...the words of the Lord Je' sus, how he said, " It is more blessed to give than to receive." ' And 36 when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all. 1 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, ' sor- 37 rowing most of all for...

...ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." And when he had...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. We do not feel surprised at their great distress, when we consider that they were assured they...

...presumptuous to compare this visit with St. Paul's farewell interview with the elders of Ephesus. " And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." In Mr. Parsons' journal I fmd the following notice of his visit with his friends in Troy. ".November...

...ought to support the weak, and to remember " the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is " more blessed to give than to receive. And " when he had...kissed " him; sorrowing most of all for the words which SE»M. vin.] toward God and toward men. 1 75 " he spake, that they should see his face no " more. And...

...flock of Christ. Then, when he had done speaking to them, " he kneeled down, and prayed with them. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck and...him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they should see his face no more." CHAPTER XXI. Paul returns to Jerusalem. •. * PAUL,...

...converts, who seem to have had a peculiar hold on his affections, " all wept sore, and fell on his neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." Yet it may be questioned whether St. Paul was ever in spirit nearer heaven, or ever abounded...

...Ephesus endured on their final parting with the apostle Paul, over whom we are told they wept sore, " sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." But he is not reduced to this distressing alternative. Death may enter into the habitations...

...conceived than expressed. Like a good father taking his last leave of his children, the venerable Apostle kneeled down, and prayed with them all. " And they all wept sore ;" and, with further expressions of tenderness and concern, " fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, sorrowing...

...When, at Miletus, " Paul kneeled down and prayed with the brethren, they all wept sore, and fell on his neck, and kissed him ; sorrowing most of all for the...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." But think of Christ ! What s benefactor, what a master was he ! How had he endeared himself...

...loss— that they wept sore, and, after the patriarchal custom of their age and nation, " fell upon his neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." Between the unworthy individual who now addresses you, like Paul, for Ithe last time, and that...