth upon the earth, do we Ray nothing in praise of the Morning ...

... aro poor trailing things enough, but how much more so would they be if we had not weekly the rectifying intluenee of which I speak ? We shall fail again, no doubt, this week as we did last, but we shall not fall quite so lose as before, and the next Lord's ...

... into the quarry. When the wife recovered consciousness she heard a moiin, and crept to her husband; she could not hear him speak; but she bent her ear t his mouth o and heard him murmur-- He \sae right : it was my l ist chance ; and he died before help ...

... visits and preaching, which led on one occasion to the conversion of a little girl of nine years of age, of whom Mr. Wesley speaks. It was probably in connection with one of his visits to this place that Mr. Wesley first met with that ornament of early ...

... God and the gate of heaven, as divine in its origin and its ends, in its doctrines and sacraments, in its life and spirit. Speak of it always with respect and sympathy, and cherish its honour as a precious jewel. Stndy its genius and history, become familiar ...