...idols, that you may escape the furnace : you will not so conquer ; but you will be conquered. Think it not strange, concerning the fiery trial which is...you, as though some strange thing happened unto you, for it has been the appointed path in all ages. Expect it ; and remember the promise, Thy shoes shall...

...and teaches all his children to prepare for it. Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial that is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. It is a part of a plan : it is a means to an end : it is a process that bespeaks present value and...

...reign with him. And St. Peter, i Pet. iv. 12, 13. W ' Beloved, think it not strange concera « ing the fiery trial, which is to try you ' as though some strange thing haji ' pened unto you, but rejoice, inasmuc ' as ye are partakers of Christ's suffei ' ings, that when...

...fiery trial that is to try you, as though some strange thing," of which yon had not been forewarned, " happened unto you ; but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are...partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." (1 Pet. iv. 12, 13.) " In the world," said...

...Forasmuch as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind" — " Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery...partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." Draw your supplies, in " the evil day,"...

...experience, and experience hope J." >» " Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which 19 to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are par• Heb. x. 32—36. t 2 Thess. i. 4, 5. takers of Christ's sufferings. Wherefore let them that...

...them that are tempted :" — not when called to great trials of affliction : rejoice the rather, " inasmuch as, ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy :" — not on the bed of death : he " became...

...peculiar lustre to it. With this remark the following words of the apostle Peter fully accord. "Ri-joice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ,...

...thing they had yet felt. " Beloved," saith he, •• think it not strange concerning ihe //rr// h-iiit which is to try you, as though some strange thing...partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." We can hardly dnuht, that such an awful...

...to him be glory and dominion for ever. Ver. 12. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the jiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. 13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that when his glory shall be...