...company he had at his house, and they were much pleased. When the doctor saw how the aged aud the in iinn poor were enjoying themselves, he was much moved ;..." Sir," said the farmer, " 'tis no great matter of expense ; I kill a sheep of my own ; potatoes are as plentiful as blackberries, with people who have...

...thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind - and thou shalt be blessed 1 for they cannot recompense thee : but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. [Luke, xiv. 1a, 14. But this I say, he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly1 and...

...thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind; and thou shalt be blessed: for they cannot recompense thee ; but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." Our Lord is not to be understood to forbid entertaining friends, and brethren, and rich neighbours...

...thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind ; and thou shalt be blessed, for they cannot recompense thee ; but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." (3.) " Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep." (4.) " Be not forgetful...

...everlasting habitations. 5 When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind, for they cannot recompense thee : but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 6 Thou shalt not glean thy field, nor thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them to the poor and stranger....

...poor and the maimed, the halt and the blind, and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not wherewith to recompense thee; but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." If a person continue long in a house, and is a favourite with the family, he enters, on some...

...thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind : and thou shall be blessed, for they cannot recompense thee, but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just," THESE and similar passages have been much censured, as commanding things utterly impracticable,...

...enjoying themselves, he was much moved ; he shook the farmer by the hand, and said, " But thou, when tliou makest a feast, call the blind, and the lame, and..." Sir," said the farmer, " 'tis no great matter of expense ; I kill a sheep of my own ; potatoes are as plentiful as blackberries, with people who have...

...for this; how does it happen?" "My dear Saviour has said, 'Call the poor, the maimed, the blind, for they cannot recompense thee, but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.'" In these words the question, which is so often asked concerning religious efforts, is fully...

...certain phrases, added for the sake of eminence. For example: "the resurrection of life;"1 — "The poor cannot recompense thee, but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just;"* — "They accepted not deliverance that they might obtain a better resur. 'John v. 29. i Luke...