...To you it is the neverceasing testimony to the power of God and the love of God in Christ Jesus, " the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come," written as with a sunbeam upon your hearts ; 'for if a child of God, then an heir, an heir...

...of good Christians, and may thankfully receive this earthly reward over and above, as godliness hath the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. Or, if we see our conduct blamed by the good, it may justly make us fear that if they condemn...

...when he becomes possessed of true religion ; for " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come." We who profess it ought for our own sakes to turn the corners down at its joyous passages,...

...rebel against, Job xxiv. 13. Who for that cause, know not the ways, nor abide in the paths thereof: for its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace, to them that obey it. 3. But the light giveth the light of life, which is eternal life, to them that...

...was the way of peace, the highest possible satisfaction. '• He that keepeth the law, happy is he ; its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace; if thou hadit walked in its ways thon shotildst have dwelled in peace for ever." Jeshurun. one of the...

...them up in the ways of serious piety, and settle them in religious families ; for " godliness hath the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come ! !" JB WILLIAMS. ttttim IliU, Shrewibury, Oct. 8, 1819. MEMOIRS or MES. ANN HULTON. ANN, the...

...and profitable to man both for this temporal life, and also for that which is eternal ; for they have the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come ; while bodily or temporal goods are profitable only for this present life. (1 Tim. iv. 8.)...

...This lovely garden is but a picture of the heart that is firmly established in the ways of virtue. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace." While they were thus conversing, and as they were passing near the gateway, the youth saw on the other...

...these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. vi. 33). " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come" (1 Tim. iv. 8). Heaven and earth are laid at the feet of godliness. 5. That is true riches...

...consequence, that, with regard to duty, Annie learned by heart what she already knew by rote, that its ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths are peace. Meanwhile, Whitey's visits at home were more and more rare, and they ceased altogether when winter...