...When our Lord approached the place where he was, he looked up and saw him, and said unto him, Zaceheus make, haste, and come down, for to-day I must abide at thy house. Luke xix. 5. The publican immediately obeyed the Divine command, expressed liis joy at our Lord's great...

...4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and...come down ; for to-day I must abide at thy house.' 6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it they all murmured,...

...who never lets an honest effort be slighted ! Assuredly, he will receive the gracious invitation, ' Zaccheus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must abide at thy house!'* The door of his heart will be knocked by Him whose promise extends to every human being : — ' Behold,...

...therefore, improve every mean of grace ; and we may hope that we shall sooner or later meet with a blessing. "And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him." The further we go in this story, the more we are Jelighted. Zaccheus comes to see Jesus, and Jesus...

...sycamoretree to see him ; for he was to pass that way. And when JESUS came to the place, he-looked up and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make...joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, »aying, That he was gone to be a guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zaccheus stood, and aaid unto...

...publican, Follow me; and he instantly left all and followed him. He said to Zaccheus, Come down, this day I must abide at thy house ; and he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. He spake with amazing meekness. — While he reproved his enemies with fidelity and sharpness, he addressed...

...a Christian indeed ; the Lord therefore brings him at once from his height of idle speculation : " Zaccheus, make " haste and come down, for to-day I must abide at thy house." • That sin can do a believer no harm,' is a consequence contained in the preceding notion; but besides...

...into a sycamore tree that be might see Jesus, who was to pass that way ; our blessed Lord looked up, saw him, and said unto him, " Zaccheus, make haste...haste, and came down, and received him joyfully." Now, observe, as soon as this rich man — the chief among the publicans, avowed himself a disciple,...

...climbed up into a sycamore-tree to see him ; for he was to pass that way. 5 And the when Jesus came to place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him,...come down : for to-day I must abide at thy house. 6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all murmured,...

...to seek and to save that which was lost arrived at the place, and thus addressed him : " Zacchseus, make haste, and come down ; for to-day I must abide at thy house." The call was personal: "Zacchseus." Christ calls His own sheep by name. It was earnest : " Make haste."...