 | George Angier Gordon - Congregational churches - 1906 - 460 pages
...surer will be our growth in kindness. What is our religion ? It is the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might become rich. What is our religion ? It is the loving-kindness and tender mercy of God revealed... | |
 | 1865 - 818 pages
...with him. His heart grew warm and his words waxed eloquent as he dwelt on the love of the Saviour, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich. His unwearied and gratuitous labours in behalf of the trust-estate deserve grateful mention. As a steward... | |
 | 1881 - 798 pages
...words and deeds that shall brighten their homes, rejoice their hearts, and lead them to think of Him who, " though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might become rich." Then " the blessing of him that was ready to perish will come upon ua : and we... | |
 | John Lafayette Girardeau - Presbyterian Church - 1907 - 424 pages
...obedient unto death, even the death of the cross? Why? "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich." In that life of Jesus of Nazareth, which designated Him "a man of sorrows, and... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - Presbyterian Church - 1909 - 834 pages
...obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross ? Why ? "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich." In that life of Jesus of Nazareth, which designated Him "a man of sorrows, and... | |
 | Ernest Manly Taylor - Brome (Québec : County) - 1908 - 356 pages
...liberality and desiring to do something in compact for the promotion of His cause, who though rich for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich, and likewise for the amelioration of our suffering fellow creatures, we whose names are under written... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - Presbyterian Church - 1909 - 798 pages
...obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross ? Why? "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich." In that life of Jesus of Nazareth, which designated Him "a man of sorrows, and... | |
 | 1909 - 412 pages
...not be "lords over God's heritage, but ensamples to the flock" (i Peter v. 3), like Jesus Christ, who "for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich" (2 Cor. viii. 9). "The disciple is not above his Master," are the Master's words, and Christ, who lived... | |
 | Ellen G. White - Apostles - 1911 - 648 pages
...strengthens the spirit of beneficence in the giver's heart, allying him more closely to the One who was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich. The act of the widow who cast two mites — all . that she had — into the treasury, is placed on... | |
 | Europe - 1911 - 642 pages
...strengthens the spirit of beneficence in the giver's heart, allying him more closely to the One who was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich. The act of the widow who cast two mites — all that she had — into the treasury, is placed on record... | |
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