...reputation. Widows ministered to him of their substance. " Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." OCTODÏH 4.—" Ь this thy kindness to thy friend I" 2 Sam. xvi. 17. THIS was the...

...school in Middleton, Mass. My Dear Young Friends, — You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be made rich. You know how, while on earth, he went about doing good ; how he loved poor sinners,...

...this point, for it is worth your closest attention. We are told that Christ " emptied himself," so that "• though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor." But of what did he empty himself? Not of his being, not of his nature, not of his attributes. It must...

...for His cause, with deep and ready gratitude, because " we know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet, for our sakes, He became...; that we, through His poverty, might become rich V Let us turn from this painful delineation of the errors of Romanism, to a short review of Protestant...

...The Christian is " as I have loved you." Jesus exercised toward others a preferential love. Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich. 2 That was not " dividing even." Justice seeks her own; "love seeketh not her own."...

...Thy Lord's. Yea, reverently but firmly let us believe it — this missionary business in our Lord's. "For our sakes He became poor that we through His poverty might become rich." Still He yearneth over unshepherded multitudes ; still He weepeth over our cities, but wherever He...

...became a child. As for the poor, we have only to call to mind "the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how that though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor." Then Christmas will be a feast set for eternity, and its observance grow wider and stronger every year....

...took literally, as a personal message, the Christ ideal. " Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor." Thus she had stripped herself of her private possessions, with an unassuming simplicity, and naturally...

...that we have developed is the natural result of our endeavor to follow the example of Christ. "Though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor that we through His poverty might be rich. " It is said sometimes that the work of the settlements is transitory and will be taken...

...of us that He might die for us and redeem us! Oh, how wondrous the "Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich yet for our sakes He became...poor, that we through his poverty might become rich. " (2 Cor. 8 :9. ) He partook of human nature that we might become partakers of the Divine nature. The...