...needing the assistance of threat and promise. She was her own reward, even if she had no other. She had the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come. She was beautiful in herself, as well as rich in her dowry. These were the pretensions which...

...hard-working and aggressive Wesleyans ; when commerce shall thrive, and godliness is found to have the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come, and New-Zealand has become the mistress of the southern sea ; — then let the man who participates...

...higher position in life than the average one ; for character has an earthly reward, and godliness hath the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. We therefore conclude that there is nothing in the outward condition of British Christians...

...Heaven to keep us from temporal evil . Nay, we have the highest encouragement to do so, for we have the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come. But let us never forget the infinite superiority of the unseen and the eternal. Let us ever...

...and value. To do this would be alike unwise and ungrateful. It would.be unwise ; for godliness hath the promise of this life as Well as of that which is to come, and it is only a misguided enthusiasm which can aim to prepare youth for a better world, without,...

...anxieties of life, so that " the wolf shall lie down with the lamb," and godliness to be proved to have the " promise of this life as well as of that which is to come." And we would never be weary of pointing out what tendencies there are in Christianity (though,...

...hands. They " know that ALL THINGS work together for good to them that love God."1 Godliness, however, has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come : we may, therefore, entertain a reasonable confidence that our temporal happiness and safety,...

...ourselves for heaven it is not necessary to make ourselves uncomfortable on earth ; for " godliness hath the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come," giving us " a thousand fold " in the one, and " everlasting " joys in the other. Religion...

...conversation " is not only the prelude to 216 a happy death, but that it has, as its natural fruit, the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come, A religious life is not merely a shield against a host of evils which vice draws after it,...

...when he looked at his decent and respectable dress, as he arose in the morning, " ' Godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come.' Since I have served God, how abundantly hath he provided for me." When the servants had risen...