...of men, I should feel myself exposed to the frown of an offended Master. I know it is his command, that " the servant of the Lord must " not strive, but be gentle unto all men — patient, in meekness " instructing those that oppose themselves." To this command — (a command...

...have bound upon his hand, and stamped on his bean, those weighty admonitions of the Apostle. "And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient; in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God pcradventurc wjll...

...wise, prudish, and squeamish, and what not. But I made no answer, remembering that it is said, " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves." ~2 Tim. ii. 24, 25. While...

...objector to start an argument, viz. that St Paul, in his second Epistle to Timothy, says, "And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventnre will...

...think of the direction the apostle Paul gave to a zealous minister, 2 Tim. ii. 24 — 26. " And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will...

...heart : but foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they only engender strife : and the servant of the LORD must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient : in meekness instructing those, who oppose themselves, if GOD peradventure will...

...prejudices ; yea, even where there has been a long and inveterate struggle against the truth ; " The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will...

...of Christianity. The apostle's direction, in this respect, cannot be too much attended to. • The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men ; apt to teach, patient ; in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure...

...righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that 'call on the Lord out of a pure heart. And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will...

...duty. A Bishop must not be soon angry, says St. Paul, nor nlf -willed, but blameless, and patient. The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men ; in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves. While he is bound to rebuke them, that tin,...