...amidst the pressure of their difficulties, they have contributed so largely for missionary purposes. " The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." So be it.* It was agreed that, instead of the committees formerly existing, there should be instituted...

...deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things ; And by liberal things shall he stand. [1 Timothy vi. 17.] 7. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust...

...giver, enabled him to illustrate the blessed maxim, foretold as characterizing the reign of Christ, "the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." 2nd, By Christian cheerfulness. His delicate state of health must have been very discouraging to one...

...watered also himself. Pr. 13. 7. There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. Is. 32. 8. The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand. Mat. 19. 29. Every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or...

...vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful ;" and verse 8, " But the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." (5.) -It will be a time of excellent order in the church of Christ. The true government and discipline...

...deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by liberal things shall he stand." Now this only requires a little attention to render it, I think, perfectly plain. The general sense...

...helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they shall all fail together. " But the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand. " Now will I rise, saith the Lord, now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself; "Fear not, -for...

...generosity of a willing people, which cheered, in some sense, the darkest hour. To God be all the glory. " The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." It gives me no less, and in some respects greater satisfaction, to record, that I have been constituted...

...returned it, he told him he had given it to him, and he himself would wear his old one another year. " The liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by liberal things shall he stand." An unconverted young man also gave me half a dollar. In the seven days following, I attended two meetings...

...Now shall such a people as this suffer unpitied, unassisted ? He who hath established this rule, ' The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand,' has disposed the hearts of our brethren in the southern colonies to contribute handsomely already ;...