. The Biblical illustrator; or, Anecdotes, similes, emblems, illustrations : expository, scientific, georgraphical, historical, and homiletic, gathered from a wide range of home and foreign literature, on the verses of the Bible . he living God, anything which does this forus may be named an idol. I. Self. Love of self is born in us, and if not earlychecked will be our master. It feeds upon falsehood, unkindness, greediness, andpride. You must gratify it at whatever cost, and then it demands more and is a dreadful idol. Beware of it. II. Dress. You may forget the pearl inanxiety abou
. The Biblical illustrator; or, Anecdotes, similes, emblems, illustrations : expository, scientific, georgraphical, historical, and homiletic, gathered from a wide range of home and foreign literature, on the verses of the Bible . he living God, anything which does this forus may be named an idol. I. Self. Love of self is born in us, and if not earlychecked will be our master. It feeds upon falsehood, unkindness, greediness, andpride. You must gratify it at whatever cost, and then it demands more and is a dreadful idol. Beware of it. II. Dress. You may forget the pearl inanxiety about its setting. III. Pleasure. Do not children encourage the passionfor exciting amusements till they are miserable without them, though so many inno-cent recreations remain to them? We have known children whose Sundays werea weariness to them, and their studies a punishment. Their pleasures were theiridols. {British Weekly Pulpit.) THE BIBLICAL ILLUSTEATOR. II. JOHN. THE Biblical Illustrator OR Anecdotes, Similes, Emblems, Illustrations ;Expository, Scientific, Geographical, His-torical, and Homiletic, Gathered froma Wide Range of Home and ForeignLiterature, on the Verses of The Bible Rev. JOSEPH S. EXELL, SECOND JOHN. New York Chicago Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company Publishers of Evangelical Literature THE BIBLICAL ILLUSTEATOE. II. JOHN. Vebs. 1, 2. The elder onto the elect lady.—Truth the bond of love:—How muchis implied very often by the phrase or style with which a letter is begun or ended IHow different is the formal Sir from My dear Sir ; and, again, how muchdoes this differ from the intimacy which addresses by a Christian name! Thosedifferent styles mean a great deal; and as it is now, so it was in the Apostolic John calls himself by way of endearment the Presbyter, when writing to afamily with which he has been long on terms of intimacy. Nothing is more welcometo persons of simple character who are in high office than an opportunity of layingits forma
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