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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 3, Verse 10
“For even when we were with you, &c.” At Thessalonica in person, and first preached the Gospel to them, “we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat;” The Ethiopic version reads in the singular number, “when I was with you, I commanded you”; using the above words, which were a sort of a proverb with…
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162 Passover
PASSOVER A solemn festival of the Jews, instituted in commemoration of their coming out of Egypt; because, the night before their departure, the destroying angel, who put to death the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Hebrews, without entering therein; because they were marked with the blood of the lamb, which was killed the evening before,…
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7 Church Discipline
Every organization which proposes to work smoothly, and yet efficiently, must have certain rules and regulations to be followed; certain laws for the individual members to obey. Failing in this—either without laws or with laws disregarded— all effort will go wide of the mark, and all endeavors, instead of succeeding and furthering each other, will counteract and interrupt each other;…
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March 13—Morning Devotion
"Oh! thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt."—Matthew 14:31 My soul, how sweet is it to eye Jesus in all things, and to be humbled in the recollection of his compassions to thy unaccountable instances of unbelief, after the many, nay, continued and daffy experiences, which thou hast had of his love and faithfulness. And doth thy Jesus speak…
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161 Mosaic Law
MOSIAC LAW Or the law of Moses, is the most ancient that we know of in the world, and is of three kinds; the moral law, the ceremonial law, and the judicial law. Some observe, that the different manner in which each of these laws was delivered may suggest to us a right idea of their different natures. The moral…
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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 3, Verse 9
“Not because we have not power, &c.” To forbear working, or require a maintenance from the churches to whom we minister, since Christ has ordained, that they that preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel; (see 1 Corinthians 9:4-6,14). This the apostle says to preserve their right of claim, when and where they should think fit to make use…
