...patiently to wait for those spiritual blessings that are in reversion ; we are to be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us ; and every man who has this hope in him is to purify himself, as God is pure. FEAB. Fear, is a state...

...God.' Instead of endeavouring, by rage and abuse, to bring men to our sentiments, we are taught to be ready to give ' an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the faith that is in us ;' and to endeavour to reclaim an adversary in the spirit of meekness. In short,...

...excluded out of the new Jerusalem, Rev. xxi. 8. Peter, indeed, instructs us to be " ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, pir& f*6G«v," — "with fear," 1 Epist iii. 15 ; that is, with reverence unto God and the sacredness...

...but, whatever may be the effect on you, they are the "answer" which we are required to " give to any man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." SERMON IY, THE CONDITION OF MAN NOT BENEFITTED BY THE REJECTION OF CHKISTIANITY. JOHN vi. 68. — "...

...religion and Methodism are reasonable things, and we, as a people, will try to "Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in MS, with meekness and fear." Are we not too apt to think protracted meetings cannot be successfully...

...confuted ; if we are to be ' ready,' —that is, if we are to be qualified and prepared, — ' to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us,' — a penetration in abstruse questions, a quickness in philosophical discussion, a critical knowledge...

...appears peculiarly applicable at the present time. And, indeed, if we would " be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us,"f that direction is one to which we must give special heed; for the enemies of the truth are...

...and serve our day and generation. And the apostle Peter says that we are always to be ready to give to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us. Ah! it is very instructive to hear a man say, " I am like Poor Joseph." " I know Christ is a Saviour,...

...based on solid argument, as we are taught by the apostle when he tells us to " be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." It should be remembered, moreover, that Rome too has her devotees — her earnest and sincere adherents,...

...of us, who have become children in Christ Jesus, the word of God demands that we be " ready to give to every man that asketh us, a reason of the hope that is in us." It is essential, then, to the Christian hope, that we know why we hope. Accordingly, let me first ask...