...questions of still greater moment than the one which was now discussed, and may enable them to " give to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in them." Surely a mind so furnished must be more impregnable to the insidious assaults of infidelity...

...has been repeatedly made in its walls j and though as hard put to it as the jews, " to give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in them" yet, like them, they wrap their heads in darkness, and evade and shun the light of truth,...

...delivering his religious sentiments with firmness, with meekness, -and modesty. As he is ready to give to every one that asketh, a reason of the hope that is in him ; so must he be careful that the hope itself be clearly and explicitly declared. He must not...

...enthusiastic, but a rational faith which Christianity requires : we are always to be in readiness to give, to every one that asketh, a reason of the hope that is in us. Thus only will you be qualified to convince gainsayers ; to refute the cavils of sceptics and...

...because many false prophets are gone, out into the world," (1 John iv. 1.) " Be ready to give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in you ;" and it was St Paul's advice to the Corinthians, that they should " examine themselves whether they were in...

...hold it fast ; to be ever ready to profess our belief of it, and ever ready, also, to give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in us. Nor can I conceive how the command, to confess Christ before men, or the duty of not shunning...

...works. 1 Pet. iii. 15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts ; and be ready always to -give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. Micah iv. 5. For all people will walk every one in the name of his God,...

...not speak at all ? Does not the Holy Ghost expressly order us to ' be ready always to give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in us ?' And how can we give a reason of our hope, if we do not tell what our hope is? Or can we discover...

...not speak at all ? Does not the Holy Ghost expressly order us to ' be ready always to give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in us (' And how can we give a reason of our hope, if we do not tell what our hope is ? Or can we discover...

...inspiration of the holy Scriptures, who walk according 'to its high commands, and are able to give " to -every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in them with meekness and fear." It is indeed consolatory to reflect, that persons in the highest situation,...