... swords, and the answer. It is enough. Out of such a training was it likely that the Gospel would be preached to the poor? It speaks volumes for the practical genius of Wycliffe, and the enormous mastery that he had obtained over his training and surroundings ...

... dignity and sacredness of the subject, this one is certainly, by a great way, the best. It wins attention and satisfies it; it speaks to the whole nature, heart, soul and =ld ; it excites the youthful imagination, instructs the intellect, and so reveals the ...

... are forms of praise, thanksgiving, prayer—prayer, Mr. Editor—and preaching. 3. The Conference (I believe there is, properly speaking, but one Conference—at least for the transaction of pastoral business—in our connexion in the United Kingdom) has already ...

... Fathers wsre capable of falling into error in matters of faith, and were not only capable of error, but had actually erred. He speaks of Holy Scripture as the charter written by God and granted to us, by which we can lay claim to the kingdom of God. Scripture ...

... Christianity toward science thus: the question of religion to science formerly was, How dare you speak at all ? Then as science held to its right to speak just a little, the question became, What new menace to our creed does your latest discovery portend ...

... will revel in the number of its victims, as epidemics rage worst where intemperance abounds. Mr. Fowler, M.P., when lately speaking on drunkenness and the spread of disease, said that in Toxteth Park near Liverpool, where there are no public houses the ...

... After the morning service the love-feast was held, and was adjourned until after the evening service. On both occasions the speaking was free, some for the first time testified to the power of saving grace, and the Spirit's influence was felt in a gracious ...

... had a special prayer-meeting. The youngest man there was not more active in going from pew to pew than he was. As he was speaking to anxious souls three persons professed to experience peace with God. I well remember how his soul seemed filled with joy ...

... a Church, a Temple. All three are the Lord's own words. They are not tsvtological ; each represents a specific type, so to speak, of the Christian society. Stated briefly the Kingdom is the moral, the church the spiritual, and the temple the material, ...

... members' names put into another hat, and well mixed up ; then a member's name was drawn, and a subject on which he had to speak, his speech not to occupy more than five minutes. It was pleasing to see the most junior members of the association getting ...

... for how they hear ; but the minister is doubly responsible both for his own personal worship of God, and also for what he speaks to the people through Him; for, how shall they hear without a preacher. The preacher's element seems to have been forgotten ...

... intensely interesting, but we have only room for one extract—the letter written by Mr. Gladstone to Miss Hope-Scott, in which, speaking of her father and his perversion to Rome, Mr. Gladstone says Recollect the chasm which separates our points of view; recollect ...