(2)The rearing of a generation of worship-loving people. It was when Peter looked on the waves that he began to sink.2. My little nephew was out in the garden one evening with his father sowing peas; next morning he took a basket and was going out to gather the crop, and was greatly disappointed when told the peas were not yet grown. Be it then observed, as Scripture teacheth, that the work is of grace, and the reward of grace. And to holy David indeed it might more justly be said, that he ought not to have been angry; no, not with one however ungrateful and rendering evil for good; yet if, as man, anger did steal over him, he ought not to have let it so prevail, that he should swear to do a thing which either by giving way to his rage he should do, or by breaking his oath leave undone. Our ways of doing good may often be antiquated and cumbrous. One of the places where the Spirit has promised to yield 30, 60, 100 fold is in the teaching of God's Word. And sometimes God favours those, who thus enter upon the work zealously and affectionately, in their first efforts, with remarkable success. It is just the contrary; they are given to the soul in reality. Macknight, D. D.1. 10, 11, &c.--"Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah," &c. It is strange to think what mercy is mixed with the most wrath like strokes and threatenings. events were vitalized. It was necessary to drill and blast a foot, two feet, six, ten, eighteen, twenty feet, and then I struck a spring. "In Due Season we Shall Reap if we Faint Not" (Gal. that silken cocoon! (3)Fellow Christians are cold and indifferent. 16). Being invited to tea by Madam de Vassenaar (one of the first quality in the Hague), I waited upon her in the afternoon. In order to do this 1. SOME PLACES WHERE WE ARE LIABLE TO GROW WEARY.1. In the first place, your duty is, to be engaged "in well-doing;" that is to say, in doing well, in doing good, in doing that which is just and approved in the sight of God. The mighty name of "Christian" combines many of the strongest arguments to unwearying service.1. Recollect that the time is short, and that you cannot afford to be weary.5. We are sowers of seed here. The path is as much the king's highway as ever; its banks as green, its turns as beautiful, its trees as picturesque: but you have become weary, and your footsteps have flagged. And as the farmer has long patience, so ought we to have long patience. The second persevering grace is hope. The text may be regarded, in the first place, as marking out the Christian man's vocation in the present world. fastened in it you are dead while you live. )Reaping in due seasonT. As introductory to the following dissertation, I shall explain and define certain terms that frequently occur in it, especially canon, apocryphal, ecclesiastical, and the like. It is the prospect of this that purifies the heart, and exalts the affections beyond the earth to things above. (4)Well-doing requires sacrifices, and we are prone to selfishness. Many say, if I were but sure of doing good, God knows I would try. Watson. Yet he was not weary in well-doing.II. It is the object of constant attack on the part of its assailants: and believers are content too often to accept it "on faith," which means that they despair of giving a rational J. "Even the youths shall faint and be weary but they that wait on God shall renew their strength" (Isaiah 60:30).4. We are too ready to suppose that our exertions for the present and future benefit of our fellow-creatures are utterly without success, because we do not see the success. The expression there is the same that is found here; His own Father; God was His own Father. vi. It is, indeed, beautiful beyond expression. Believers are not of it, or conformed to it; but they are in it, and they must live to promote its welfare.II. When it comes it will abundantly repay us.The present reward is (1)The conversion of the children. There is temptation to weariness in "well-doing" from the very number of methods by which it may be persued.IV. And now let me request your attention to the last suggestion derivable from this text: That the assurance of certain reward, in connection with the fulfilment of the Christian vocation, is a sufficient motive to perseverance therein under every temptation to weariness.(C. "Be not weary in well-doing." "In due season. To resist the evil world.III. (2)Doing implies toil, and human nature is fond of ease. Kanon, as an ecclesiastical term, has a very interesting history. There are abundant opportunities for everybody.3. (1)Some think their work less important than at first. The evil to which the Christian is exposed, and against which he is cautioned weariness in well-doing.III. First, the rivalry of other workers forbids weariness.1. 14. Ah! 6) in imprinting Himself on the soul, impresses the characters of His different states; and to bear all the states of Jesus Christ is far more sublime, than merely Madame GuyonA Short and Easy Method of PrayerGrowth in Grace. So, for instance, you remember he puts Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Glory of the Cross"God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ."