...of this world can justify the continued neglect of manifest religious duties. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you. A third excuse sometimes offered is, I HAVE RECEIVED THE LORD'S SUPPER, AND HAVE FOUND NO BENEFICIAL...

...business and of pleasure, of that injunction from the lips of their Saviour : " Seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you." And here, brethren, permit us affectionately to ask you, whether it is not most unwise to manifest...

...advantages of this world, when he thus concluded his remarks : — " But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you." This exhortation has very generally been supposed to direct the attention of mankind to a sphere of...

...appointed course of his destiny, he is qualified to attain. " Seek first," says our Lord, " the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you." Another passage of the same kind may be made the subject of a short explanation. " Whether," says the...

...possess many more ; and Oh, what a rich abundance has he in store for us! 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you.' And here let me remind you, that you are not to be too anxious about those things, which the Lord well...

...ruin man, and contravene the express mandate of its own Almighty Author, « Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you.1 " — p. xxviii. In a strain strongly resembling the preceding paragraph, Mr. Young continues...

...approbation. Our Lord has embodied this principle in that general precept, " Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added to you." The sacred penman has recorded her chastity, a matter always of high importance. This may...

...from his pocket, and read several verses to mo ; and I remember them well : " Seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you :" that was one. " For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth...

...to his future movements ; but subjoins, " There is a promise which says, 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness ; and all other things shall be added unto you.' " In a letter to the same friend, dated November 3, 1808, he says, " For myself, though I have been...

...shall we be clothed (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek) ; but seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you." In loving the dry bones of the house of Israel (a love altogether repugnant to the carnal mind), we...