Prayer Requires More Of The Heart Than

It Is To Be Regretted That Few Persons Who Have Arrived At Any Degree Of Eminence Or Fame, Have Written Memorials Of Themselves, At Least Such As Have Embraced Their Private As Well As Their Public Life.

Multitudes Of Words Are Neither An Argument Of Clear Ideas In The Writer, Nor A Proper Means Of Conveying Clear Notions To The Reader.

The Same Sun That Hardens The Clay Softens The Wax.

Verse 11. (they Presented Unto Him Gifts). The People Of The East Never Approach The Presence Of Kings And Great Personages, Without A Present In Their Hands. The Custom Is Often Noticed In The Old Testament, And Still Prevails In The East, And In Some Of The Newly Discovered South Sea Islands.

If You Go Forward In The Spirit Of The Original Apostles And Followers Of Jesus Christ, Trusting Not In Man But In The Living God, He Will Enable You To Pull Down The Strong Holds Of Sin And Satan, And That Work By Which He Is Pleased Will Prosper In Your Hands.