--GAL. Be not weary in well-doing.1. Man's life progresses, and each age has its character. M. The third principle of unwearied stedfastness and increase in the work of the Lord, is a conviction of the evil of sin. No; his desire was to do that which Christ did; he desired so to follow Christ as he himself exhorts others to follow Christ.III. My little nephew was out in the garden one evening with his father sowing peas; next morning he took a basket and was going out to gather the crop, and was greatly disappointed when told the peas were not yet grown. vi. It was when Peter looked on the waves that he began to sink.2. It was when Peter followed from afar that he denied Him. A. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Doing Good to All'As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all. Recollect that the time is short, and that you cannot afford to be weary.5. The want of faith.II. See Westcott's account of it, On the New Testament Canon, p. 498 ff. This is what he is specially called to the business of his life his "being's end and aim."1. First, that the fulfilment of the Christian vocation is connected with certain reward in the future. (3) When we do not carry religion into our worldly business. Lift up Rev. In order to do this 1. "Even the youths shall faint and be weary but they that wait on God shall renew their strength" (Isaiah 60:30).4. Keep Christ in full view. (5)The difficulty of the work.III. 'As we have therefore'--that points a finger backwards to what has gone before. THE CHRISTIAN'S DUTY. To restrain natural passions and propensities. But don't be "disheartened" (see Greek). Let us, in conclusion, consider the reason which the apostle urges for our observance of this injunction. He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,2. But we have reason to apprehend that we are weary in well-doing. It is a pronominal adjective, which signifies possession; which signifies a peculiar appropriateness when it is joined with any particular substantive. VI. (3)Want of order and discipline in the school.3. I reply something is to be attributed in this tendency to the love which the human mind has for novelty. And the boy looks from the beginning of his arithmetic through to the last page, and says: "I shall never get through that."2. Let us, in conclusion, consider the reason which the apostle urges for our observance of this injunction. I might appeal on the ground of self-interest only in well-doing can we develop our own natures into the fulness of their powers. "We shall reap."1. How animating the motive to perseverance and progress in grace, that the fruit of these things shall be peace and joy unspeakable for evermore!(R. x. H. Spurgeon.s: I. If left to itself--to the undisturbed development of G. We found also in the conclusion of the same chapter the overflow of GOD'S love in the rich and comprehensive blessing which so appropriately follows, and forms the connecting link between Nazarite separation and the princely service set forth in Chap. They were less thoughtful than when she took charge of them. The full harvest hereafter. 9). M. Clay Trumbull The pious Quesnel says that "God Edward M. BoundsThe Essentials of PrayerExcursus on the Use of the Word "Canon. The original sense, "a straight rod" or "line," determines all its religious applications, which begin with St. Paul's use of it for a prescribed sphere of apostolic work (2 Cor. vi. The apostle doubtless understood that while the end is the first in God's purpose, it is the last in manifestation. My little nephew was out in the garden one evening with his father sowing peas; next morning he took a basket and was going out to gather the crop, and was greatly disappointed when told the peas were not yet grown. He was born in Shropshire, England, December 18, 1864, and graduated from Richmond College, London University, in 1889. "In due season we shall reap, if we faint not."--GAL. W. Well-doing from right motives is the most difficult of all works. E. Flower, M. The original sense, "a straight rod" or "line," determines all its religious applications, which begin with St. Paul's use of it for a prescribed sphere of apostolic work (2 Cor. She received us with that easy openness and affability which is almost peculiar to Christians John WesleyThe Journal of John Wesley"Hear the Word of the Lord, Ye Rulers of Sodom, Give Ear unto the Law of Our God, Ye People of Gomorrah,"Isaiah i. )Be not wearyC. Learn from the devotee of many a false god; from the worshipper of Siva, who, drunk with opium, swings on the flesh-hook at some horrid festival, or prostrates himself before the advancing car of Juggernaut, making this revolting self-sacrifice to pacify the raging of a guilty conscience, or to gain the ephemeral applause of an ignorant mob; even he is not weary with his work.(H. Well-doing must respect the world. In the same passage he informs us that this treatise was undertaken during the years in which he was occupied with his great work on the Saint Augustineour lord's sermon on the mountAll that is Born of the Flesh must be Born of the Spirit. In the former chapter we have shown, from Scripture and from reason, that our Church teaches only the plain truth, when she confesses that: "After Adam's fall, all men, begotten after the common course of nature, are born with sin." 10, 11, &c.--"Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah," &c. It is strange to think what mercy is mixed with the most wrath like strokes and threatenings. We are too ready to suppose that our exertions for the present and future benefit of our fellow-creatures are utterly without success, because we do not see the success. Talmage.Many years ago, in England, a lad heard Mr. Flavel preach from the text: "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema maranatha." Is a source of genuine joy.