...we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. Gen. xviii. 27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. James v. 1 6. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,...

...speak to him. Good Abraham our father, that great believer, had a deep sense of this, Gen. xviii. 27. Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, wna am but dust and ashes. Now, what ground of boldness can a poor creature, and a great sinner, have...

...righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes : Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : •wilt thou...

...destroy it for forty's sake. Andhe said unto him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry and I will speak ; peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And...he said, behold now I have taken upon me to speak pnto the Lord ; peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said I will not destroy it for...

...sacrifice of fools': for they consider not that they do .vvil. / Gen. xviii. 27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which -am but dust and ashes Gen. xxxii. 10. I am not < worthy of the least of all the mercies, and...

...gave him in the compassion of a merciful God; in vain had the abundance of his fervent benevolence said, " Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked ? Peradventure there...

...saerifiee of fools : for thev eonsider not that they do evil. (I) Gen. 18. 27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, whieh am but dust and ashes. Cm ) Luke 15. 17. And when he eame to himself, he said, How many hired...

...for the spirit of real religion directed it. What a pattern for us, in our addresses to the Deity! "Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes!" — "Oh, let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak!" — and this humility...

...not do it for forty's sake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And...he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD : Peradventure there shall...

...toward thee. ' ! Again, we read of Abraham's humility in prayer, when he says, in Gen. xviii. 27. ' Behold now, I have taken upon me ' to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes.' And, in ver. 3O. ' Oh ! let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak.'...