...and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works — not evil works. "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me." We cannot follow Him and follow Satan at the same time. It was very unexpected to me to be thus drawn...

...intelligent Christian can follow any other. Jesus says : " FOLLOW ME." " IF ANY MAN WILL COME UNTO ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME." This cross is no imagination: it is no idea or theory: it is an intensely personal death unto sin and...

...confess him before the world. He laid down the terms of discipleship when he said, " Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me." Here we may see, that although self-defence may be the first law of nature, selfdenial is the first...

...from denial of self in the heart and 1n. SHOCK GIVEN TO THE SCION. 119 in the soul. " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." It is the cross that unites God to man ; and it is the cross that unites man to God. It is by His self-sacrifice...

...this was done without opposition. You know that which his Master and ours has said : ' If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.' Oberlin, like all others, found this true ; but he sought to overcome evil with good. and did succeed...

...self-denial in detail, springing from denial of self in the heart and in the soul. " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." It is the cross that unites God to man, and it is the cross that unites man to God. It is by His self-sacrifice...

...their exercise. At last, he had a Divine admonition," and he heard these words : " He that desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me."'* Already, St. Kilian had announced the Gospel with much fruit in his own country. According to some...

...Christ, we shall be made willing to bear His cross, as well as wear His crown — " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." I Eiight greatly extend this parallel, and enlarge upon the hints given ; but, I fear, I have said...

...appetite and sated revenge, — Come unto me, and ye shall und peace unto your souls. If any man will come after me let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow my example ; for whosoever to save his life shall lose his honour or forsake his God, shall luse more...

...that be of God, but the things that be of man." Then said Jesus unto His disciples, " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." So far from being deflected from His purpose by the counsels of His disciples, our blessed Lord seems...