DISCOURSE: 811 A CAUTION AGAINST DEPENDING UPON FUTURE TIME Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of to-morrow: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth_. THE opinions of men are not less opposite to the mind of God in what relates to practice, than in the most mysterious doctrines of our holy r... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 812 ENVY Proverbs 27:4. _Who is able to stand before envy?_ MAN is an enemy to his fellow man: nor is there any one who does not on some occasion experience reason for this complaint. But, if some find means of aggression, others obtain means of defence; some in their own powers; others... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 813 THE HEARTS OF MEN ALIKE Proverbs 27:19. _As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man_. THERE are many things which are justly considered as axioms, of the truth of which we are fully convinced, because they are the result of observation and experience: yet, being d... [ Continue Reading ]