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April 8—Morning Devotion
"He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."—Philippians 2:8 My soul, dost thou not feel, at every step towards Calvary, somewhat of the angel's words when he cried," One woe is past, and behold there come two woes more hereafter? "Rev. 9:12. Surely, never was there a manifestation of the holiness of Jehovah, nor…
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186 Protestant
PROTESTANT A name first given in Germany to those who adhered to the doctrine of Luther, because in 1529, they protested against a decree of the emperor Charles V. and the diet of Spires; declaring that they appealed to a general council. The same has also been given to those of the sentiments of Calvin; and is now become a…
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1 Corinthians: Chapter 1, Verse 15
“Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name.]” The Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, “lest anyone should say that ye were baptized in my name”; and the Ethiopic version renders it, “that ye might not say we have been baptized in his name”. This gives the true reason why the…
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April 7—Morning Devotion
"He hath poured out his soul unto death."—Isaiah 53:12 My soul! from the garden to the cross, follow Jesus. Behold him apprehended and hurried away, both to judgment and to death. He who struck to the ground the band that came to take him, might surely, by the same breath of his mouth, have struck them to hell, and prevented…
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185 Greek Church
GREEK CHURCH Comprehends in its bosom a considerable part of Greece, the Grecian Isles, Wallachia, Moldavia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Nubia, Libya, Arabia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Cilicia, and Palestine, which are all under the jurisdiction of the patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. If to these we add the whole of the Russian empire in Europe, great part of Siberia in Asia,…
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1 Corinthians: Chapter 1, Verse 14
“I thank God that I baptized none of you, etc.]” The Alexandrian copy and the Syriac version read, “I thank my God”; not that the apostle disliked the ordinance of baptism, or the administration of it; and much less that he thought it criminal, or an evil in him to perform it; nor was he at any time displeased at…
