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Paul’s growth: “Least of the apostles” (1 Cor. IS :9—A. D. 59) ; “Less than the least of all saints” (Eph. 3 : 8 —A. D. 64) ; “Chief of Sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15—A. D. 65). —o— The Old Testament was divided into chapters as it now stands by Cardinal Hugo in the middle of the thirteenth cen tury. The Old Testament verse divisions were made by Rabbi Nathan, and adopted by Robert Stephens, a French printer, who brought out the Vulgate Bible in 1555. They were transferred to the Au thorized Version in 1611. — o — Mathieson gives the following interest ing translation of Hosea 6 :3 (“His going forth is prepared as the morning”)-^-. “His coming is as certain as the dawn.’’} Those who love the truth of His appear ing will instinctively say: “Even so, come Lord Jesus.” , —o— The books (of the Old Testament not originally written in Hebrew and not counted as inspired books by the Jews, and excluded from the canon of Scripture at the Reformation, are called Apocrypha. These books make no claim to inspiration as do books of our Bible. In the 53rd chapter of Isaiah there are no fewer than eleven expressions that clearly describe the vicarious character of our Lord’s sufferings. (1) “He bore our griefs.” (2) “He carried our sorrows.” (3) “He was wounded for our transgres sions.” (4) “He was bruised for our in iquities.” (5) “The chastisement of our peace was upon Him.” ( 6 ) “By His stripes we are healed.” (7) “The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” ( 8 ) “For the transgi ession of my people was He stricken.” (9) “When thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin.” (10) “He shall bear their iniquities.” (11) “He bore the sins of many.” * ------------------------------------------:------- -f | S E N T EN C E S E RMON S | Jh -------------------------------------------- * An empty man is full of himself. —o— It will not hurt you to be called a fool unless you are one. —o— ... It is sad that our troubles try us more than our transgressions. .■—-o— . He should not be weary of the cross who is sure of the crown. — o — The Christian who prays to men will not get an answer from God. ■— o — None instruct others so well as those who have been experimentally taught of God themselves. —o— The folks who never give away any milk until after they skim it are sure to want credit for cream. —o— Some people who are generous with ether people’s money are famous for re fusing themselves nothing. He who would not serve God unless something be given him, would serve the devil if he would give him more.
---- ---------------------- ------- -------— - * POINTERS FOR PREACHERS | > ..—------------------------------ 7 - - ----- * The preachers we had long ago Were not so fine and grand; They took “degrees” a-hauling logs And clearing up the land: But when one of them rose to preach, I tell you we could smell The fragrant flowers of heaven . And the stifling smoke of hell. — o — Many a preacher fails to strike fire be cause he has a cord of books in his head and an ice plant in his heart. o— There is much complaint by audiences of indistinct articulation. Many . public speakers seem indifferent as to whether they reach their hearers or not. They do not project their voices into the auditor ium ; they distort sounds and accumulate eccentricities of speech and manner. — o — ■ It is said that John Clifford soon after he began preaching delivered a sermon in denunciation of the faults and foibles of Christian people. The next day his teacher said to him; “I would advise you Mr. Clif ford, to throw away your pepper box and to take a pot of honey around with you.’’ This is sound advice to preachers until today. —o— The late Rev. Rowland Hill, once ad dressing the people at Wotton, exclaimed, “Because I am in earnest, men call me an enthusiast. When I first came into this part of the country, I was walking on yonder hill, and saw a gravel pit fall in and bury three human beings alive. I lifted up my voice for help, so loud that I was heard in the town below);: at a d i s t a n c e of nearly a mile; help ers came, and rescued two. of. the , suf ferers. No one called me an enthusiast then; and when I see eternal destruction ready to fall on poor sinners, and about to entomb them irrecoverably in an eter nal mass of woe, and call aloud to them to escape, shall I be called an enthusiast now? No, sinner, I am no crazy enthus iast in so doing; and I call on thee aloud to fly for refuge to the hope set before thee in the Gospel of Christ Jesus.” I — o — I “I don’t mind your'ipreaching from a paper,” said John McNeill, “if you can put it across. But many a preacher is like the young preacher I heard of who sup plied a certain pulpit and preached from a paper.” “At the conclusion of the sermon, he was talking with an old lady. He was fishing for a compliment, and he caught the fish. ‘How did you like my sermon?’ said he. ‘I didn’t like it at all,’ she re plied. ‘In the first place ye read it; in the second place ye didn’t read it well, and in the third place, it wasn’t worth reading.’ ” — o — The story is told of a man who had among his servants an old negro who, through much saving, had been able to send his son to a college. When the youth returned home after completing his course, he proceeded, much to his par ent’s surprise, to air his opinions on var ious subjects in a more or less diffuse and florid style. One day the old man took him aside and addressed him, “Richard Thompson Jenkins,” said he, “I’se been
listenin’ to yo’ fo’ several days, an’ it’s my opinion dat yo’ talk an’ talk an’ talk. Yo’ doan’ reach into de stummick of yo’ subjeck; but yo’ jes, argufy an’ argufy. Yo’ doan’ locate, Richard Thompson Jen kins, yo’ doan’ locate!” This may be said of many a present day preacher. Or dained "to preach’ the Gospel and save souls) they wander off into other fields, and discuss a wide range of topics having little or no relation to the main business in view. They fail to “locate.” 1 Cor. 2: 12-13. —o— “A minister on ascending his pulpit one Sunday morning, found a piece of paper on which was written, ‘Sir, we would see Jesus!’ The Spirit sent the appeal right home, and, putting away his manuscript, he preached Jesus with Holy Ghost power. On entering his pulpit in the even ing) he found another slip of paper.—- ‘Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.’” * --------------------------- :-----------------
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