...cannot be too generally repeated : — " A very popular and favourite hymn begins after this fashion — 'Oh, to be nothing, nothing, Only to lie at His feet,...and emptied vessel, For the Master's use made meet.' " We do not doubt that the author of this wrote it in a spirit of deep humility and submission, desiring...

...in order to live I must die, the ascetic would destroy himsslf altogether. Our popular hymn says: O to be nothing, nothing ! Only to lie at his feet, A broken and empty vessel, For the Master's service meet. What blasphemy ! An enapty vessel suited to the service...

...heaven, and of being 'careful for nothing' but the honour of His sweet name down here on earth !" ' ' Oh, to be nothing — nothing ! Only to lie at His feet ; A broken, emptied vessel, Thus for His use made meet ! Emptied, that He may fill me, As to His service I go ;...

...GOD condescends to teach him. They receive most knowledge who are most ready to impart it. Unknown. Oh, to be nothing — nothing, Only to lie at His feet, A broken, emptied vessel, Thus for His use made meet ! Emptied that He may fill me As to His service I go. Broken,...

...exhausted, weary, Trust the " Everlasting Arms." E that gloricth, let him glory in the Lord.-2 Cor. x. 17. Oh to be nothing— nothing, Only to lie at His feet A broken emptied vessel, Thus for His use made meet. 4 JANUARY 28. A SOFT answer turneth away wrath : . but...

...assists our efforts, and is ineffectual without them. Hence it is proper to sing the prayer : — " 0 to be nothing, nothing, Only to lie at His feet ;...and emptied vessel, For the Master's use made meet." Or, as we heard a Christian woman recently pray, " 0 Lord, give us the baptism of nothingness." At...

...Thyself." Then will our solemn profession be, " So WILL NOT WE GO BACK FROM THEE" (Ps. IxXX. 17, 18). ' ' Oh ! to be nothing, nothing, Only to lie at His feet A broken emptied vessel, Thus for His use made meet. Emptied, that He may fill me, As to His service I go ;...

...ineffectual without them. Hence it is proper to sing the prayer : — Oh to he nothing, nothing, Only to He at His feet, A broken and emptied vessel For the Master's use made meet. Or, as we heard a Christian woman recently pray, " 0 Lord, give us the baptism of nothingness." At...

...I agree with you about the grace of Humility. How lovely a grace it is when seen in a Christian! ' Oh to be nothing, nothing ! Only to lie at His feet, A broken, emptied vessel — Thus made for the Master meet ! ' " May this be my cry continually ! What a beautiful...

...applies. We believe his well-known lines breathe the real spirit of both himself and the preacher, — " O to be nothing, nothing — Only to lie at His feet ; A broken and empty vessel For the Master's use made meet ! " This was the spirit of the consecrated Phineas Stowe,...