...for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal lifer. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs...that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier1. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication,...

...CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD. " No man that warreth," (and the life of a Missionary is a life of warfare,) " entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ;...him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." 2 Tim. ii. 8, 4. 6. PATIENCE. The Christian Missionary has ofteh to wait a long time before he sees the success...

...CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD. " No man that warreth," (and the life of a Missionary is a life of warfare,) " entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him wjio hath chosen him to be a soldier." 2 Tim. ii. 3, 4. 6. PATIENCE. The Christian Missionary has often...

...in his directions to Timothy. "Thou therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier "of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth him"self with the affairs...please him "who hath chosen him to be a soldier." A load of affluence and grandeur is a distressful weight unto them that are at war with the powers...

...apostle greatly agitated his mind. 2 Timothy ii. 4: No man that warreth, entangleth himself with tlu affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. His mind, however, was relieved, when he reflected, that the apostle Paul himself, when with a people...

...as to the discipline of the army, to this the apostle alludes, when writing to Timothy, he saith, " No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him that hath chosen him to be a soldier:" applying it at the same time to a soldier of the cross. Of himself...

...: " seek them not." Certainly, a good conscience is a continual feast, and enough for a happy life. No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs...may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. We should be but little encumbered with the things of this world, and withal, free from a world of...

...young minister to " gire himself wholly to these things, that his profiting may appear to all ; for no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him that hath chosen him to be a soldier ;"* we are taught that an undivided attention to the ministry...

...this law the apostle refers: no one that tvarreth, ENTANGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AYPAIRS OF -THIS LITE? that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. (2 Tim. il. 4.)*' " The names of those who died or were cashiered for misconduct, were expunged from the muster-roll....

...ever serve a prince. And now we are easily driven into an understanding of that saying of St. Paul, " No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life d." For although this be spoken of all Christian people, and concerns the laity in c In 1 Cor. vi....