‘Strengthened with all power, according to the          might of His glory, unto all patience and          longsuffering with joy.’–COL. i. 11 (R.V.).There is a wonderful rush and fervour in the prayers of Paul. No partsof his letters are so lofty, so impassioned, so full of his soul, aswhen he rises from speaking of God to men to speaking…

          ‘God is able to make all grace abound toward you;          that ye, always having all-sufficiency in all          things, may abound to every good work.’–2 COR.          ix. 8.In addition to all his other qualities the Apostle was an extremely goodman of business; and he had a field for the exercise of that quality inthe collection for the poor saints…

    ‘And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and    said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go    up into the mountain; 18. And see the land, what it is;    and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be    strong or weak, few or many; 19. And what the land is    that they dwell in,…

    ‘And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the    Hebrew.’    GENESIS xiv. 13.This is a singular designation of Abram as ‘The Hebrew.’ Probably wehave in its use here a trace of the customary epithet which he boreamong the inhabitants of Canaan, and perhaps the presence of the namein this narrative may indicate the influence of…

A great act of renunciation at the divine call lies at the foundationof Israel’s history, as it does at the foundation of every life thatblesses the world or is worth living. The divine Word to Abram firstgives the command in all its authoritativeness and plain setting forthof how much had to be surrendered, and then…