...the message, and replied, probably in the hearing of the messenger, that " the sickness was not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby." He was not indifferent to the event, though several days passed without his farther attending to it....

...because I said, I am the Son of God ? " (John, x.). Again, when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he said, " This sickness is not unto death, but for...God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby " (John, xi.). Martha's answer to Christ's question is also to the point ; " I believe that thou art...

...sick. When Jesus heard the message which was sent by the sisters, " Lord, he whom Thou lovest is sick," He said, " This sickness is not unto death, but for...God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby :" a most significant declaration when considered in reference to the outward miracle which displayed...

...with, " on earth peace, good will towards men."b Jesus, hearing that Lazarus, whom he loved, was sick, said, " This sickness is not unto death, but for the...God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby :"° — that is, that the power and mercy of God might be displayed by Lazarus' resurrection, and...

...from its dominion ; the works of the devil destroyed, and the whole sickness proved to be, not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby (1 John iii. 8 ; John xi. 4 ; John xii. 31). But again, from what is before us in the bereaving dispensations...

...consoled, amidst the visitations of pain, by reflecting that your sickness is not unto death eternal, but for the glory of God ; that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. Are you zealously following the ark of his presence, in the appointed method of salvation ? Then, even...

...couH ever attend. I selected as the subject of reflection, the words of Christ relative to Lazarus:* "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby." I was much inclined to make an entire application of the text,...

...sick, and the Lord shall raise her up:' especially as accompanied with the Redeemer's expression: ' This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory...God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.' Just as I was writing this, I was sent for by my dearest Anne; when I entered the room she asked me,...

...sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the c glory of God, that the Son of God might be d glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her...

...recorded in the xith chapter of Luke, we find our Lord thus answering the message of his sickness : " This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory...God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby." And being come to the place of the sepulchre, he further saith, " Said I not unto thee, that if thou...