(D. The third persevering grace is love. We find Jacob wrestling with the wondrous angel of God's covenant through the entire night, and prevailing not till the morning began to break. The love of sin is like a stone in the pipe which hinders the current of water. On account then of these either occupations of the servants of God, or bodily infirmities, which cannot be altogether wanting, not only doth the Apostle permit the needs of saints to be supplied by good believers, but also most wholesomely exhorteth. (5)Satan and the world will be against us, so that we must fight and wrestle even in doing good. Some are later, too, than others; but the promise is sure, stable as the everlasting hills; sowing the seed, which "is the Word," will naturally produce all its legitimate effects. Live in unseen communings.II. A Christian will not be weary of service, that hath the crown in his eye. He sees the triumph of all that you struggle for, the defeat of all that you hate. Again: unwearied continuance in "well-doing" has the distinct promise of success.(G. They were less thoughtful than when she took charge of them. The only proper prayer in such a case is, Lord, hold up our goings in a safe path; for if one slips all of us may perish.'"--H. (1) Because such words as these are written in the Bible (Matthew 18:21-35). M. Punshon, D. D.)Be not wearyJames Sherman.I. The human body is, as well as the soul, the purchase of the blood of Christ. The causes of weariness. What the injunction "to grow in grace" does not mean. I encouraged her to "labour and to wait." So, for instance, you remember he puts Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Glory of the Cross"God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ."--GAL. Brown, B. (2)Because this is the great end of our regeneration, that we may live to God. Learn from the devotee of many a false god; from the worshipper of Siva, who, drunk with opium, swings on the flesh-hook at some horrid festival, or prostrates himself before the advancing car of Juggernaut, making this revolting self-sacrifice to pacify the raging of a guilty conscience, or to gain the ephemeral applause of an ignorant mob; even he is not weary with his work.(H. M. Punshon, D. D.I. TRUE WELL-DOING BRINGS WITH IT APPROPRIATE RESULTS.1. vi. D. Horwood.In the earlier days of Christianity, when it had to contend against the prejudices and intolerance of ages; when the bigotry of the Jew fiercely opposed it, and the philosophy of the Greek and Roman despised it, and when the bitterness of persecution grew up into greater fierceness, it was then that the earlier and devoted Christians, exposed to all manner of trial and death on all sides, had need of encouragement.I. VII. The next day his comrade that remained found a nugget of gold that supported him until he made a fortune. The first-fruits here. Lucifer is as active, as constantly and earnestly, as Gabriel. The original sense, "a straight rod" or "line," determines all its religious applications, which begin with St. Paul's use of it for a prescribed sphere of apostolic work (2 Cor. --1 COR. R. Reynolds, B. A.Let us not be weary in well-doing in consequence of I. He was born in Shropshire, England, December 18, 1864, and graduated from Richmond College, London University, in 1889. We now propose to consider more fully why this James Hudson TaylorSeparation and ServiceConcerted Prayer"A tourist, in climbing an Alpine summit, finds himself tied by a strong rope to his trusty guide, and to three of his fellow-tourists. (1)The flesh cries out for ease. What the injunction "to grow in grace" does not mean. Does not death still stalk, sword in hand, over the great battle-field of life?II. No; weariness in some form or other is the result of our infirmities, and as long as human nature remains what it is, the mind and the body will sink under its pressure. WELL-DOING IMPLIES FIXEDNESS OF WILL AND CHARACTER. All the conditions of his existence are training for his activity. Then there is another reason which ought to excite us to perseverance: the account we must render. Watson.It is a strange sight, to see a busy devil, and an idle Christian.2. "In due season. "In Due Season we Shall Reap if we Faint Not" (Gal. A third thought suggested by the view given us in the text of the Christian's vocation is that the believer is endowed, by God, with the capacity for imparting blessing to his fellow-men. Work on, work ever.(J. Then he picked up his shovel, and marked off a square, and began to see how long it would take him to cast that aside; then another and another, until the whole was cleared away. We are too ready to be "weary in well-doing," because we observe the apathy, the obstinacy, the carelessness, the ingratitude of those whom we seek to benefit.III. Oh I to hear my Master "say in that day, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" 16 (R.V.). )Perseverence in religious duties enforcedG. "Everything is beautiful in its season." H. BeibitzGloria Crucis21ST DAY. As they skirt a perilous precipice he cannot pray, Lord, hold up my goings in a safe path, that my footsteps slip not, but as to my guide and companions, they must look out for themselves.' ship: for thou mayest be no longer steward."III. H. BeibitzGloria Crucis21ST DAY. all the glory of thy salvation belongs to Jesus,--none to thyself; every jewel in thine eternal crown is His,--purchased by His blood, and polished by His Spirit. He has VariousThe World's Great Sermons, Volume 10On Mysteries --God Gives them Here in Reality. The Christian has a persevering enemy to slay.2. To save items to a SermonFolder, please sign in to your account. God's.