...where are you ? On the brink of perdition. For what are you recklessly preparing ? " The servant who knew his Lord's will and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." And wilt thou choose to meet the Almighty as thy foe? wilt thou, when he stoops to beseech you " be...

...gracious gifts, what can he expect but that what he hath shall be taken away from him ?W The servant that knew his LORD'S will, and did it not, 'shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.'"t'*)...

...not to vow, than to vow and not pay ;" and (4.) He had been plainly warned of his danger; "He that knew his Lord's will, and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." Or again, if our lesson were Peter's obedience to the call of Christ, recorded in Matt. iv. 18, in...

..." Well, Jessie, you know that Book better than I do ; what does it say ? " " It says that, ' He who knew his Lord's will, and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes, but that he that knew it not, and did it not, shall be beaten with few stripes.' Few stripes, you will...

...forehead. What a comment is this awful punishment, on a thrilling passage of Scripture, " the servant that knew his Lord's will and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." The second stage of the exile's life, is the journey of seven thousand miles, which after such an inauguration...

...neglect or abuse them. " To whom much is given, from him much will be required." " The servant that knew his lord's will, and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." The greater the richness of the vineyard, the more inexcusable is the barrenness of those planted in...

...abhorred. When on one occasion the king said proudly, " I know what is right; " Reinbeck replied, " That servant which knew his Lord's will, and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." The king was nettled, but at length gave way to the voice of conscience. Frederick William I. died...

...come short of the glory of God. If where much is given much will be required, and the servant who know his Lord's will and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes — O Lord, if Thou shouldst mark OUR iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? We cannot answer Thee for...

...ever. The blow may be heavy now, but if you refuse to turn, it will soon be heavier. " The servant that knew his Lord's will, and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." Think of these many stripes and be wise. Now there is hope. Now there is a refuge in the Saviour. Now...

...another place of judgment ; there sinners are punished in exact proportion to their guilt. He that knew his lord's will, and did it not, shall be beaten with many stripes. But in this world some of the most daring offenders live at ease, and die in apparent peace. The rich...