| Daniel Pledge - 1884 - 152 páginas
...walks in the ways of God and is not faint (Isaiah xl. 31). Prayer, which is of the very essence of ' godliness, is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come ' (1 Tim. iv. 8). Nor is the profit of prayer confined to the suppliant.... | |
| George D Watt - 1884 - 790 páginas
...our wives, onr children, and our associations. Godliness, indeed, as stated by the Apostle Paul, " is profitable unto, all things, having the promise of the life that now is and of that! which is to come," and despite the' ideas, the opposition and the cбnЛtumely of ignoran... | |
| Samuel Clark - 1885 - 288 páginas
...or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours. 1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto all things ; having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. ii. Promises of Temporal Blessings in general. Ps. xxiii. 1. The... | |
| John Pulsford - 1885 - 312 páginas
...may abound in Hope, through the Power of the Holy Spirit." THE RIGHT HUMAN LIFE IS ITS OWN REWARD. '' Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.'' — I TIM. iv. 8. WRITING to a youngman, Paul says : "Exercise... | |
| George Gordon Macleod - 1885 - 248 páginas
...divine way of prevention, the Religion of Jesus works many miracles. " Godliness," in Bible words, " is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come." Or in the words of the homely but expressive proverb, " Joy and temperance... | |
| Josiah Coombes - 1885 - 140 páginas
...this life, but joy, and happiness, and glory in the life to come. " Godliness," saith Saint Paul, " is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." Being assured, then, that our earnest endeavoursto serve God shall... | |
| William Harvey- Jellie - 1885 - 364 páginas
...if a man do he shall live in them" (v. 5). Present gains and comforts, eternal life and bliss. For " godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come." [See Addenda to chap, xviii., Religion.] Topic: NONCONFORMITY... | |
| Littleton Purnell Bowen - 1885 - 576 páginas
...what God has prescribed to us. In keeping the Divine precepts there is great reward ; godliness being profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come." I expected that Mr. Makemie, according to his wont, would enter into... | |
| Samuel Thayer Spear - 1886 - 420 páginas
...and immortality to light through the Gospel." He also says, in his First Epistle to Timothy : " But godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that [life] which is to come." Here are two lives — the present and the future ; and godliness... | |
| James Gough - 1886 - 164 páginas
...and peaceful passage through this vale of tears, as well as laying a good foundation for futurity. "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come ;" and those have in a general way proved most eminently serviceable,... | |
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