 | John Brown - 1855 - 804 pages
...being stated in a distinct manner to others. If we would " be ready to give an answer to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us," we must attend to the wise man's declaration, " The heart of the wise studietk to answer/' 1 We must... | |
 | Richard Whately (abp. of Dublin.) - 1855 - 236 pages
...others to endeavour, to comply with the apostolic precept to " be always ready to give to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us."* For, besides the tendency in many persons to save themselves the trouble of thought and study, on the... | |
 | Andrew Manship - 1856 - 430 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1856 - 360 pages
...assent without any reason. And if we would be taught by them, we must be " prepared to answer every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." LESSON III. ANCIENT BOOKS. § 1. WE have said that Christians, even those who have not received what... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1856 - 158 pages
...assent without any reason. And if we would be taught by them we must be " prepared to answer every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." LESSON III. ANCIENT BOOKS. § 1. You have been taught that Christians, — even those who have not... | |
 | Richard Whately - 1856 - 218 pages
...others to endeavour, to comply with the apostolic precept to " be always ready to give to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." ' For, besides the tendency in many persons to save themselves the trouble of thought and study, on... | |
 | David Nutt - 1857 - 618 pages
...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... | |
 | Paris expos. univ. internat. de 1855 - 1857 - 404 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Benjamin Stewart Mathias - 1857 - 228 pages
...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... | |
 | Jonas Evans - 1857 - 128 pages
...and obtrusive; though the scripture directs us to " be ready always to give an answer to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear." The question which Philip the Evangelist proposed to the officer of Queen... | |
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... be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear. 
