...What should our conduct be to our enemies ? " If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing, thou shall heap coals of fire on his head." Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." — Rom. xii. 20, 21. 96 hardest...

...this it acceptable with God. Rom. xii. 20, 21. — If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Matt. v. 24. (2) 1 Thess. v. 14....

...double force the power of the precept, " Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him 5 if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head ?" A few striking instances in the history of a single individual, Napoleon Bonaparte,...

...kindness, according to the Scripture command: 'If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink, for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head 2 .' The best way of getting rid of such a fault is by acting against it. We must do favours before...

...mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good." Matt. v. 38—46: "Ye have heard...

...stone, its gist and essence, is, " If thine enemy hunger, feed him," (not kill him,) "if he thirst, give him drink," for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head, break down his enmity, and make him thy friend. " Do unto others as ye would that others should do...

...it ? Did not St. Paul write to the Romans : " If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head ?"* And when the magistrates wished to convince certain refractory communes of the utility...

...mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. * The Gospel. St. Matt. viii. 1....

...place. Again, Solomon has said in this book, " Feed thine enemy if he hunger, and if ho thirst give him drink ; for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head :" in allusion, perhaps, to the custom of those who softened and melted the most stubborn metals, by...

...necessity for another, unless men are safely ensconced in the bomb-proof fortress above-mentioned. The doctrines of Jesus are not beautiful abstractions, but living vital truths. There is in them no elaborate calculation of consequences, but simply the divine impulse uttered. They...