...the sick, feeding the hungry, and cleansing the lepers; so did His apostles, for the Gospel has "the promise of the life that now is " as well as " of that which is to come." Indeed, did Christianity not bring temporal as well as spiritual blessings we might well...

...as far below the grace of God and faith iu Christ as a ploughed field is below the stars; but still godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come, and he who is wise enough to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, should also...

...blessings of goodness and the cursings of badness are everywhere and always inevitable. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Of both, for the reason that the spiritual world is everywhere and for all time. If sin is...

...the loss we are called on to bear may be small ; for godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.1 If, on the other hand, we choose the lower, and resolve to have it at all hazards, we must...

...is "young love among the roses," to whom his innocence is what godliness is to the tried saint, the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Life is full of promises ; it is indeed all promise to him. He has the promise of all the...

...applause.) You desire it from the highest motives; and godliness is profitable in all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come; but if there were no hereafter, and if man had no progress in this life, and if there were...

...righteousness which alone fxalteth a nation (Prov. xiv.,34), and is that godliness which alone hath promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come ( i. Tim. iv., 8); aye, it is the very basis of the State, and is the most important and most...

...applause.) You desire it from the highest motives; and godliness is profitable in all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come; but if there were no hereafter, and if man had no progress in this life, and if there were...

...souls from sin, and not in sin. We are not to save them in, but from, sin. 2. But the gospel has the promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come. And as exhibiting the present and legitimate fruit of the gospel, our missions aim at an improved...

...; we will state it in the words of an apostle : "Godliness is profitable for all things; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Now for the fulfilment : " If in this life only we have hope in Christ, then are we of all...