 | James Everett - 1842 - 592 pàgines
...should be found to submit to it, who considers himself in the order of God, and who has been taught to say with the apostle :—" I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." The wheat, too, this year, was " much sprouted." But instead of complaining,... | |
 | 1872 - 722 pàgines
...lesson so hard to learn that but few perfectly learn it. There is only one here and there Who is ahle to say with the Apostle, "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." So difficult is this lesson, that vphen we consider what is to be done,... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1855 - 584 pàgines
...such things as ye have h . n When we are truly delivered from this evil principle, we shall be able to say with the Apostle, " I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content: I know both how to be abased, and how to abound; every where and in all... | |
 | John Alexander Mackenzie - 1863 - 312 pàgines
...from the one to the other. If never tried by sickness and suffering, never would the Christian learn to say with the apostle, " I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content;" and he would therefore fail to produce one of the most precious fruits... | |
 | Spirit - 1864 - 286 pàgines
...satisfied with them. Oh the sweetly serene frame of soul that makes a Christian, according to his measure, to say with the apostle, " I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." False Godliness. " As there is real godliness that hath power, so is... | |
 | Jessie (fict.name.) - 1865 - 192 pàgines
...the same reason, you are satisfied with such things as you have : and it is a great thing to be able to say with the apostle, ' I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound : every where and... | |
 | T. M. Morris - 1874 - 234 pàgines
...lesson so hard to learn that but few perfectly learn it. There is only one here and there who is able to say with the Apostle, " I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." So difficult is this lesson, that when we consider what is to be done,... | |
 | Joseph Cross - 1884 - 268 pàgines
...with the psalmist — " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him ; " and to say with the apostle — "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Brethren, let us aspire to this apostolic experience. In this grace,... | |
 | John De Witt - 1885 - 442 pàgines
...victims of circumstances, which are inevitable. And as we suffer from their coming, we cry out for power to say with the Apostle: "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." That such a power is possible, is evident from the fact that Paul possessed... | |
 | 1872 - 160 pàgines
...lesson so hard to learn, that but few perfectly learn it. There is only one here and there who is able to say with the Apostle, " I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." So difficult is this lesson, that when we consider what is to be done,... | |
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WE do right in speaking of this as a hard lesson. It is one of the hardest of all the many lessons we have to learn. It is a lesson so hard to learn that but few perfectly learn it. There is only one here and there who is able to say with the Apostle,... 