...little children. Hd will be a gracious Shepherd, a loving Father, to you. It is his own promise, " I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me." But we must not forget, that it is also said of Israel's Shepherd, " He shall gently lead those that...

...all to hearken to her, and pursue the rules she lays down, she says in the words of the text : " I love them that love me : and they that seek me early, shall find me." If it were a thing of any moment, I might just observe to you, that what in our English translation...

...by love. And here we can never love in vain, nor be left to smoke in jealousy as injured lovers. " I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me." My love to your spouse, sister in law, and all the holy and beloved brethren. Ever yours, WHSS CXLI....

...expressly points out the surest time to find her, and the peculiar affection she entertains for youth. " I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me."f Is example still mare powerful than precept? Does it embody the blessing contained in the promise...

...certainly he will be pleased with your doing so ; and displeased if you do otherwise; Has he not said, ' I love them that love me, and they that seek me early...error, vice and misery? What compassion did God of old express towards Ephraim ! what pleasure at his repentance, and return to him ! — assuming, as...

...to love him with our whole heart ; then shall we experience the truth of that sacred promise : " I love them that love me : and they that seek me early shall find me." SERMON XV. ON THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. 1 PETER II. 21. Leaving us an example, that ye should follow...

...promised to give his Holy Spirit to them that ask him. Jesus Christ lores little children, and says, I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me. But you, little boy, that told such a wilful lie the other day, if you should be ill and die, what...

...command — Remember now thy Creator, in the days of thy youth ; and encourage them by the promise — I love them that love me, and they that seek me early, shall find me. Regard the aged. Alarm the old in sin : convince them that it is high time, and that it will shortly...

...heavenly Wisdom affords, and which nothing else can afford, should remember that her language is, " I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me." VOL. III. Second Series. T But, besides early piety, there is early industry, in all that it properly...

...impressions at the age of fourteen. When a youth, he found the declaration of the wise man verified ; "I love them that love me, and they that seek me early, shall find me." His religious principles led him to seek an intimacy with young persons who were decidedly pious. Possessing...