...thus differ from us, let it be embraced in the spirit of brotherly kindness j remembering that " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men." If this course were more generally pursued, God would countenance and prosper the means employed in...

...of Christianity, whose sense and spirit are described in those excellent words of St. Paul ; " The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance...

...heart. But, foolish and 23 unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And 24 the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle...patient ; in meekness instructing those that oppose them- 25 selves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ;...

...suffering all injuries from them. And so he taught his followers, as St. Paul says, 2 Tim. ii. 24. " The servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men. — In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves," &c. And I cannot think but there was some...

...conscience ; the persecution and religious intolerance of the times distressed him very deeply- The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be. gentle unto all. Truly he was so ; the example of Jesus was reflected brightly in the life of this eminent saint, from...

...Tim. vi. 11. This is the exhortation of Paul to a missionary, and another is to this effect: " But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle...men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing them that oppose themselves." 2 Tim. ii. 25. " Put them in mind to be gentle, shewing all meekness...

...it, viz. That a minister should be ready, meekly to condescend to and instruct opposers ; " And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, iu meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance,...

...me not, O Lord, at my last hour, for any pains of death to fall from thee." CHAPTER XII. " And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient." — 2 Tim. ii. 24. WITH Bishop Sandford, as is seen in the notice of his life, the ministry was the...

...zeal for truth, much Christian meekness and gentleness. He had learned the apostle's doctrine — the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men. He seemed to act under the influence of that saying of his Divine Master, — "Blessed are the peace-makers:...

...himself. They are in a peculiar manner his servants. ' The servant of the Lord,' saith St. Paul, * must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach.' ' The servant of the Lord ;' who's that? are not all men God's servants ? is not he Lord of all ? Yes...