...in the Christian world produces good results. Amongst others, it promotes the discovery of truth. " As iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." As it is only when rubbed together that material substances give birth to fire, so it is only by the...

...Nineveh ! ON A FRIEND. ' ' A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ' ' " Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." — SOLOMON. Come, heavenly Muse, and assist me to sing, And over my soul thy sweet influence send...

...profitable we have found wise and friendly counsel in times of perplexity. Well has Solomon said, " Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend," Prov. xxvii. 17. Let us, then, while we look cautiously around in the selection of friends, strive...

...walketh with wisft men, shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Prov. xviii. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Jlvoid evil company. — Ps. i. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,...

...earth, we discoursed with freedom and unreserve of the things of heaven. Solomon has observed, that " as iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend;" and I think the effect of our interviews at Minorca was strikingly illustrative of the justness of...

...very fact that they were " brethren," one with him in Christ, was full of comfort and encouragement. " Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." Dr. Peck is a first-rate Biblical scholar, and we have not the least idea he will ever think of vindicating...

...met dear Margaret Anderson going towards Carlisle ; but like one who felt something of that truth ' as iron sharpeneth iron so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend,' she had the chaise turned, and went back with us the seventeen miles she had travelled, and after dining...

...exposing her ill temper, than to suppress the violence of the wind, or the perfume of precious ointment. " Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." The social intercourse of friends helps to quicken their intelligence, and to enliven their spirits;...

...lovingly received my visit to them ; so that I had occasion to remember that saying of the holy Scripture, "Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend !" The fifth-day of the week we had a large meeting at Flushing, and another in the evening at Obadiah...

...is indispensable that we seek to stir up each other by mutual conference and such like appliances; for, "as iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." But our main resource must ever be, to go together and beseech the Lord to stir up and sharpen us....