...influence "no man can say that Jesus is the Lord,"* even that divine wisdom, which if any man lack, " let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him."t I would thus awaken the memory of every one of you with respect to...

...wisdom, partial in the distribution of it ? doth not that overture reach indifferently to all, ' If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, — and it shall be given him ?' may not others be as inquisitve, as industrious, as sincere as we hi the search...

...bestow the illuminations of his grace. " If any man therefore lack wisdom," says the apostle James, " let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him." Here is at once direction and encouragement. Bend at the footstool...

...they excelled was an acquired habit ; but in the faithful, saving wisdom is an infused habit. If any lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, Jas. i. 5. Whence says Clemens, Wisdom cannot be bought with earthly coin ; nor is it sold in the market,...

...Our Lord meets this inquiry by the assurance, repeated by his apostles afterwards : " If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally." (James i. 5.) And as men often doubt the performance of promises, fearing lest they are too good to...

...abode with him." Do we feel our need of spiritual wisdom and divine direction ? It is written: " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own...

...temptations presented in various forms. There is only one grand remedy, if we would walk aright : " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him."|i 3. The way lies through a hostile country, and is therefore discouraging....

...passions. " For to man that is good in his sight, God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy." " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not" -Imperceptible it may be, yet real and powerful is the assistance which the Holy Spirit can impart...

...conversations with each other, and by prayer for vvisdom from above, often pleading the promise, " If any lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him." A very considerable part of the value of the memoir of such a child...

...in my name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John xvi. 33, 24. If any of you 3 not. and it shall be given him : but let him ask in faith, nothing wavering : for he that wavereth...