...will be proportionably strong. Many unhappy family circles have owned the truth of the sentence, " A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...their contentions are like the bars of a castle." The presuming, who intrude on & stranger's hospitality, and the officious who fawn for favour, have...

...causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. A brother offended it harder to lie toon Thon dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteri A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall...

...household divided against itself, brother against brother, and truly it is written in the Scriptures, " a brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, and the contentions thereof are like the bars of a castle." The unholy living sanctioned in the Church...

...to this view, the emphasis of the language of Solomon is greater than is generally apprehended, — "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...their contentions are like the bars of a castle." * A traveller thus describes the entrance into a monastery, near Jerusalem : " The passage is so low...

...and sparingly performed ? Is it not almost as true in reference to the church, as it is to the world. "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...their contentions are like the bars of a castle." Prov. xviii, 19. As no duty is more mistaken, as well as neglected, and as forgiveness includes much...

...been so. For " behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity;" but " a brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...their contentions are like the bars of a castle." We add only, in this connection, that extremes in doctrine commonly lead to extremes in practice. So...

...estrangement may go between the professed followers of the Lamb, and illustrating that ancient proverb, " a brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city." The third part gives a short account of the early history of the author. — His wanderings — emigration...

...cometh and searcheth him. 18 The lot causcth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. IDA brother offended is harder to be won than a strong...and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. 20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth ; and with the increase of his lips...

...Ghost, the entire spirit of our religion, says, You must n'4 contend. I have read in the Proverbs that "a brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, and their contentions arc like the bars of a castle." We may ask. cannot the spirit of the Alliance melt those bars ? Can...

...so there is no so great enmity amongst any others as amongst them, who of friends become enemies. " A brother offended is harder to be won, than a strong city," Prov. xviii. 19: and such contentions are like the bars of a castle. A twine thread, if it be broken,...