...Having addressed men as sinners, the scriptures universally testify that if they be saved, it is " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord." " In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision ; but faith which worketh...

...it, who are "yet young and tender," he will give us strength to carry it on, and we will say, " Not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord." We do wish, however, that the churches would adopt the language and the spirit of David, when he said,...

...glory, and he will keep teaching us, for we need lesson upon lesson, that we may know that " it is not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord." He will not give his gloiy 10 another, nor suffer his praise to be given to graven images. Bless his...

...contemplated the work under a deep sense of solemn obligation, associated with a full conviction that it was not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, that it must be accomplished. Frequently three, oftener four or five individuals engaged in prayer...

...On what is to be made of preaching, he should say not a word, as he was sure all were convinced that it was not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. If God gave the desire, and sent his servants forth with his glorious work impressed on the heart and...

...things, yea, the deep things of God." Now, if it be thus true about all our work for God that it is " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," that it can be carried on successfully, and to God's glory; and if it be also true that God will give...

...divine power, in the exercise of which the saving potency of the gospel lies. Men are saved, " not by might nor by power," but by the " Spirit of the Lord." You may as reasonably expect to reap a harvest from seeds sown upon the sandy beach, washed by the...

...that the instrument by itself is of little worth, — that souls are won, not WORKS FOLLOWING. 137 by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. The one consolation however in these discouragements is the fact that we never know when the Word which...

...freely. And there is, also, a recognition of the agency of the Holy Ghost. We have read that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. And we have seen in our own experience that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but spiritual, to...

...to be able, if we fall, to rise and march again to meet the enemy; to be able to grow in grace, not by might, nor by power, but by the SPIRIT of the LORD, against all Satanic snares, keeping ever in our souls the benediction which forecasts the recompense...