...the pious liberality of a Jew : and yet, we profess to be imitators of Him who though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich. Who can know with certainty, that they are equal to a trial to which they have never been exposed ?...

...present made to God, to one whose goodness towards us we never can repay, " who though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich," — that no respect is observed, that all reverential feeling seems to have vanished, that our greater...

...ourselves voluntarily under the most solemn obligation to ' prove the sincerity of our love towards Him who for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich ' (2 Cor. viii. 8, 9) : so that, wherever among us Christians these obligations arc neglected, the...

...i. 32.) What is the great rnmedy ? Surely to look at the Lord Jesus, " who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich." Let us lay all we have, much or little, at His feet. Then we shall be " as having nothing, and yet...

...of examples, even of Him who proved the sincerity of His love to us ; and, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich (2 Cor. viii. 8, 9). tion ; to shrink back from it with a shuddering horror, as one would shrink back...

...of their church and ordinances, from a feeling of indebtedness to H im who " though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich." It is doubtless a well-known fact that the majority of Native Christians are poor, and are consequently...

...all Christian ages and tongues, join with one accord to ascribe all unto Him who, " though rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich" ? PART FOURTH. I. THE QUEST OF THE CHIEF GOOD. II. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. III. THE CITY OF GOD. " Sith...

...months we have been studying the life on earth of Him who, though rich — richer far than Dives — for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich. To-day we turn from the more immediate study of the marvellous facts of that life to consider what...

...man, who, having studied the lessons of self-denial at the feet of Him who, " though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich," hath bestowed upon this great cause more than of his abundance ? Where is the man who has deprived...

...Luke i. 79) ; a death to be completed hereafter (Rev. ii. 11). (IT) Lendeth unto the Lord. — Who " for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich " (2 Cor. viii. 9), and Who regards all done to one of his poor brethren as done unto Himself (Matt....