...grateful; for we have sufficient means of knowing the Apostle's feelings here. He was not one to say, " By the strength of my hand I have done it ; and by my wisdom, for I am prudent." No ; while he now writes as Paul expecting martyrdom for Christ, he forgets not Saul of Tarsus, who...

...vaunt of the Assyrian conqueror, for which God threatens to punish the fruit of his stout heart. " By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the...

...empire so together, as to make them more entirely one. Thus proudly did he boast ; (Is. x. 13, 14):" By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am prudent. And I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the...

...it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. For he saith, by the strength of mine hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent. Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that...

...in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. For he saith, by the strength of mine hand 1 have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent. Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that...

...of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and theglory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By die strength of my hand I have done it. and by my wisdom i for 1 am prudent : and I have removed the bounds ot the people, and have robbed their treasures,...

...than inquire of God, and ask leave of him: as the Assyrian (Isa. x. 13), 'By the strength of my hands I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am prudent.' When we attempt things in the strength of our own heads, and parts, and trust in our own industry,...

...punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down...

...punish the fruit of 3* the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down...

...Lord." It is not for the Baptist Missionary Society, any more than for the king of Assyria to say, " By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am prudent." The history is also eminently encouraging to humble Christians who, impelled by love to the Redeemer...