...him come " unto me, and drink." The blessed Gospel of Christ is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Although, with respect to our temporal affairs, it offers no stores of wealth ; by teaching...

...it appears that it is our interest to possess this religion. — Temporally ; " Godliness having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ; " of the necessaries of life ; (Matt. vi. 33 ;) of all things useful ; (Psalm Ixxxiv. 11...

...virtue can again call forth all its glories, even on the face of this dreary world. ' Godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' The piety, truth, and benevolence which adorned our first parents, would again call down...

...which, taking its calculations for eternity, applies them also to time. Hence it is written, that b godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life that is to come. Hence, also, the moment you make a poor man religious, you make him sober...

...prospects, but in reference to our present enjoyments. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. This subject would bear an ample and useful illustration, with respect to the influence which...

...awfully defaced by the apostacy of our first parents. It appears, that Christianity has indeed ' the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' She forbids no enjoyments, but what are injurious to our temporal as well as spiritual welfare....

...establishment;" neither, we think, can it, with strict propriety, be said that the same establishment " has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." P. 336. The peculiar purity of doctrine, and correctness of practice inculcated by our Church,...

...wisdom, which, making its calculations for eternity, applies them also to time. Hence it is written, that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life that is to come. Hence, also, the moment you make a poor man religious, you make him sober...

...may say, (and I say it with joy and gratitude, as illustrative of the truth, that godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come,) I have been young, and am now in middle life, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,...

...its pleasures. What is this? It is the favour and friendship of God ! " Godliness," says St. Paul, " hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Godliness is not doom, as those say who have it not, and do not understand it. It does not...