...that " Paul may plant and Apollos water, but God alone can give the increase," and that " it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," I earnestly pray that the Lord in infinite mercy may make the truths contained in the following letters...

...animating promise, " Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." And that ministry, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, not in the excellency of man's wisdom, but in the wonder working name of Jesus of Nazareth, has gone...

...uncheering. It is a time to pray. It is a time when we should remember our prosperity is not tobe attained by "might nor by power," but by the. Spirit of the Lord. In these regions the mighty efficacy of the gospel has been tested. May we not still feel the confidence...

...thought it prudent to go. The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few; and though it is " not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," still we are required to pray that " the Lord of the harvest would send forth laborers into his harvest."...

...word of the Lord and prevailed." It literally " ran, had free course, and was glorified," and " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord." But in 1775 those combustible materials which had been collecting and preparing for ten years, since...

...by an unseen hand, and prostrate in the dust. But, above all, we must never forget, that it is " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of. the Lord of Hosts." (Zech. iv. 6.) God will have the glory of His own work, and we ought to confess our own utter insufficiency...

...minds the important truth, that the extension and the establishment of the church of Christ is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. If for instance we look at the history of the primitive church, we fiad that at a very early period,...

...Lord came mightily upon him." Judges xiv. 5, 6. This was an earnest of his subsequent victories, " not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," Zech. iv. 7. Thus David slew a lion and a bear before he killed Goliath, and slew the enemies of Israel,...

...of the Son of God. It requires, however, more than lessons to save a soul; this work is achieved not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. This great gift is promised, in answer to prayer. Is prayer presented for it? Yes; once a month, a...

...not see here, as the brethren did in the South-Sea Islands, that the work is to be accomplished, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord ? From that time, God prospered them. One convert was added to the church after another; native teachers...