...that " Paul may plant and Apollos water, but God alone can give the increase," and that " it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," I earnestly pray that the Lord in infinite mercy may make the truths contained in the following letters...

...thought it prudent to go. The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few; and though it is " not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," still we are required to pray that " the Lord of the harvest would send forth laborers into his harvest."...

...by an unseen hand, and prostrate in the dust. But, above all, we must never forget, that it is " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of. the Lord of Hosts." (Zech. iv. 6.) God will have the glory of His own work, and we ought to confess our own...

...not see here, as the brethren did in the South-Sea Islands, that the work is to be accomplished, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord ? From that time, God prospered them. One convert was added to the church after another; native teachers...

...Lord came mightily upon him." Judges xiv. 5, 6. This was an earnest of his subsequent victories, " not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," Zech. iv. 7. Thus David slew a lion and a bear before he killed Goliath, and slew the enemies of Israel,...

...of the Son of God. It requires, however, more than lessons to save a soul; this work is achieved not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. This great gift is promised, in answer to prayer. Is prayer presented for it? Yes; once a month, a...

...minds the important truth, that the extension and the establishment of the church of Christ is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. If for instance we look at the history of the primitive church, we fiad that at a very early...

...believer's heart,—the conversion of the sinner from the error of his way,—is to be accomplished, " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts." And few, I think, will be the instances in which a conscientious Visitor will be able to...

...that the temple to be erected upon it, in order to be suited to the foundation, must be built, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. It must be built of living stones, each one shining in the image of God, and reflecting the lustre...

...grace. In this sense, we apprehend, it is said, that the spiritual temple shall be raised — "not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord." The passage is not meant to exclude the use of means, but to mark their character. The agency employed...