...that spirit which we desire? We read ' that a good soldier of Jesus Christ en* tangleth himself not with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier ;' or, as Guyse explains it, ' he must not follow any civil calling, unprofitable reading, or unnecessary...

...desire ? We read « that a good " soldier of Jesus Christ entangleth himself not with the af" fairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen " him to be a soldier;' or, as Guyse explains it, « he must " not follow any civil calling, unprofitable reading, or unne"...

...hardness, as a good soldier of Jésus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with thé aflfairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6 The husbandman...

...desire ? We read « that a good " soldier of Jesus Christ entangleth himself not with the af" fairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen " him to. be a soldier;' or, as Guyse explains it, • he must " not follow any civil calling, unprofitable reading, or unne"...

...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 ;...may please 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...

...good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal lifer. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; 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 ; 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...

...to Timothy. "Thou therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier "of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth him"self with the affairs of this life;...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...

...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...