...having, on one occasion, received from the brethren a correct and judicious exposition of that passage, " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father, which is in heaven;" he observed, " I am now convinced that it is better for me, at present, to be...

...words of Christ. He interrupted me, and said, I know what our Lord says, "Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven ; but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father...

...saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ;" he has also said, " Whoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven." Is not the gilt of speech .one of the noblest grants we have received from God...

...words of Christ. He interrupted me, and said, I know what our Lord says, " Whosoever, thefefore, shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven ; but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father...

...Hence Christ in describing true love to himself, represents it as absolutely and necessarily supreme. " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I...will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven." He goes on to say, that his true disciples must love him not only mere than the applause of tlie worlo,...

...pronounced those words, Matt. x. 32, 33. "Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven : but whosoever...will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven." Had you heard him speak after this manner, when as yet his disciples were under no such trials, you...

...who declared, " he that taketh not his cross and follow" eth after me is not worthy of me ;" and " whosoever shall confess me before men. " him will I also confess before my Father " which is in heaven, but whosoever shall 73 " deuy me before men, him will T also deny {1 before iny...

...yourselves under the banner of the Cross. And is this a slight blessing? Has not our Lord promised, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in Heaven9? And has he not threatened, Whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words,...

...himself decides the question, where he *ays to his believing disciples, ' Whosoever shall couK6 less me before men, him will I also confess before my Father...in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will 1 also deny before my Father who is in heaven.' It was undoubtedly an attention to this scripture...

...Divine Master gives us this solemn admonition : " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I deny before my Father, which is in heaven 1 ." Finally, if we thus seek to know our duty,...