(J. Beecher. You will be tempted to grow weary. 25. Well-doing from right motives is the most difficult of all works. "Give an account of thy steward. But don't be "disheartened" (see Greek). The first-fruits here. )Christian enduranceW. 18. Yet he was not weary in well-doing.II. Hugh BinningOf MysteriesOf Mysteries It may be objected, that, by this method, we shall have no mysteries imprinted on our minds: but it is quite the reverse; for it is the peculiar means of imparting them to the soul. Bow to a higher will.3. vi. We cannot calculate the hour nor the nature of our triumph, but we know that the Word of God standeth sure, and that the due season draweth nigh.(H. "(1)Be graciously abundant. 'As we have therefore'--that points a finger backwards to what has gone before. Only by well-doing, not spasmodically and occasionally, but of set intent and purpose. 9). Sunday-school teachers may appropriate this.3. AugustineOf the Work of Monks. "Be not weary in well-doing," BECAUSE AN UNFINISHED ENTERPRISE, OR A WORK INCOMPLETE THROUGH INCONSTANCY IS BOTH A DISTRESS AND A DISGRACE. "In due season we shall reap, if we faint not."--GAL. He began to shovel it away, but there seemed to be such a mountain of it he threw down his shovel in despair saying: "I can never clear away all that snow." THERE IS WELL-DOING OR GOODNESS THAT IS INCUMBENT ON US, viz., sowing to the Spirit. (5)The difficulty of the work.III. He was born in Shropshire, England, December 18, 1864, and graduated from Richmond College, London University, in 1889. It is, indeed, beautiful beyond expression. The reference in these words is probably to the cruel custom of branding slaves as we do cattle, with initials or signs, to show their ownership. A. Keep near to the Master. A right apprehension of these will make the observations advanced respecting the canon and its formation plainer. There are nine hindrances of mourning. IV. Should it not excite us to perseverance, when we think that Christ our Master has entrusted His cause in our hands? How soon does a spirit of weariness creep over us in our spiritual career. Recollect that the time is short, and that you cannot afford to be weary.5. Supposing that Sunday School teacher had built the pyramids, it would have been undeniably a great result of persistent labour, but it would have been such labour as would last at the longest for a limited time, and its use would be problematical, for we are not very sure why and for what the pyramids were built. THE CHRISTIAN'S DUTY. Man's life progresses, and each age has its character. vi. )The difficulty of well-doingH. I encouraged her to "labour and to wait." Having, then, assumed this, that we have learned to care for our own souls, and to regard our own immortal interests, the next point to be considered is, that we are bound to engage in "well-doing" for our fellow-creatures; for it is especially to this that the text refers. Then I add, you shall reap Divine approbation. (a)Highest form of charity is to teach the gospel. Lift up Rev. If left to itself--to the undisturbed development of G. "Only one soul brought to Christ by all my efforts," says a discouraged Sunday School teacher. THE RESULT OF WELL-DOING WILL COME IN THE PROPER TIME.1. THE CHRISTIAN MAN'S VOCATION IN THE PRESENT WORLD, II, THE MOTIVE TO PERSEVERANCE IN IT, ARISING FROM THE ASSURANCE OF FINAL REWARD.I. Evil-doers shall also reap wretchedness and anxiety here, and eternal woe hereafter.2. Now mark, brethren, what the text says, "Let us not be weary in well-doing." Place yourself amid its events. --1 COR. We shall reap the growth effectuated by His Holy Spirit, though we may not always understand the nature of the gracious sheaves that we are bringing in our bosom. The love of sin is like a stone in the pipe which hinders the current of water. It is well-doing towards man. And this brings me to the second thought suggested by this part of our text, namely: That the reward connected with the fulfilment of the Christian vocation awaits its bestowment at an appropriate period. vi. We grow languid sometimes in prosperity. The only proper prayer in such a case is, Lord, hold up our goings in a safe path; for if one slips all of us may perish.'"--H. "We shall reap."1. 'For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.'--GAL. A. The expression "due," is a word which is elsewhere translated "own." It may be found in the wide waste of sands, in the vast wilderness, where the tent of the pilgrims is erected, and from beneath the spread of its canvas may be heard the earnest breathings of a humble and contrite spirit. It is well-doing towards man. We must be eyes to see, ears to harken, mouths to plead, hands to labour, feet to walk, or shoulders to bear for the body the Church (1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Ephesians 4:11-13).3. Ye grow weary and give up sometimes on the eve of reaping, and lose the harvest. 9). As to the "WELL-DOINGS" of the apostle, scarcely any doubt can be left on the mind with reference to these, if we attentively peruse the records of his commission. x. "Be not weary in well-doing." A Christian will not be weary of service, that hath the crown in his eye. 1 The love of sin. Thomas, D. D.)I. 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