...of the Saviour's love — "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who though he was rich, jet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." (2 Cor. viii. 9.) Joseph. Well, I hope I love this dear Saviour, and that I shall love him more and...

...not received in return. It is an emanation from the mind of the Saviour of the world, who " though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich.'' It is that spirit, which, when it fully pervades mankind, will remove every misery...

...precedents for selfdevotion may be found in the annals of religion. We read of One, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty might be rich ; and of another, a child of mortality like ourselves, who was " instructed both to be full, and to be hungry,...

...be merciful ; ready to communicate ; and feeling the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, when rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty, might be rich. Let those who are advanced in years, be anxious to bring forth fruit in old age. Let those who are...

...interest, and effect. And may all professors of religion especially learn of Him, who, though rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich. May they be more deeply convinced of the truth, that they are amenable to God for the manner in which...

...order to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Also spoke from 2 Cor. viii. 0, showing how ' Christ, though rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich.' After a prayer, I went to another place, and found several ready to converse. In the evening, had several...

...thought it no robbery to be equal' with God, yet took upon him the form of a servant"— who, " though he .was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be made rich" — who cheerfully left the courts of heaven, and the songs of adoring cherubim,...

...apply them to your heart. Through them, behold the wonderful love of that Redeemer, 'who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.' Meditate on his gracious condescension. Think of his kind invitation: ' Come unto me, all ye that labour...

...another dies happy, because he knows and feels the grace of the Lord Jesus, who when " he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." (2 Cor. viii. 9.) Of the one we must say, " he feedeth upon ashes, a deceived heart hath turned him...

...church, and on the Christian world? In whose name do we plead? In the name of him, who, "though he was rich, yet, for our sakes, became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." It is a small matter, surely, that we should ask of you your temporal things. It is nothing unreasonable...