...comes down from above, make you holy and make you amiable — then will you find that godliness is the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come — then will you find that wisdom will be more precious to you than rubies — that its loveliness,...

...and onward stages of his progress ; yet I still claim, that the word of the Lord standeth sure — ' that godliness . hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' In illustration of this position, it may in the first place be remarked, that the objects...

...the whole race, especially of the vast crowds of its population ; every thing declares that she has promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Much less am I to be understood as implying, that these details of our national and temporal...

...bypast volume of human transactions, having for its moral, that " purity of life hath for its reward the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." To attest its truth, the parish church of Suverdsio, among the Dalecarlian hills, yet bears...

...know from Scripture and observation and experience, th:it it is profitable unto all things, and has promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. But allowing that it were all gloom, and self denial, and sacrifice, and suffering here ;...

...Now, it is a certain and comfortable truth, that " Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." lTim.iv.8. But verily, my dear friend, I have no notion that God has made one promise of...

...felicities of heaven, DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR SOULS. " Godliness is profitable fdr all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Your situation is a very dangerous one ; you are in a very unprotected state ; and you need...

...bypast volume of human transactions, having for its moral, that " purity of life hath for its reward the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." To attest its truth, the parish church of Suverdsio, among the Dalecarlian hills, yet bears...

...pleasure, as it is to your future welfare ; — that " godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Wisdom and religion are one and the same thing : and " the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness,...

...These and many other impressive images are used by the sacred penmen to show, that godliness has the "promise of the life that now is^" as well as of "that which is to come." Joy is our duty, glory, health, The sunshine of the soul ; The best return that we can make...