...your benevolence. Oh, no : its merciful designs accord with the very spirit of the gospel. It would " lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees ; and make straight paths for their feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way." It professes to afford temporary relief...

...against him, and let reflections on his fortitude prevent your being languid and dispirited ; " therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble...paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned oat of the way:" exert in the Christian race those nerves that have been relaxed, and collect those...

...heart!, entreated that the word should not be spoken to them which han; knees ; down, and the feeble 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be .'turned, out of the way ; but let U rather be heeled. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man «ball...

...can get over THE CHRISTIAN, stumbling-blocks ; but who would throw them in the way of the blind ? " Make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way ; but let it rather be healed." Administer no cause of censure but what your religion itself supplies....

...confirm the feeble knees :" The Psalmist, " My knees are weak through fasting :" The Apostle Paul, "Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;" The Lord Jehovah, in Ezekiel, "All hands shall be feeble, and all knees weak." How much cause have...

...&c. esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt,— Heb. xi. 25, 26. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees. — Heb. xii. 12. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations ; knowing this,...

...x. 23 We all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Isa. Ixiv. 6. Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, &c. Heb. xii. 12. The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these...

...stumbling-blocks, over which they often fall. For which reason, the Apostle says to the believing Hebrews, " Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble...feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way : but let it rather be healed." Two things must now be fixed in the mind. The one is — that whatever...

...therefore, beware of throwing stumblingblocks in the way of the blind. Let us make straight paths for our feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way ; but let it rather be healed. — Christianity is designed to refine and soften ; to take away the...

...If he does not remove it, it will be because he has good and merciful reasons for its continuance. " Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees." You shall one day see that all this is mercy. Trust in the Lord, and you shall not be desolate. November...