...Christ is addressed : '• I know thy works ; that thouhast a name, that thou livest, and art dead. 2e watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die ; for I have not found thy works perfect before God." If there be any one who is inclined to listen...

...into a train for "catching the aacreft flame '!" If they cannot thus submit themselves, let them " be watchful and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die." The mind of man is too prone to substitute its own previous conceptions of the manner in which God...

...God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that 2 thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die : for I have not found thy works 3 perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and...

...the authority of his power and spirit. And John writes to the church of Sardis, and encourages ' to be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die ; for I know thy works, thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead; for I have not found thy works...

...loitering amidst the occupations or the cares or the pleasures of life, to need the monitory rebuke, " Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die ; for I have not found thy works perfect before God ! " And can our High Priest fail to be offended,...

...Sardis, when the Saviour said, " I know thy works, that thou hast a name, that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die."6 Such also, in a still more deplorable degree, was their case at Laodicea, of whom he said, "...

...thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. Id', ii. 4, 5. saith the Psalmist, of the Messiah) art fairer than the children of men ; ; for 1 have nut found thy works perfect before God. As many ;is I love I rebuke and chasten : be zealous...

...angels of the seven churches: "1 have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. Thou art neither cold nor hot, I would thou wert cold or hot; so then because thou art lukewarm, and...

...appointed solemnities of religion. What was written to the church in Sardis? The address was this : — "Be watchful, and strengthen the " things which remain, that are ready to die. Remember " how thou hast received and heard; hold fast and " repent." If we recollect how great, how...

...Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. * Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. ' Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are the issues of life. 7 Set a watch, O Lord,...